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Umberto Scarpelli is a Director, Scriptwriter, Production Manager and Assistant Director Italien born on 25 may 1904 at Orvieto (Italie)

Umberto Scarpelli

Umberto Scarpelli
Umberto Scarpelli participated to 12 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 3 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Producer

Bicycle Thieves, 1h33
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri, Sergio Leone, Memmo Carotenuto
Roles Production Manager
Rating82% 4.149154.149154.149154.149154.14915
In post-World War II Val Melaina neighbourhood of Rome, Antonio Ricci (Lamberto Maggiorani) is desperate for work to support his wife Maria (Lianella Carell), his son Bruno (Enzo Staiola), and his small baby. He is offered a position posting advertising bills, but tells Maria that he cannot accept because the job requires a bicycle. Maria resolutely strips the bed of her dowry bedsheets—​prized possessions for a poor family—​and takes them to the pawn shop, where they bring enough to redeem Antonio's pawned Fides brand bicycle.

Director

Shoeshine
Shoeshine (1946)
, 1h33
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime, Italian neorealism
Themes Films about children, Prison films, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Franco Interlenghi, Emilio Cigoli, Claudio Ermelli
Roles First Assistant Director
Rating79% 3.994983.994983.994983.994983.99498
Two friends, Giuseppe Filippucci (Rinaldo Smordoni) and Pasquale Maggi (Franco Interlenghi), test-ride horses. It is their dream to own one for themselves. Though they are saving to purchase a horse, it is difficult for them to afford one, as they are only living off their income from shining shoes in the streets of Rome.

Scriptwriter

David and Goliath, 1h53
Directed by Orson Welles, Richard Pottier
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Orson Welles, Massimo Serato, Giulia Rubini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pierre Cressoy, Dante Maggio
Roles Ecrivain
Rating47% 2.3563252.3563252.3563252.3563252.356325
The Prophet Samuel foretells a new king will rule Israel to the dismay of King Saul and his cousin and commander in chief Abner. King Saul has been having a streak of bad luck since the Philistine captivity of the Ark and fears the newcomer but doesn't know who the new king will be.