Sergio Bergonzelli
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Sergio Bergonzelli | |
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Born | 25 August 1924 Alba, Italy |
Died | 24 September 2002 Rome, Italy | (aged 78)
Other names | Siro Carme |
Occupation(s) | Director Screenwriter |
Sergio Bergonzelli (25 August 1924 – 24 September 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Life and career
Born in Alba, Cuneo, Bergonzelli graduated in Philosophy, then he started working as an actor with the stage name Siro Carme.[1][2] After being assistant and second unit director in a number of genre films, in 1960 he made his debut as director and screenwriter with Seven in the Sun.[1][2] Also a film producer, Bergonzelli was the first to produce Spaghetti Western films entirely shot in Italy.[2] In the 1970s he specialized in the erotic genre.[1]
Selected filmography
- Director
- Seven in the Sun (1960)*
- The Last Gun (1964)
- Stranger in Sacramento (1965)*
- The Sea Pirate (1966)
- M.M.M. 83 (1966)*
- Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1967)*
- In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)
- Blood Delirium (N/A)*
- '*' denotes he wrote the screenplay
- Actor
- Messalina (1951)
- The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
- La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952)
- I, Hamlet (1952) – fencing master
- The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953) – the young conspirator
- It's Never Too Late (1953)
- Una donna prega (1953)
- The Daughter of the Regiment (1953)
- Passione (1953)
- Cristo è passato sull'aia (1953)
- Terra straniera (1954)
- Gran varietà (1954)
- The King's Prisoner (1954)
- Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (1954) – the student who gives a speech (uncredited)
- The Violent Patriot (1956)
- The Most Wonderful Moment (1957) – Mr. Mancini
- Et la tendresse?... Bordel! (1979)
- Pasiones desenfrenadas (1981)
- Tentazione (1988) (uncredited)
- Sick-o-pathics (1955) – neighbour #1 (segment "The Poor, The Flesh & The Bag") (final film role)
References
- ^ a b c Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ a b c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.
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