Cineriz
Encyclopedia
Cineriz was an Italian
media
company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of film
s, founded in the early 50s
by the businessman Angelo Rizzoli
. The company catalogue counts also many movies directed by Federico Fellini
, Gillo Pontecorvo
, Luchino Visconti
, Michelangelo Antonioni
, Pier Paolo Pasolini
, Pietro Germi
, Roberto Rossellini
and Vittorio De Sica
.
The company closes down in 1993 after a series of economical and judiciary controversies.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s, founded in the early 50s
50s
- Significant people :* Claudius, Roman Emperor * Nero, Roman Emperor * Kujula Kadphises, Kushan emperor* Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist* Emperor Ming of Han China...
by the businessman Angelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli
Angelo Rizzoli was an Italian publisher and film producer.- Early life :Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, Rizzoli rose to prosperity...
. The company catalogue counts also many movies directed by Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
, Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri was released...
, Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
, Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
, Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi
Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...
, Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
and Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....
.
The company closes down in 1993 after a series of economical and judiciary controversies.
Films produced by Cineriz
- 8½8½8½ is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
- Africa AddioAfrica AddioAfrica Addio is a 1966 Italian documentary about the end of the colonial era in Africa. The film was released in a shorter format under the names "Africa Blood and Guts" in the USA and "Farewell Africa" in the UK...
- Before the RevolutionBefore the RevolutionBefore the Revolution is a 1964 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci....
- Boccaccio '70Boccaccio '70Boccaccio '70 is a 1962 Italian portmanteau film directed by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica, from an idea by Cesare Zavattini...
- La commare seccaLa commare seccaLa commare secca is the 1962 Italian film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, based on a story by Pier Paolo Pasolini...
- L'eclisseL'eclisseL'eclisse is a 1962 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is considered the last part of a trilogy which was preceded by L'avventura and La Notte....
- The Flowers of St. FrancisThe Flowers of St. FrancisThe Flowers of St. Francis is a 1950 film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film is based on two books, 14th century book I Fioretti Di San Francesco Little Flowers of St...
- Mondo CaneMondo caneMondo cane is a documentary written and directed by Italian filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi and Gualtiero Jacopetti. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world with the intention to shock or surprise Western film...
Films distributed in Italy by Cineriz
- The 400 BlowsThe 400 BlowsThe 400 Blows is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement. The story revolves around Antoine Doinel, an ordinary adolescent in Paris, who is thought by his parents and teachers...
- An Average Little Man
- Le belle famiglieLe belle famiglieLe belle famiglie is a 1964 comedy film directed by Ugo Gregoretti and starring Annie Girardot.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Maria * Jone Salinas -...
- La Dolce VitaLa Dolce VitaLa Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come...
- Fantozzi (film)Fantozzi (film)Fantozzi is a 1975 cult Italian comedy movie. It is the first film in the saga of the unlucky Italian clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio.- Plot :...
- Juliet of the SpiritsJuliet of the SpiritsJuliet of the Spirits is a 1965 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini that uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape"...
- Me, Me, Me... and the OthersMe, Me, Me... and the OthersMe, Me, Me... and the Others is a 1966 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Titta* Silvana Mangano - Silvia* Walter Chiari - Sandro* Vittorio De Sica - Commendator Trepossi* Nino Manfredi - 'Millevache'...
- Move and I'll ShootMove and I'll ShootMove and I'll Shoot is a 1958 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Renato Rascel.-Cast:* Renato Rascel* Giovanna Ralli* Mario Carotenuto* Xenia Valderi* Franco Andrei* Dori Dorika - Augusta* Cesare Bettarini...
- In the Name of the Pope KingIn the Name of the Pope KingIn the Name of the Pope King or In nome del papa re is a 1977 Italian drama film written, and directed by Luigi Magni. Starring Nino Manfredi, it was not released in USA until 1986...
- Ro.Go.Pa.G.Ro.Go.Pa.G.Ro.Go.Pa.G. is a 1963 film, which consists of four segments, each written and directed by one of the four film directors - French Jean-Luc Godard , and three Italian: Ugo Gregoretti , Pier Paolo Pasolini and Roberto Rossellini .The movie title is an...
- Il secondo tragico FantozziIl secondo tragico FantozziIl secondo tragico Fantozzi is an Italian comedy film released in 1976. It is the second film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio....
- Sunday HeroesSunday HeroesSunday Heroes is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini.-Cast:* Raf Vallone - Gino Bardi* Cosetta Greco - Mara* Marcello Mastroianni - Carlo Vagnetti* Paolo Stoppa - Piero* Franco Interlenghi - Marini...
- The Traffic Policeman