Mauro Bolognini
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Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.
, Tuscany
.
A former architectural student, Bolognini began his film career as an assistant to director Luigi Zampa
in Italy, and directors Yves Allegret
and Jean Delannoy
in France. He began directing his own feature films in the mid 1950s, and had his first international success with Gli innamorati ("Wild Love").
His other notable films of the 1950s and early 1960s include Giovani mariti ("Young Husbands"), La notte brava, La giornata balorda ("From a Roman Balcony"), and the Marcello Mastroianni
-Claudia Cardinale
starrer Il bell'Antonio
(arguably his masterpiece), all written by Pier Paolo Pasolini
.
Parting professionally with Pasolini in 1961, Bolognini went on to direct two sensual love stories starring Cardinale, La Viaccia and Senilità
, before turning his talents to a series of international anthology films, including Le bambole
(The Dolls), I tre volti ("Three Faces of a Woman"), Le fate ("The Queens") and Le streghe
(The Witches).
Returning to features in the late 1960s with Mademoiselle De Maupin, his later works included the accomplished period dramas Metello
and Bubu (both featuring Massimo Ranieri
), Fatti di gente per bene (La Grande Bourgeoise) starring Giancarlo Giannini
, Catherine Deneuve
and Fernando Rey
, L'eredità Ferramonti (The Inheritance) with Anthony Quinn
and Dominique Sanda
, and La Dame aux camélias featuring a young Isabelle Huppert
.
In his later years, Bolognini continued directing feature films, as well as opera and the television miniseries The Charterhouse of Parma
and The Time Of Indifference. His final movie feature was the soft-core erotic drama Husbands and Lovers, released in 1992
. In 1994 he directed the show that the top female Greek singer Haris Alexiou
appeared in the world famous Odeon of Herodes Atticus
.
He died in Rome
in 2001.
Biography
Mauro Bolognini was born in PistoiaPistoia
Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...
, Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
.
A former architectural student, Bolognini began his film career as an assistant to director Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :Son of a worker, Zampa studied film making from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome....
in Italy, and directors Yves Allegret
Yves Allégret
Yves Allégret was a French film director in the film noir genre.He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.-Selected filmography:...
and Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France...
in France. He began directing his own feature films in the mid 1950s, and had his first international success with Gli innamorati ("Wild Love").
His other notable films of the 1950s and early 1960s include Giovani mariti ("Young Husbands"), La notte brava, La giornata balorda ("From a Roman Balcony"), and the Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
-Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
starrer Il bell'Antonio
Il bell'Antonio
Il bell'Antonio is a 1960 Italian and French drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film is a based on a novel by Vitaliano Brancati and adapted for the screen by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It stars Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale.-Plot summary:...
(arguably his masterpiece), all written by 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...
.
Parting professionally with Pasolini in 1961, Bolognini went on to direct two sensual love stories starring Cardinale, La Viaccia and Senilità
Senilità
Senilità is a 1962 Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale and Anthony Franciosa....
, before turning his talents to a series of international anthology films, including Le bambole
Le bambole
Le bambole is a 1965 Italian comedy film in four segments; cast includes Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida, Elke Sommer and Monica Vitti...
(The Dolls), I tre volti ("Three Faces of a Woman"), Le fate ("The Queens") and Le streghe
Le streghe
Le streghe is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica...
(The Witches).
Returning to features in the late 1960s with Mademoiselle De Maupin, his later works included the accomplished period dramas Metello
Metello
Metello is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. It starred Massimo Ranieri as the title character.-Plot:...
and Bubu (both featuring Massimo Ranieri
Massimo Ranieri
Massimo Ranieri , is an Italian pop singer, film and stage actor.He was born in Naples , the fifth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc...
), Fatti di gente per bene (La Grande Bourgeoise) starring Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...
, Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
and Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey
Fernando Casado Arambillet , best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States...
, L'eredità Ferramonti (The Inheritance) with Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
and Dominique Sanda
Dominique Sanda
Dominique Sanda is a French actress and former fashion model.Sanda was born as Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne in Paris to Lucienne and Gérard Varaigne...
, and La Dame aux camélias featuring a young Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
.
In his later years, Bolognini continued directing feature films, as well as opera and the television miniseries The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma is a novel published in 1839 by Stendhal.-Plot summary:The Charterhouse of Parma tells the story of the young Italian nobleman Fabrice del Dongo and his adventures from his birth in 1798 to his death...
and The Time Of Indifference. His final movie feature was the soft-core erotic drama Husbands and Lovers, released in 1992
1992 in film
The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...
. In 1994 he directed the show that the top female Greek singer Haris Alexiou
Haris Alexiou
Haris Alexiou is a Greek singer. She is considered one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been commercially successful since the 1970s. She has worked with important Greek songwriters and composers, has performed at top musical theatres all over the world and has received several awards...
appeared in the world famous Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla...
.
He died in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in 2001.
Filmography
- Ci troviamo in galleria (1953)
- I cavalieri della regina (Knights of the Queen, 1954)
- La vena d'oro (1955)
- Gli innamoratiWild Love (film)Wild Love is a 1955 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Antonella Lualdi - Adriana Latini* Franco Interlenghi - Franco* Sergio Raimondi - Nando Latini* Valeria Moriconi - Marisa...
(Wild Love 1955) - I tre moschettieri (The Three Musketeers, 1956, TV Series)
- Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956)
- I tre moschettieri (The Three Musketeers, 1956, TV Series)
- Marisa la civetta (Marisa, 1957)
- Giovani maritiYoung HusbandsYoung Husbands is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Anne-Marie Baumann - Fanny* Gérard Blain - Marcello* Guido Celano - Franco's father* Roberto Chevalier - Checchino...
(Young Husbands, 1958) - Arrangiatevi! (You're On Your Own , 1959)
- La notte brava (Bad Girls Don't Cry, 1959)
- La giornata balorda (From a Roman Balcony, 1960) (based on Racconti Romani of Alberto MoraviaAlberto MoraviaAlberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism....
) - Il bell'Antonio (Bell'Antonio, 1960)
- La viaccia (The Lovemakers, 1961)
- Agostino (1962)
- Senilità (Careless, 1962)
- La corruzione (Corruption, 1963)
- La mia signora (My Wife, 1964, segments "I miei cari" and "Luciana")
- La donna è una cosa meravigliosa (Woman Is a Wonderful Thing, 1964, segments "Una donna dolce, dolce" and "La balena bianca")
- Le bamboleLe bamboleLe bambole is a 1965 Italian comedy film in four segments; cast includes Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida, Elke Sommer and Monica Vitti...
(Four Kinds of Love/The Dolls, 1965, segment "Monsignor Cupido") - I tre volti (The Three Faces of a Woman, 1965, segment "Gli amanti celebri")
- Madamigella di Maupin (1966)
- Le fateSex QuartetSex Quartet is a 1966 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Luciano Salce. It starred Claudia Cardinale.-Cast:* Monica Vitti as Sabina...
(The Queens/Sex Quartet, 1966, segment "Fata Elena") - Le stregheLe stregheLe streghe is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica...
(The Witches, 1967, segment "Senso civico") - Le plus vieux métier du mondeThe Oldest Profession (film)The Oldest Profession is a 1967 French comedy film. It was directed by six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages.-Cast:Prehistoric Era * Michèle Mercier – Brit...
(1967, segment "Nuits romaines") - ArabellaArabella (1967 film)Arabella is an Italian film comedy in the English language, starring Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas and James Fox. It was directed by Mauro Bolognini....
(1967) - Capriccio all'italianaCaprice Italian StyleCaprice Italian Style is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by six different directors, including Mario Monicelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini.-Cast:* Totò as Anziano signore* Ugo D'Alessio as Il commissario di PS* Regina Seiffert as La Ragazza...
(Caprice Italian Style, 1968, segments "Perché?" and "La gelosia") - L'assoluto naturale (She and He, 1969)
- Un bellissimo novembreUn bellissimo novembreUn bellissimo novembre is a 1969 Italian film. It stars actors Gabriele Ferzetti and Gina Lollobrigida....
(That Splendid November, 1969) - MetelloMetelloMetello is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. It starred Massimo Ranieri as the title character.-Plot:...
(1970) - Bubu (1971)
- Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente (1972)
- Libera, amore mio...Libera, My LoveLibera, My Love is a 1973 drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Claudia Cardinale.-Cast:* Claudia Cardinale - Libera Valente* Bruno Cirino - Matteo Zanoni* Adolfo Celi - Libera's father* Philippe Leroy - Franco Testa...
(Libera, My Love..., 1973) - Fatti di gente per bene (Drama of the Rich, 1974)
- Per le antiche scaleDown the Ancient StaircaseDown the Ancient Staircase is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Professor Bonaccorsi* Françoise Fabian - Anna Bersani* Marthe Keller - Bianca* Barbara Bouchet - Carla* Pierre Blaise - Tonio...
(Down the Ancient Staircase, 1975) - L'eredità FerramontiThe Inheritance (1976 film)The Inheritance is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where Dominique Sanda won the award for Best Actress.-Cast:* Anthony Quinn - Gregorio Ferramonti* Fabio Testi - Mario Ferramonti...
(The Inheritance, 1976) - Gran bollito (Black Journal, 1977)
- Dove vai in vacanza? (Where Are You Going on Holiday? ,1978, segment "Sarò tutta per te")
- La dama delle camelieThe Lady of the Camellias (film)The Lady of the Camellias is a 1981 French-Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Alphonsine Plessis* Gian Maria Volonté - Plessis* Bruno Ganz - Count Perregaux...
, (La Dame aux camélias, 1980) - La certosa di Parma (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1981, TV Series)
- La Venexiana (The Venetian Woman, 1986)
- Mosca addioFarewell MoscowFarewell Moscow is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Liv Ullmann. It is based on the life of Russian Jew Ida Nudel.-Cast:* Liv Ullmann - Ida Nudel* Daniel Olbrychski - Yuli* Aurore Clément - Elena* Saverio Vallone...
(Farewell Moscow, 1987) - Imago urbis (1987)
- Gli indifferenti (1988, TV mini series)
- 12 registi per 12 città (1989) (segment "Palermo")
- La villa del venerdì (Husband and Lovers, 1992)
- La famiglia Ricordi (1993, TV mini-series)