Arturo Zavattini

Arturo Zavattini

Nascimento : 1930-07-15, Luzzara, Italy

Perfil

Arturo Zavattini

Filmes

Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori
Cinematography
A man leaves home on errands and is "kidnapped" by a sunny Rome.
A Simple Heart
Cinematography
Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but whose heart is simple and uncomplicated enough not only to endure, but even to attain serenity in the face of her manifold frustrations. Her only friend, to whom she pours out all her troubles, is an old parrot. When the parrot dies, she reverently has it stuffed and continues telling it her woes. This drama is based on a story by Gustave Flaubert.
Stream Line
Director of Photography
Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrusted by a priest, Don Luigi.
Giovannino
Director of Photography
The Red Carnation
Cinematography
Our hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl named Giovanna and becomes a symbol of love, desire, and even has political overtones as a symbol of the struggle for political freedom in opposition to Fascism.
Il lumacone
Director of Photography
Italian comedy.
Il piatto piange
Director of Photography
In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.
A Dupla Explosiva
Director of Photography
O mecânico Ben (Bud Spencer) mora e trabalha em uma oficina com o velhinho Jeremiar (Luis Barbero), enquanto o malandro Kid (Terence Hill) é um andarilho que mora em um trailer. O que ambos têm em comum? A paixão por automóveis, que acaba levando-os a participar de uma corrida de carros cujo prêmio principal é um buggy ("vermelho de capota amarela", como eles insistiam em enfatizar). Quando o cobiçado buggy da dupla é destruído por mafiosos, eles começam uma verdadeira cruzada para enlouquecer os bandidos e forçá-los a comprar um carro novo.
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
Director of Photography
In Lazio, four young people named Riccetto, Girasole, Lallo and Tombarolo try to make a living by stealing what they find in the tombs of the rich buried. Being inexperienced, they often find themselves in trouble or pursued by the police.
Trastevere
Director of Photography
Trastevere is a 1971 Italian comedy film. This is the first and only film directed by actor and screenwriter Fausto Tozzi. The film was heavily cut by producer Alberto Grimaldi, who cut off the roles of Umberto Orsini, Martine Brochard and Riccardo Garrone.
Scipio the African
Director of Photography
Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.
O Pássaro das Plumas de Cristal
Camera Operator
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) é um escritor norte-americano que vive em Roma. Uma noite ele testemunha uma tentativa de assassinato cometida por um misterioso homem vestido de preto. A vítima sobrevive, mas como a polícia não consegue descobrir quem é o serial killer, Sam decide investigar por conta própria.
He and She
Camera Operator
Mysterious romance involving an uninhibited woman and a photographer, shot in strange modernist interiors and abstract sports car-on-a-highway to nowhere exteriors.
Be Sick… It's Free
Camera Operator
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
Esses Médicos Irreverentes
Camera Operator
Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love. This comedy traces their troubled relationship.
A Feiticeira no Amor
Camera Operator
Sem trabalho, Sergio responde a um anúncio no jornal que solicitava os serviços de um tradutor. A ofertante do emprego, Consuelo, é a viúva do autor dos escritos eróticos que serão traduzidos.
Menage Italian Style
Camera Operator
In Italy in the 60's it is difficult to get a divorce. Carlo gets a visit from his Swedish wife, but he is already remarried. Every time he meets a new woman, he vanishes away from the last wife.
Complexes
Camera Operator
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
My Wife
Camera Operator
Five comedic episodes, all starring Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano.
The Teacher from Vigevano
Camera Operator
Primary school teacher Mr. Mombelli, nevertheless satisfied with his life, is driven by his wife to resign and starting a new activity. He invest all his goodwill setting up a footwear little factory.
Disorder
Camera Operator
Salvatori pays a visit to his old ma who is bedridden in a gloomy old people’s home. He promises her that pretty soon he’ll be rich and they’ll live together in their house. The young man is hired as a catering assistant in a desirable mansion, but the owner of the place is dying. The wife and the daughter are trying to regain the old man’s love and affection while the son is busy gathering his friends for a feast.
Divórcio à Italiana
Camera Operator
Um barão siciliano casado se apaixona por sua prima e promete casar com ela, mas como o divórcio é ilegal ele deve inventar um crime de adultério para acabar com sua esposa. Ferdinando Cefalù está desesperado por se casar com sua prima, Angela, mas ele já é casado com Rosalia e o divórcio é ilegal na Itália. Para contornar a lei, ele tenta persuadir sua esposa para ter um caso para que ele possa atraí-la e matá-la, pois ele sabe que receberá uma sentença leve por matar uma mulher adúltera. Ele convence um pintor a conquistar sua esposa para um caso amoroso, mas Rosalia prova ser mais fiel do que ele esperava. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Love, Freedom and Treachery
Camera Operator
During WW2, in a Nazi-occupied country, a local partisan blows-up a German military train, prompting the Germans to take civilian hostages to be shot if the culprit doesn't surrender before a deadline.
Histórias da Revolução
Camera Operator
Através de três capítulos ("El herido", "Rebeldes", "La batalla de Santa Clara"), conta-se a história de revolta e ascensão contra a o governo do ditador Fulgencio Batista.
A Doce Vida
Camera Operator
Roma, início dos anos 60. O jornalista Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni em desempenho memorável) vive entre as celebridades, ricos e fotógrafos que lotam a badalada Via Veneto. Neste mundo marcado pelas aparências e por um vazio existencial, frequenta festas, conhece os tipos mais extravagantes e descobre um novo sentido para a vida.
Holiday Island
Camera Operator
Intersecting lives on an island holiday: A lawyer anxious he caused a youth's death.An engineer suspecting his wife after being teased by pranksters.A young man falling for a nurse.A Frenchman seeing his wife wooed by a local.
A Sorte de Ser Mulher
Assistant Camera
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
A Trapaça
Assistant Camera
Conta a história de um grupo de trapaceiros: Augusto (Broderick Crawford), Picasso (Richard Basehart) e Roberto (Franco Fabrizi), mostrando seus dramas pessoais, como o complicado relacionamento de Picasso com sua esposa, Iris (Giulietta Masina), ou entre Augusto e sua filha, Patricia (Sue Ellen Blake). Apesar de influenciado pelo gênero policial norte-americano, possui claras influências do neo-realismo, retratando uma Itália destruída pela guerra, sofrendo com a miséria e a fome.
A Mulher do Rio
Assistant Camera
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.
Days of Love
Assistant Camera
A man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin".
A Husband for Anna
Assistant Camera
Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.