Enrico Maria Salerno
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Enrico Maria Salerno was an Italian
theatre & film actor, also a film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood
in the Italian version of Sergio Leone
's Dollars Trilogy
films, and the voice of Christ in The Gospel According to St. Matthew
directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
.
, Pirandello
and Giraudoux
successful stage adaptations.
In 1960 with Ivo Garrani
and Giancarlo Sbragia founded the stage company "Nuova Compagnia degli Associati". In 1963 starred in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
, co-starring Sarah Ferrati, stage direction by Franco Zeffirelli
.
In 1970 he made his direction film debut with love drama box office and Italian Academy Awards winner Anonimo Veneziano.
Brother of film director Vittorio Salerno, married to Valeria Valeri
; has a daughter, Chiara Salerno, a famous dubbing actress.
In 1991 offers his last great theatre interpretation such as the father of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Pirandello
, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
.
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...
theatre & film actor, also a film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
in the Italian version of Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...
's Dollars Trilogy
Dollars Trilogy
The "Dollars Trilogy" , also known as the "Man with No Name Trilogy", refers to the three Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Sergio Leone: A Fistful of Dollars , For a Few Dollars More , and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly .A Fistful of Dollars is an unofficial remake of...
films, and the voice of Christ in The Gospel According to St. Matthew
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew is a 1964 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection....
directed 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...
.
Biography
After a small collaboration with Piccolo Teatro di Milano, from 1954 to 1955 (and more years) worked in Teatro Stabile di Genova, with Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov....
, Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written...
and Giraudoux
Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
successful stage adaptations.
In 1960 with Ivo Garrani
Ivo Garrani
Ivo Garrani is an Italian actor. In films since 1952, Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's Black Sunday .-External links:...
and Giancarlo Sbragia founded the stage company "Nuova Compagnia degli Associati". In 1963 starred in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider...
by Edward Albee
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...
, co-starring Sarah Ferrati, stage direction by Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli KBE is an Italian director and producer of films and television. He is also a director and designer of operas and a former senator for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party....
.
In 1970 he made his direction film debut with love drama box office and Italian Academy Awards winner Anonimo Veneziano.
Brother of film director Vittorio Salerno, married to Valeria Valeri
Valeria Valeri
Valeria Valeri is an important Italian actress from theatre, cinema and television.-External links:...
; has a daughter, Chiara Salerno, a famous dubbing actress.
In 1991 offers his last great theatre interpretation such as the father of Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author is a play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello.The play is a satirical tragicomedy. It was first performed in 1921 at the Teatro Valle in Rome, to a very mixed reception, with shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" .Subsequently the play enjoyed a much...
by Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written...
, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli KBE is an Italian director and producer of films and television. He is also a director and designer of operas and a former senator for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party....
.
Filmography as film director
- The Anonymous VenetianThe Anonymous VenetianThe Anonymous Ventian can refer to:*The Anonymous Venetian , a film*The Anonymous Venetian , a book by Donna Leon...
(Anonimo veneziano) (1970) - Cari genitori (1973)
- Eutanasia di un amore (1978)
- Disperatamente Giulia mini TV series (1989)
- Il Barone mini TV series (1995)
Selective filmography as actor
- Girls Marked Danger (La Tratta delle bianche) directed by Luigi ComenciniLuigi ComenciniLuigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....
(1953) - Violent Summer (Estate violenta) directed by Valerio ZurliniValerio ZurliniValerio Zurlini was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.-Biography:During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party...
(1959) - Long Night in 1943Long Night in 1943Long Night in 1943, The Long Night of '43 or It Happened in '43 is an Italian film of 1960 set during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 during the Second World War. It was directed by Florestano Vancini and adapted by Vancini, Ennio De Concini and Pier Paolo Pasolini from a novel by Giorgio...
(La lunga notte del '43) directed by Nanni LoyNanni LoyNanni Loy was an Italian film, theatre and TV director.Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia...
(1960) - The Angel Wore RedThe Angel Wore RedThe Angel Wore Red, also known as La Sposa Bella in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American romantic war drama made by MGM and Titanus. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lombardo, from a screenplay by Nunnally Johnson based on the 1953 novel The Fair Bride by...
directed by Nunnally JohnsonNunnally JohnsonNunnally Hunter Johnson was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia. He began his career as a journalist, writing for the Columbus Enquirer Sun, the Savannah Press, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the New York Herald Tribune...
(1960) - Escape by NightEscape by NightEra notte a Roma is a 1960 Italian war film epic directed by Roberto Rossellini. In France the film is known as Les Évadés de la nuit, and in the USA Escape by Night...
(Era notte a Roma) directed by Roberto RosselliniRoberto RosselliniRoberto 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...
(1960) - The Ladykiller of Rome (L'Assassino) directed by Elio Petri (1961)
- La bellezza di IppolitaLa bellezza di IppolitaLa bellezza di Ippolita is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Giancarlo Zagni. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Ippolita* Enrico Maria Salerno - Luca* Milva - Adriana* Lars Bloch...
(1962) - Hercules and the Captive Women (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide) directed by Vittorio CottafaviVittorio CottafaviVittorio Cottafavi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985...
(1963) - Il Fornaretto di VeneziaIl Fornaretto di VeneziaIl Fornaretto di Venezia is a 1963 Italian film directed by Duccio Tessari who co-wrote screenplay with Marcello Fondato, based on novel by Francesco Dall'Ongaro....
(1963) - Three Nights of LoveThree Nights of LoveThree Nights of Love is a 1964 drama film directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi and starring Adolfo Celi.-Cast:* Adolfo Celi* Anna Maria Checchi* Diletta D'Andrea - Gabriella * Rina Franchetti...
(1964) - Casanova 70Casanova 70Casanova 70 is a 1965 Italian comedy film produced by Carlo Ponti, directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, and Michele Mercier.-Plot:...
directed by Mario MonicelliMario MonicelliMario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
(1965) - Io la conoscevo beneIo la conoscevo beneIo la conoscevo bene or I Knew Her Well is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.-Awards:...
directed by Antonio PietrangeliAntonio PietrangeliAntonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.-Biography:...
(1965) - Sex QuartetSex 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...
(1966) - L'ombrelloneL'ombrelloneL'ombrellone or Weekend, Italian Style is a 1966 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Dino Risi. It was co-producted with Spain and France. The soundtrack is full of Italian Pop songs from the 1960s.-Plot:...
directed by Dino Risi (1966) - L'armata BrancaleoneL'armata BrancaleoneL'armata Brancaleone is an Italian comedy movie released in 1966, written by the famous duo Age & Scarpelli and directed by Mario Monicelli. It features Vittorio Gassman in the main role...
directed by Mario MonicelliMario MonicelliMario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
(1966) - The Oldest ProfessionThe 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) - The Strange NightThe Strange NightThe Strange Night is a 1967 Italian film directed by Alfredo Angeli. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Sandra Milo - Debora* Enrico Maria Salerno* Giulio Platone* Lidia Alfonsi* Massimo Serato* Evi Maltagliati...
(1967) - Death SentenceDeath Sentence (1968 film)Death Sentence is a 1968 spaghetti western directed by Mario Lanfranchi and starring Richard Conte.-Cast:* Richard Conte - Diaz* Enrico Maria Salerno - Montero* Adolfo Celi - Friar Baldwin* Tomas Milian - O'Hara, Albino...
(1968) - The Battle of El Alamein (La battaglia di El Alamein) directed by Giorgio Ferroni (1969)
- The Bird with the Crystal PlumageThe Bird with the Crystal PlumageThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage is a 1970 giallo suspense thriller directed by Dario Argento . The film is considered a landmark in the Italian giallo genre...
(L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo) directed by Dario ArgentoDario ArgentoDario Argento is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies....
(1970) - The Assassination of TrotskyThe Assassination of TrotskyThe Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 British film directed by Joseph Losey with a screenplay by Nicholas Mosley. It starred Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky, as well as Romy Schneider and Alain Delon.-Plot:...
directed by Joseph LoseyJoseph LoseyJoseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...
(1972) - Hospitals: The White MafiaHospitals: The White MafiaHospitals: The White Mafia is a 1973 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gabriele Ferzetti. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Gabriele Ferzetti* Senta Berger* Enrico Maria Salerno* Claudio Gora...
directed by Luigi ZampaLuigi ZampaLuigi 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....
(1973)