Gianfranco Parolini
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Gianfranco Parolini is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Italian people
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film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are The Sabata Trilogy
The Sabata Trilogy
The Sabata Trilogy is a series of Spaghetti Western films released in 1969 and 1971, directed by Gianfranco Parolini, and starring Lee Van Cleef in the first, Sabata, Yul Brynner in the second, Adiós, Sabata, and Van Cleef returning for the third, Return of Sabata.-Sabata:Lee Van Cleef stars as a...
, several sword and sandal
Sword and sandal
The Peplum , also known as Sword-and-Sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made Historical or Biblical Epics that dominated the Italian film industry from 1957 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by the "Spaghetti Western"...
films, most of the Kommissar X
Kommissar X
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films and a number of Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
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He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to Giuseppe D'Amato
Giuseppe D'Amato
Giuseppe D’Amato is an Italian historian, specialized in Russia and former USSR, and a columnist of international politics.- Biography :After getting a decree in Italy in the Eighties, he became scholar of the Russian academician Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt at Moscow’s Historical-Archive Institute at...
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Selected filmography
- The Ten GladiatorsThe Ten GladiatorsThe Ten Gladiators is a 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini.- Cast :*Dan Vadis as Rocca*José Greci as Lidia*Roger Browne as Glaucus Valerius*Franca Parisi as Poppea*Mimmo Palmara as Tigelinus...
(I dieci gladiatori) (1963) - Johnny West il mancinoJohnny West il mancinoJohnny West il mancino is a 1965 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini.-Cast:*Mimmo Palmara ... Jonny West *Adriano Micantoni ... Jefferson *Roger Delaporte ... Don Trent*André Bollet ... Brad McCoy...
(1965) - If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your DeathIf You Meet Sartana Pray for Your DeathIf You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death , also known as Sartana, is a 1968 spaghetti western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini...
(Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte) (1968) - Five for HellFive for HellFive for Hell is a 1969 Italian "macaroni combat" war film film starring Klaus Kinski. -Cast:* Gianni Garko - Lt. Glenn Hoffmann * Klaus Kinski - Standartenführer Hans Mueller* Aldo Canti - Nick Amadori...
(Cinque per l'inferno), aka Five Into Hell (1969) - SabataSabata (film)Sabata , is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the first film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini, and stars Lee Van Cleef as the title character...
(Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!) (1969) - Return of SabataReturn of SabataReturn of Sabata is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in The Sabata Trilogy, it features the return of Lee Van Cleef as the title character, which he had played in the first film, Sabata, but was replaced by Yul Brynner in the second film, Adiós, Sabata,...
(È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta) (1971) - Adiós, SabataAdiós, SabataAdiós Sabata is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is the second film in The Sabata Trilogy by Parolini...
(Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di...) (1971) - God's GunGod's GunGod's Gun is a 1975 Italian / Israeli Spaghetti western directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Lee Van Cleef...
(Diamante Lobo) (1976)