Renato Castellani

Renato Castellani

Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 – 28 December 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, at the time a hamlet of Final Pia, which became Finale Ligure (Savona) in 1927, where his mother had returned from Argentina to give birth to his son. He spent his childhood in Argentina, in the city of Rosario. After 12 years, he returned to Liguria and resumed his studies in Genoa. He moved to Milan, where he graduated from the Polytechnic University in architecture. In Milan he met Livio Castiglioni and together they aired for GUF (Fascist University Group) L'ora radiofonica and La fontana malata by Aldo Palazzeschi, experimenting with new techniques for sound editing on radio. He began collaborating in 1936 as a military consultant for The Great Appeal, a film by Mario Camerini. He worked as a film critic and worked - as a screenwriter or assistant director - with important names of the Italian cinema of the time, such as Augusto Genina, with whom he signed the script for Castles in the air (1939), by Mario Soldati, of which he was assistant director on the set of Malombra (1942). He then worked with the director Alessandro Blasetti, signing the screenplays of his movies An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939), The Iron Crown (1941), Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) and with the director Camillo Mastrocinque, signing the screenplay of The Cuckoo Clock (1938). His first work as a director was A Pistol Shot (1942), based on a story by Aleksandr Puskin, in which Alberto Moravia also took part in the screenplay, with Fosco Giachetti and Assia Noris. This movie, as well as the subsequent Zazà (1942), fit into the caligraphism genre. With Under the Sun of Rome (1948), It's Forever Springtime (1950), both shot outdoors with non-professional actors, and especially Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952), Castellani gave rise to a new genre, defined as "pink neorealism", considered by critics at the time as the downward trend of neorealism, but destined to a vast audience success. With Two Cents Worth of Hope, he won the ex aequo Grand Prix at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. With Romeo and Juliet (1954), he won the Golden Lion at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. After some other significant films such as Dreams in a Drawer (1957) and The Brigand (1961), Castellani devoted himself mainly to biopics in episodes shot for television, widely followed, such as The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971) and The Life of Verdi (1982).

  • Title: Renato Castellani
  • Popularity: 0.782
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1913-09-04
  • Place of Birth: Finale Ligure, Liguria, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Ренато Кастеллани
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Renato Castellani Movies

  • 1967
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    Cinéma et Réalité

    Cinéma et Réalité

    1 1967 HD

    In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and...

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  • 1971
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    We Are All in Temporary Liberty

    We Are All in Temporary Liberty

    1 1971 HD

    A judge opens an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of an MP.

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  • 1958
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    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    6 1958 HD

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  • 1967
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    Ghosts, Italian Style

    Ghosts, Italian Style

    6.3 1967 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

    5.8 1941 HD

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  • 1964
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    Marriage Italian Style

    Marriage Italian Style

    7.7 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Controsesso

    Controsesso

    6.4 1964 HD

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  • 1954
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    5.1 1954 HD

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  • 1948
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    Under the Sun of Rome

    Under the Sun of Rome

    7.1 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    Under the Sun of Rome

    Under the Sun of Rome

    7.1 1948 HD

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  • 1963
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    Crazy Sea

    Crazy Sea

    4 1963 HD

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  • 1952
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    Two Cents Worth of Hope

    Two Cents Worth of Hope

    6.2 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    Two Cents Worth of Hope

    Two Cents Worth of Hope

    6.2 1952 HD

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  • 1952
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    Two Cents Worth of Hope

    Two Cents Worth of Hope

    6.2 1952 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Brigand

    The Brigand

    10 1961 HD

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  • 1944
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    Zazà

    Zazà

    3.5 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Zazà

    Zazà

    3.5 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    Professor, My Son

    Professor, My Son

    6.8 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    Malombra

    Malombra

    6.9 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    I sogni nel cassetto

    I sogni nel cassetto

    7.5 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    I sogni nel cassetto

    I sogni nel cassetto

    7.5 1957 HD

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  • 1969
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    A Brief Season

    A Brief Season

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1942
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    A Pistol Shot

    A Pistol Shot

    8 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    A Pistol Shot

    A Pistol Shot

    8 1942 HD

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  • 1948
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    Under the Sun of Rome

    Under the Sun of Rome

    7.1 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    It's Forever Springtime

    It's Forever Springtime

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1959
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    Hell in the City

    Hell in the City

    7.4 1959 HD

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  • 1950
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    It's Forever Springtime

    It's Forever Springtime

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1963
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    Crazy Sea

    Crazy Sea

    4 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Crazy Sea

    Crazy Sea

    4 1963 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Archangel

    The Archangel

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1945
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    In High Places

    In High Places

    5 1945 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Jester's Supper

    The Jester's Supper

    6.1 1942 HD

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  • 1939
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    Department Store

    Department Store

    5.806 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Department Store

    Department Store

    5.806 1939 HD

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  • 1964
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    Three Nights of Love

    Three Nights of Love

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1939
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    An Adventure of Salvator Rosa

    An Adventure of Salvator Rosa

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Brigand

    The Brigand

    10 1961 HD

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  • 1944
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    Woman of the Mountains

    Woman of the Mountains

    5.2 1944 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Cuckoo Clock

    The Cuckoo Clock

    5 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    Il grande appello

    Il grande appello

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1964
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    Three Nights of Love

    Three Nights of Love

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Three Nights of Love

    Three Nights of Love

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1940
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    A Hundred Thousand Dollars

    A Hundred Thousand Dollars

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1946
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    Professor, My Son

    Professor, My Son

    6.8 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    Professor, My Son

    Professor, My Son

    6.8 1946 HD

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  • 1954
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    5.1 1954 HD

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  • 1967
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    Ghosts, Italian Style

    Ghosts, Italian Style

    6.3 1967 HD

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  • 1982
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    Verdi

    Verdi

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1940
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    Una romantica avventura

    Una romantica avventura

    5.9 1940 HD

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  • 1946
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    Notte di tempesta

    Notte di tempesta

    7 1946 HD

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  • 1957
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    I sogni nel cassetto

    I sogni nel cassetto

    7.5 1957 HD

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  • 1944
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    Woman of the Mountains

    Woman of the Mountains

    5.2 1944 HD

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  • 1939
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    Two Millions For a Smile

    Two Millions For a Smile

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Woman of Monte Carlo

    The Woman of Monte Carlo

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1969
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    A Brief Season

    A Brief Season

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Treasure Island in Outer Space is a 1987 science fiction Italian and German television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is based on the...

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  • 1970
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    8.2 1970 HD

    La vita di Leonardo da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A miniseries in three parts about the theft of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in 1911.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E3

    1 1970 HD

    A miniseries in three parts about the theft of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in 1911.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E5

    8.2 1970 HD

    La vita di Leonardo da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This...

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  • 1970
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    2 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E5

    6.3 1970 HD

    Treasure Island in Outer Space is a 1987 science fiction Italian and German television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is based on the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E5

    8.2 1970 HD

    La vita di Leonardo da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A miniseries in three parts about the theft of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" in 1911.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This...

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