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Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa – 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.
He studied acting and directing at Rome’s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage.
Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori.
Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.
Pietro Germi Biography / Wiki
| Name | Pietro Germi |
| Also Know | Пьетро Джерми |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Genoa – Liguria – Italy |
| Date of Birth | 1914-09-14 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 60 |
| Deathday | 1974-12-05 |
Pietro Germi Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Facts of Murder | Il Dott. Ingravallo | 1959-11-11 | A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation…. |
| Man of Straw | Andrea | 1958-03-11 | Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends t… |
| The Railroad Man | Andrea Marcocci | 1956-11-21 | Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he sta… |
| The Lovemakers | Stefano | 1961-06-13 | The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full con… |
| Lipstick | Commissario Fioresi | 1960-03-26 | A prostitute is robbed and murdered. A fourteen-year-old girl (Laura Vivaldi) sees a suave gigolo come out of the hotel where the murder occurred. She… |
| Escape to France | Tembien | 1948-08-01 | A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime c… |
| Blood Feud | 1961-03-11 | A drama directed by Damiano Damiani…. | |
| Montecassino nel cerchio di fuoco | 1946-11-20 | Directed by Arturo Gemmiti… | |
| A Man Named John | Pontiff’s Father | 1965-11-18 | Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is tol… |
| Five Branded Women | Partisan Commander | 1960-03-15 | Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fe… |
| Marcello, una vita dolce | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-21 | After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita†(1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in … |
Pietro Germi Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Divorce Italian Style | Director | 1961-12-20 | Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he t… |
| The Facts of Murder | Director | 1959-11-11 | A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation…. |
| Seduced and Abandoned | Director | 1964-01-30 | The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is sed… |
| The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo | Director | 1952-10-15 | In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their countr… |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Director | 1966-02-10 | An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a c… |
| Serafino | Director | 1968-12-17 | Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing t… |
| Mademoiselle Gobete | Director | 1952-10-04 | A singer and operetta dancer works in a small french town where the authorities want to expel her because of her scandalous conduct and performance. W… |
| Man of Straw | Director | 1958-03-11 | Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends t… |
| The Path of Hope | Director | 1950-11-22 | The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships…. |
| The Railroad Man | Director | 1956-11-21 | Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he sta… |
| Mid-Century Loves | Director | 1954-02-18 | Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients’ infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight … |
| Alfredo, Alfredo | Director | 1972-09-22 | Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so bl… |
| Jealousy | Director | 1953-09-29 | A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is ac… |
| The Testimony | Director | 1946-02-15 | A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of… |
| The Climax | Director | 1967-03-25 | A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic… excep… |
| In the Name of the Law | Director | 1949-03-13 | A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia…. |
| The City Defends Itself | Director | 1951-10-12 | Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police…. |
| A Pocketful of Chestnuts | Director | 1970-10-30 | A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs…. |
| Lost Youth | Director | 1948-04-02 | In impoverished post-war Rome, a gang of young thieves is lead by Stefano, the son of an illustrious professor. The police suspects that the criminals… |
| The Sinner | Assistant Director | 1940-01-10 | Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. She is trying to find work and place to stay but one misfortune… |
Pietro Germi Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Producer | 1966-02-10 | An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a c… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Serafino | Story | 1968-12-17 | Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing t… |
| Lost Youth | Story | 1948-04-02 | In impoverished post-war Rome, a gang of young thieves is lead by Stefano, the son of an illustrious professor. The police suspects that the criminals… |
| Lost Youth | Screenplay | 1948-04-02 | In impoverished post-war Rome, a gang of young thieves is lead by Stefano, the son of an illustrious professor. The police suspects that the criminals… |
| The Testimony | Screenplay | 1946-02-15 | A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of… |
| Seduced and Abandoned | Screenplay | 1964-01-30 | The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is sed… |
| Seduced and Abandoned | Story | 1964-01-30 | The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is sed… |
| Retroscena | Writer | 1939-11-26 | Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic af… |
| L’amore canta | Writer | 1941-01-01 | Italian film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli…. |
| Against the Law | Writer | 1950-08-09 | A young bourgeois who launders money for the mafia gets accused of murder…. |
| Il figlio del corsaro rosso | Writer | 1943-06-20 | Son of the Red Corsair (and nephew of the Black Corsair), departs for the Americas to search for his long-lost half-sister…. |
| Gli ultimi filibustieri | Writer | 1943-01-01 | Sequel to “Il figlio del corsaro rosso.” Neala, daughter of the Red Corsair, is taken prisoner by the governor of Las Palmas, who wants to marry her f… |
| I dieci comandamenti | Writer | 1945-01-08 | Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film…. |
| The Path of Hope | Story | 1950-11-22 | The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships…. |
| Divorce Italian Style | Story | 1961-12-20 | Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he t… |
| Divorce Italian Style | Screenplay | 1961-12-20 | Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he t… |
| Jealousy | Screenplay | 1953-09-29 | A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is ac… |
| Man of Straw | Screenplay | 1958-03-11 | Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends t… |
| My Friends | Story | 1975-10-24 | Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, “gypsy shenanigans”) in a continuous attempt to prolong childhoo… |
| My Friends | Screenplay | 1975-10-24 | Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, “gypsy shenanigans”) in a continuous attempt to prolong childhoo… |
| The Testimony | Story | 1946-02-15 | A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of… |
| In the Name of the Law | Screenplay | 1949-03-13 | A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia…. |
| The City Defends Itself | Co-Writer | 1951-10-12 | Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police…. |
| The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo | Story | 1952-10-15 | In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their countr… |
| The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo | Adaptation | 1952-10-15 | In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their countr… |
| The Railroad Man | Screenplay | 1956-11-21 | Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he sta… |
| Man of Straw | Story | 1958-03-11 | Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends t… |
| The Facts of Murder | Screenplay | 1959-11-11 | A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation…. |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Story | 1966-02-10 | An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a c… |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Screenplay | 1966-02-10 | An anthology film that presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso. In the first story, a husband pretends to be impotent as a c… |
| The Climax | Story | 1967-03-25 | A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic… excep… |
| The Climax | Screenplay | 1967-03-25 | A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic… excep… |
| Serafino | Screenplay | 1968-12-17 | Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing t… |
| A Pocketful of Chestnuts | Story | 1970-10-30 | A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs…. |
| A Pocketful of Chestnuts | Screenplay | 1970-10-30 | A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs…. |
| Alfredo, Alfredo | Story | 1972-09-22 | Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so bl… |
| Alfredo, Alfredo | Screenplay | 1972-09-22 | Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so bl… |
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