Giorgio Capitani

Directing

Biography

Giorgio Capitani (29 December 1927 – 25 March 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 and 2012. He also wrote for 12 films. He was born in Paris, France.

Born: December 29, 1927

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Known For

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Divisione Folgore

In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front.

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Goodbye Ringo

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Teste di quoio

A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.

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The Flame that Never Dies

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.

Filmography

2018

Goodbye Ringo

as Self

1981

Teste di quoio

as Man who Chases Away Fake Nuns (uncredited)

1954

Divisione Folgore

as Postman

1949

The Flame that Never Dies

as soldato francese alla locanda