Gherardo Gherardi

Gherardo Gherardi
Born	2 July 1891 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died	10 March 1949 Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1936-1949 (film)

Gherardo Gherardi (1891–1949) was an Italian screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves. Originally a playwright, he worked prolifically in the Italian film industry following its rapid expansion during the late Fascist era.

Selected filmography

• The Countess of Parma (1936)
• Music in the Square (1936)
• The Two Sergeants (1936)
• Adam's Tree (1936)
• These Children (1937)
• Doctor Antonio (1937)
• The Three Wishes (1937)
• Triumph of Love (1938)
• Departure (1938)
• It Always Ends That Way (1939)
• The Knight of San Marco (1939)
• A Thousand Lire a Month (1939)
• The Sons of the Marquis Lucera (1939)
• Red Tavern (1940)
• Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto (1941)
• Blood Wedding (1941)
• The Secret Lover (1941)
• A Pilot Returns (1942)
• The Queen of Navarre (1942)
• Giarabub (1942)
• Luisa Sanfelice (1942)
• Odessa in Flames (1942)
• C'è sempre un ma! (1942)
• Signorinette (1942)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1942)
• The Children Are Watching Us (1943)
• L'abito nero da sposa (1945)
• The Song of Life (1945)
• Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
• Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• Eleven Men and a Ball (1948)
• Buried Alive (1949)

Bibliography

• Landy, Marcia. Fascism in Film: The Italian Commercial Cinema, 1931-1943. Princeton University Press, 2014.

External links

• Gherardo Gherardi at IMDb