Vittorio Cottafavi

Vittorio Cottafavi
Cottafavi between actors Arnoldo Foà and Renato Rascel (1970)
Born	(1914-01-30)30 January 1914 Modena, Italy
Died	14 December 1998(1998-12-14) (aged 84) Anzio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1943-1985

Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film Il diavolo sulle colline was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

Selected filmography

• I nostri sogni (1943)
• The Gates of Heaven (1945) (actor)
• La grande strada (1948)
• The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)
• A Woman Has Killed (1952)
• Milady and the Musketeers (1952)
• Traviata '53 (1953)
• A Free Woman (1954)
• It Takes Two to Sin in Love (1954)
• Messalina (1960)
• Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis (1961)
• 100 Horsemen (1964)
• Il diavolo sulle colline (1985)

External links

• Vittorio Cottafavi at IMDb