Luigi Comencini facts for kids
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Luigi Comencini
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Comencini in 1971
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| Born | 8 June 1916 Salò, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
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| Died | 6 April 2007 (aged 90) Rome, Italy
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| Years active | 1937–1991 |
Luigi Comencini (born June 8, 1916 – died April 6, 2007) was a famous film director from Italy. He was known as one of the "masters" of a special type of Italian comedy film. This style was called commedia all'italiana.
Luigi Comencini's daughters, Cristina and Francesca, also became film directors.
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Luigi Comencini's Life and Work
Luigi Comencini made many movies. His first big success was a film called L'imperatore di Capri. It starred a famous actor named Totò.
In 1953, Comencini directed Pane, amore e fantasia (which means Bread, Love and Dreams). This movie starred Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida. It was a great example of "pink neorealism." This style showed real-life stories but with a lighter, more hopeful feeling. He also made a follow-up movie called Pane, amore e gelosia.
Comencini worked with the actor Alberto Sordi several times. Their movie Tutti a casa (meaning Everybody Go Home) is considered one of Comencini's best. It was a comedy about Italy after a big event in 1943 during World War II. This film won a special award at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.
Another film set during World War II was La ragazza di Bube (1963). This movie was about the Italian partisans, who were brave fighters. He also directed Incompreso (1966), which was based on an English book.
Television Success
Luigi Comencini had a huge hit with a TV series called The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972). Many people think it's one of the best Italian TV shows ever made. In the same year, he directed the movie Lo scopone scientifico. This was a dark comedy with actors Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano.
In 1975, he released a mystery film called La donna della domenica. It featured well-known actors like Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset, and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Later, Comencini's movies often featured other famous Italian actors. These included Ugo Tognazzi in Il gatto (1977) and Nino Manfredi in an episode of Basta che non si sappia in giro. In the 1980s, his movies were not as popular. However, his TV series Cuore (1984) received a lot of praise.
Luigi Comencini passed away in Rome in 2007 after a long illness.
Movies Directed by Luigi Comencini
- Bambini in città (1947)
- Hey Boy (Proibito rubare) (1948)
- The Emperor of Capri (L'imperatore di Capri) (1949)
- L'ospedale del delitto (1950)
- Behind Closed Shutters (Persiane chiuse) (1950)
- Heidi (1952)
- La Tratta delle bianche (1953)
- La valigia dei sogni (1953)
- Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia) (1953)
- Bread, Love and Jealousy (Pane, amore e gelosia) (1954)
- The Belle of Rome (La bella di Roma) (1955)
- The Window to Luna Park (1957)
- Husbands in the City (Mariti in città) (1957)
- Mogli pericolose (1958)
- Le sorprese dell'amore (1959)
- And That on Monday Morning (1959)
- Everybody Go Home (Tutti a casa) (1960)
- A cavallo della tigre (1961)
- Il commissario (1962)
- La ragazza di Bube (1963)
- Tre notti d'amore (1964)
- La mia signora (1964)
- Il compagno Don Camillo (1965)
- Six Days a Week (La bugiarda) (1965)
- Le bambole (1965, episode "Il trattato di eugenetica")
- Misunderstood (Incompreso) (1966)
- Italian Secret Service (1968)
- Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano (1969)
- Senza sapere niente di lei (1969)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972, TV series)
- Lo scopone scientifico (The Scientific Cardplayer) (1973)
- Somewhere Beyond Love (Delitto d'amore) (1974)
- Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (1974)
- La donna della domenica (1975)
- Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976, episode "L'equivoco)
- Quelle strane occasioni (1976)
- Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
- The Cat (Il gatto) (1977)
- L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile (1978)
- Voltati Eugenio (1980)
- Cercasi Gesù (1982)
- Cuore (1984, TV series)
- La storia (1986)
- A Boy from Calabria (Un ragazzo di Calabria) (1987)
- La Bohème (1988)
- Buon Natale... buon anno (1989)
- Marcellino (1992)
See also
In Spanish: Luigi Comencini para niños
