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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
12 October 2006, Rome, Italy more
Trivia:
Although he made fewer than 20 films, he is regarded as one of Italy's... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
ReThinking The Battle of Algiers: A Movie the Pentagon, the Black Panthers and the Ira Can Agree On
(From Huffington Post. 11 September 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
The Battle Of Algiers – Reviewing The Oldies
(From FilmShaft.com. 3 September 2009, 10:16 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
G. Pontecorvo
Filmography
Director:
- Firenze, il nostro domani (2003)
- Un altro mondo è possibile (2001)
... aka Another World Is Possible (USA)
... aka Um Outro Mundo É Possível (Brazil: festival title) [pt] - I corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
- Nostalgia di protezione (1997)
- Danza della fata confetto (1996)
- 12 registi per 12 città (1989) (segment "Udine")
- L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
- Operación Ogro (1979)
... aka Ogro (International: English title) (Italy)
... aka Operation Ogre - Queimada (1969)
... aka Burn! (USA)
... aka The Mercenary (Canada: English title)
... aka Isyan (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka La quemada (Colombia) [es]
... aka Queimada (Finland) [fi]
... aka Queimada - Insel des Schreckens (West Germany) [de]
... aka Queimada! (Argentina) [es]
... aka Quemada! (Spain) [es] - La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
... aka The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
... aka Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title)
... aka A Batalha de Argel (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Bitwa o Algier (Poland) [pl]
... aka I mahi tis Algerias (Greece) [el]
... aka La bataille d'Alger (France) [fr]
... aka La batalla de Argel (Spain) [es]
... aka Schlacht um Algier (West Germany) [de]
... aka Slaget om Alger (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Slaget om Algier (Denmark) [da]
... aka Taistelu Algeriasta (Finland) [fi] - Paras (1963)
- Gli uomini del lago (1959)
- Kapò (1959)
... aka Kapo - keskitysleirin vartija (Finland) [fi]
... aka Sklavoi horis alysides (Greece) [el] - Pane e zolfo (1959)
- Die Windrose (1957) (segment "Giovanna")
... aka A Rosa-dos-Ventos (Brazil)
... aka Rose of the Winds
... aka La rosa dei venti (Italy) [it]
... aka La rose des vents (France) [fr] - La grande strada azzurra (1957)
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka Das Leben ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka La grande route bleue (France: literal title)
... aka The Wide Blue Road
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (France)
... aka Veliki plavi put (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
... aka A nagy kék országút (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (Austria) [de]
... aka Den grymma vägen (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Die grosse blaue Strasse (East Germany) [de]
... aka El gran camino azul (Argentina) [es]
... aka O dromos tis orgis (Greece) [el]
... aka Prisionero del mar (Spain) [es]
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (Belgium: French title: dubbed version) [fr]
... aka Vaarallinen saalistaja (Finland) [fi] - Cani dietro le sbarre (1955)
- Giovanna (1955)
... aka Giovanna (Argentina) [es] - Uomini del marmo (1955)
- Festa a Castelluccio (1954)
- Porta Portese (1954)
- Missione Timiriazev (1953)
Writer:
- I corti italiani (1997) (segment "Nostalgia di protezione")
- Nostalgia di protezione (1997) (writer)
- Operación Ogro (1979) (writer)
... aka Ogro (International: English title) (Italy)
... aka Operation Ogre - Queimada (1969) (uncredited) (story)
... aka Burn! (USA)
... aka The Mercenary (Canada: English title)
... aka Isyan (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
... aka La quemada (Colombia) [es]
... aka Queimada (Finland) [fi]
... aka Queimada - Insel des Schreckens (West Germany) [de]
... aka Queimada! (Argentina) [es]
... aka Quemada! (Spain) [es] - La battaglia di Algeri (1966) (writer)
... aka The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
... aka Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title)
... aka A Batalha de Argel (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Bitwa o Algier (Poland) [pl]
... aka I mahi tis Algerias (Greece) [el]
... aka La bataille d'Alger (France) [fr]
... aka La batalla de Argel (Spain) [es]
... aka Schlacht um Algier (West Germany) [de]
... aka Slaget om Alger (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Slaget om Algier (Denmark) [da]
... aka Taistelu Algeriasta (Finland) [fi] - Kapò (1959) (writer)
... aka Kapo - keskitysleirin vartija (Finland) [fi]
... aka Sklavoi horis alysides (Greece) [el] - La grande strada azzurra (1957) (screenplay)
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka Das Leben ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka La grande route bleue (France: literal title)
... aka The Wide Blue Road
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (France)
... aka Veliki plavi put (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
... aka A nagy kék országút (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (Austria) [de]
... aka Den grymma vägen (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Die grosse blaue Strasse (East Germany) [de]
... aka El gran camino azul (Argentina) [es]
... aka O dromos tis orgis (Greece) [el]
... aka Prisionero del mar (Spain) [es]
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (Belgium: French title: dubbed version) [fr]
... aka Vaarallinen saalistaja (Finland) [fi] - Uomini del marmo (1955) (writer)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- Totò e Carolina (1955) (first assistant director)
... aka Toto and Carolina (International: English title) - L'amore in città (1953) (assistant director) (segment "Storia di Caterina")
... aka Love in the City (USA)
... aka Amor en la ciudad (Argentina) [es]
... aka L'amour à la ville (France) [fr]
... aka Liebe in der Stadt (West Germany) [de]
... aka Milosc w miescie (Poland) [pl] - Le infedeli (1953) (assistant director)
... aka Les infidèles (France)
... aka The Unfaithfuls (USA)
... aka De trouwelozen (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
... aka Escándalo en Roma - Las infieles (Argentina) [es]
... aka Las infieles (Argentina) [es]
... aka Les infidèles (Belgium: French title) [fr]
... aka Oi apistes (Greece) [el]
... aka Untreue (West Germany) [de]
... aka Uskottomia naisia (Finland) [fi] - Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (1951) (assistant director) (as G. Pontecorvo)
... aka I miracoli non si ripetono (Italy)
... aka Miracles Only Happen Once (International: English title)
... aka Csoda csak egyszer történik (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Det sker blott en gång (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (Belgium: French title) [fr]
... aka Los milagros ocurren solo una vez (Argentina) [es]
... aka Was het een mirakel (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Actor:
- The Stupids (1996) .... Talk Show Guest #1
... aka Eine Familie zum Kotzen (Germany) [de]
... aka Els estúpids (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
... aka Glupole (Poland) [pl]
... aka Kretenckovi (Slovenia) [sl]
... aka La familia Stupid (Spain) [es]
... aka Les stupides (Canada: French title: TV title) [fr]
... aka Os Estúpidos (Portugal) [pt]
... aka Stupidot (Finland) [fi]
... aka The Stupids (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr] - La grande strada azzurra (1957)
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka Das Leben ohne Gnade (West Germany)
... aka La grande route bleue (France: literal title)
... aka The Wide Blue Road
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (France)
... aka Veliki plavi put (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
... aka A nagy kék országút (Hungary) [hu]
... aka Das Leben ist ohne Gnade (Austria) [de]
... aka Den grymma vägen (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Die grosse blaue Strasse (East Germany) [de]
... aka El gran camino azul (Argentina) [es]
... aka O dromos tis orgis (Greece) [el]
... aka Prisionero del mar (Spain) [es]
... aka Un dénommé Squarcio (Belgium: French title: dubbed version) [fr]
... aka Vaarallinen saalistaja (Finland) [fi] - Il sole sorge ancora (1946) .... Pietro
... aka Outcry (USA)
... aka Le soleil se lèvera encore (France) [fr]
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) (V) (archival material)
Composer:
- La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
... aka The Battle of Algiers (UK) (USA)
... aka Maarakat madinat al Jazaer (Algeria: Arabic title)
... aka A Batalha de Argel (Brazil) [pt]
... aka Bitwa o Algier (Poland) [pl]
... aka I mahi tis Algerias (Greece) [el]
... aka La bataille d'Alger (France) [fr]
... aka La batalla de Argel (Spain) [es]
... aka Schlacht um Algier (West Germany) [de]
... aka Slaget om Alger (Sweden) [sv]
... aka Slaget om Algier (Denmark) [da]
... aka Taistelu Algeriasta (Finland) [fi]
Thanks:
- Remembering History (2005) (V) (special thanks)
Self:
- Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
- Un controtipo - appunti su Gillo Pontecorvo (2005) .... Himself
- Marxist Poetry: The Making of 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Ritratti italiani n. 7: Gillo Pontecorvo (2001) .... Himself
- Homo cinematographicus (1998) (TV) .... Himself (regista)
- Ennio Morricone (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992) (TV) .... Himself
Additional Details
Publicity Listings:
3 Biographical Movies | 2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 11 Articles more
Genres:
Documentary | Drama | Short | War more
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