Pietro Germi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 14, 1914, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- Died
- December 5, 1974
- Movies
- 39
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Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.
He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2006 | Marcello, una vita dolce | Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | A Man Named John | Pontiff's Father |
| 1961 | The Lovemakers | Stefano |
| 1961 | Blood Feud | Bolognesi |
| 1960 | Lipstick | Commissario Fioresi |
| 1960 | Five Branded Women | Partisan Commander |
| 1959 | The Facts of Murder | Il Dott. Ingravallo |
| 1958 | Man of Straw | Andrea |
| 1956 | The Railroad Man | Andrea Marcocci |
| 1948 | Escape to France | Tembien |
| 1946 | Monte Cassino | |
| 1941 | The Iron Crown | Cavaliere |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1975 | My Friends | Screenplay |
| 1972 | Alfredo, Alfredo | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | A Pocketful of Chestnuts | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Serafino | Director, Screenplay |
| 1967 | The Climax | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1964 | Seduced and Abandoned | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | Divorce Italian Style | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | The Facts of Murder | Director, Screenplay |
| 1958 | Man of Straw | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | The Railroad Man | Director, Screenplay |
| 1954 | Mid-Century Loves | Director |
| 1953 | Black 13 | Writer |
| 1953 | Jealousy | Director, Screenplay |
| 1952 | The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo | Director |
| 1952 | Mademoiselle Gobete | Director |
| 1951 | The City Defends Itself | Director |
| 1950 | The Path of Hope | Director |
| 1949 | In the Name of the Law | Director, Screenplay |
| 1948 | Lost Youth | Director, Screenplay |
| 1947 | Anglo-Saxon writers and poets in Rome | Director |
| 1946 | The Testimony | Director, Screenplay |
| 1945 | I dieci comandamenti | Writer |
| 1943 | Gli ultimi filibustieri | Writer |
| 1943 | Il figlio del corsaro rosso | Writer |
| 1941 | L'amore canta | Writer |
| 1939 | Retroscena | Writer |
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