Aldo Lado (born 5 December 1934) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer. Lado was born in

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). Lado wrote the screenplays for 21 films between 1968 and 2004 and directed 14 films between 1971 and 1994, and one in 2012.

Selected filmography

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Short Night of Glass Dolls ''Short Night of Glass Dolls'' (Italian: ''La Corta notte delle bambole di vetro'') is a 1971 Italian giallo film. It is the directorial debut of Aldo Lado and stars Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel and Barbara Bach. Plot The corpse of reporter Grego ...

'' (1971) * '' Who Saw Her Die?'' (1972) * '' La cosa buffa'' (1972) * '' Sepolta viva'' (1973) * '' The Cousin'' (1974) * ''

Last Stop on the Night Train ''Night Train Murders'' ( it, L'ultimo treno della notte), also released in English-speaking countries as ''Last Stop on the Night Train'' or ''Late Night Trains'', is a 1975 Italian revenge horror film directed by Aldo Lado and starring Flavio ...

'' (1975) * '' L'ultima volta'' (1976) * '' The Humanoid'' (1979) * '' La disubbidienza'' (1981) * '' Scirocco'' (1987) * ''

Rito d'amore ''Rito d'amore'' (English: ''Love Ritual'') is a 1989 Italian drama film directed by Aldo Lado. Plot The young Valerie is a very determined girl: she wants to become an actress and participates in dozens of auditions, almost always without succe ...

'' (1989) * ''

Alibi perfetto ''Alibi perfetto'' (English: ''The perfect alibi'') is a 1992 Italian thriller film directed by Aldo Lado. Plot Tony and Lisa, two policemen of the special team, have long been on the trail of Mancini and his men, involved in drug trafficking. F ...

'' (1992) * ''

Venerdì nero ''Dark Friday'' ( it, Venerdì nero) is a 1993 Italian thriller film directed by Aldo Lado. The film was shot in just eight weeks in 1991 but, due to the bankruptcy of the distribution company, it hit the big screen only two years later and, in ...

'' (1993) * '' La chance'' (1994) * '' Il Notturno di Chopin'' (2012)

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* * 1934 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from Rijeka Giallo film directors {{Italy-film-director-stub