Giorgio Pastina (1905–1956) was an Italian
screenwriter and
film director. He directed ''
Henry IV'', a 1943 film version of
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...
's ''
Henry IV''.
[Anile, Alberto, '' Orson Welles in Italy'' (Indiana University Press, 2013), p. 94]
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
Henry IV'' (1943)
* ''
The Ways of Sin'' (1946)
* ''
Vanity
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'' (1947)
* ''
William Tell
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According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Sicilian Uprising'' (1949)
* ''
Alina'' (1950)
* ''
Matrimonial Agency'' (1953)
* ''
Cardinal Lambertini
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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the Lis ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Of Life and Love'' (1954)
* ''
Letter from Naples'' (1954)
Screenwriter
* ''
Fedora'' (1942)
* ''
A Living Statue'' (1943)
* ''
Farewell Love!
''Farewell Love!'' (Italian: ''Addio, amore!'') is a 1943 Italian historical drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi.Gundle p.123 It is based on the 1890 novel of the same title by ...
'' (1943)
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1905 births
1956 deaths
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
Italian film directors
People from Andria
20th-century Italian male writers
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