Edoardo Bencivenga (
Naples
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, 1885 –
Rome
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, June 6, 1934) was an Italian film director. Bencivegna began his career in 1907 with his first
short film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
''Raffaello e la Fornarina.'' In his career, he made over 60 films, the last one in 1922.
Career
Most of Bencivenga's work dates back to the first twenty years of the 1900s. He was very active as a director at the beginning of the century, both in short and feature films.
A family friend of
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...
, he obtained him a small role in a silent film directed by Alfredo De Antoni,
''Il processo Clémenceau'' in 1917. His last known work is ''Gli eroi del Mare Nostro'' from 1923, a film about the Italian
torpedo boat
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''
Premuda''.
Filmography
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Raffaello e la Fornarina'' – short film (1907)
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L'uomo dalla testa dura'' (1908)
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Raffaello Sanzio e la fornarina'' (1909)
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L'ignota'' – short film (1910) –
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Il serpe'' – short film (1910)
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Il barone Lagarde'' – short film (1910) –
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Maria Bricca'' (1910)
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I cavalieri della morte'' – short film (1910) –
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L'innocente'' (1911)
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Pietà di mamma'' – short film (1911)
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Il processo Clémenceau'' (1912)
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Se fossi Re!'' – short film (1912)
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La nave'' – short film (1912) – come Eduardo Bencivenga
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Il fischio della sirena'' – short film (1912)
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Il ragno'' – short film (1913)
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Cuor di poeta'' – short film (1913)
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L'epopea napoleonica'' (1914)
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Fata Morgana'' – short film (1914)
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La du Barry'' (1914)
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DuBarry'' (1915)
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L'onore di morire'' (1915)
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Cuore ed arte'' (1915)
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Il dubbio'' – short film (1915)
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Savoia, urrah!'' – short film (1915)
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Guerra redentrice'' (1915)
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Alla bajonetta!..'' (1915) – as Eduardo Bencivenga
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Eroismo di madre'' – cortometraggio (1915)
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Il sacrificio del nonno'' – short film (1915)
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Il ridicolo'' (1916)
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Don Giovanni
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'' (1916)
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Trama sventata'' (1916)
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Il nemico occulto'' (1916)
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Il medaglione'' – short film (1916)
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Ferréol'' (1916)
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L'anello di Pierrot'' (1917)
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La figlia di Jorio'' (1917)
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Pazzia contagiosa'' – short film (1917)
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Le due orfanelle'' (1918)
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P.L.M. ossia l'assassinio della Paris-Lyon-Mediterranée'' (1918)
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Mariute
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Cast
* Alberto Albertini
* Francesca Bertini
* Camillo De Riso
* Livio Pavanelli
* Gustavo Serena
Refer ...
'' (1918)
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L'orgoglio'' (1918)
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Voca e canta'' – short film (1918)
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L'ira'' (1918)
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Fiamme avvolgenti'' (1918)
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L'invidia'' (1919)
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Sullivan'' (1919)
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Il cieco'' (1919)
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La piovra'' (1919)
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La leggenda dei tre fiori'' (1919)
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La lussuria'' (1919)
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L'onore della famiglia'' (1919)
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La morte civile'' (1919)
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La colpa vendica la colpa'' (1919)
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Il cuore di Roma'' (1919)
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La donna dai capelli d'oro'' (1920)
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La follia del giuoco'' (1920)
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Fino alla tenebra'' (1920)
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Il marito perduto'' (1920)
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La donna, il diavolo, il tempo'' (1921)
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La moglie di sua eccellenza'' (1921)
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Il figlio di Coralie'' (1921)
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Hermione'' (1921)
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Dionisia'' (1921)
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Il dubbio'' (1921)
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Non è resurrezione senza morte'' (1922)
References
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1934 deaths
Italian film directors
Silent film directors
Year of birth missing
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1885 births