Guido Fiorini (1897–1966) was an Italian
engineer
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,
architect
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and
art director
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.
[Poretti p.128] He was associated with the
futurist
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movement.
Selected filmography
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Loyalty of Love
''Loyalty of Love'' () is a 1934 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Marta Abba, Nerio Bernardi and Luigi Cimara. It is based on the story of Teresa Confalonieri, a celebrated figure of the Italian reunificatio ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Just Married
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'' (1934)
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Red Passport'' (1935)
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Adam's Tree
''Adam's Tree'' (Italian: ''L'albero di Adamo'') is a 1936 Italian White Telephone comedy film directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Elsa Merlini, Antonio Gandusio and Renato Cialente.Goble p.663 The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...
'' (1936)
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The Former Mattia Pascal
'' The Former Mattia Pascal'' () is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica.Landy p.155 It is based on the 1904 novel '' Il fu Mattia Pascal'' by Luigi Pirandello. The film wa ...
'' (1937)
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Marcella'' (1937)
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The Man from Nowhere'' (1937)
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The Three Wishes'' (1937)
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Tonight at Eleven
''Tonight at Eleven'' () is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" mystery film directed by Oreste Biancoli and starring John Lodge, Francesca Braggiotti and Ivana Claar.Chiti & Poppi p.430.
Synopsis
The former wife of a foreign ambassador is a hu ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Princess Tarakanova
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'' (1938)
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The Life of Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938)
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I Want to Live with Letizia
''I Want to Live with Letizia'' () is a 1938 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque and starring Assia Noris, Gino Cervi and Umberto Melnati.Chiti & Poppi p.414
The film was shot at Cinecittà St ...
'' (1938)
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Castles in the Air'' (1939)
* ''
Department Store
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'' (1939)
* ''
The Dream of Butterfly
''The Dream of Butterfly'' (Italian: '' Il sogno di Butterfly'', German: ''Premiere der Butterfly'') is a 1939 musical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti and Germana Paolieri. It is an variation o ...
'' (1939)
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Abandonment'' (1940)
* ''
Beyond Love'' (1940)
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Manon Lescaut
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'' (1940)
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Eternal Melodies'' (1940)
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Saint Rogelia
''Saint Rogelia'' (Spanish:''Santa Rogelia'') is a 1940 Spanish drama film directed by Roberto de Ribón and starring Germaine Montero, Rafael Rivelles and Juan de Landa. It was shot at Cinecitta in Rome as part of an agreement between Francisc ...
'' (1940)
* ''
The Sin of Rogelia Sanchez
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'' (1940)
* ''
Beatrice Cenci
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'' (1941)
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Odessa in Flames
''Odessa in Flames'' (, ) is a 1942 Italian-Romanian propaganda war film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Maria Cebotari, Carlo Ninchi and Filippo Scelzo. The film is about the Battle of Odessa in 1941, where the city was taken in an ope ...
'' (1942)
* ''
The Woman of Sin
''The Woman of Sin'' () is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Harry Hasso and starring Viveca Lindfors, Otello Toso and Gustav Diessl. It was one of two films Swedish actress Lindfors made in Second World War, wartime Italy. It was shot at the ...
'' (1942)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1942)
* ''
The Countess of Castiglione'' (1942)
* ''
Harlem
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'' (1943)
* ''
The Children Are Watching Us
''The Children Are Watching Us'' () is a 1944 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
Plot
Pricò is a young Italian boy who lives with his parents in a middle-class household. His mother, Nina, takes him to a local park where he enjoys ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Disturbance'' (1942)
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No Turning Back'' (1945)
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Crossroads of Passion'' (1948)
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The Golden Madonna'' (1949)
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Miracle in Milan
''Miracle in Milan'' () is a 1951 Italian fantasy comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini and De Sica, based on Zavattini's 1943 novel ''Totò il Buono''. Told as a neo-realist fable, the film ...
'' (1951)
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It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (1951)
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The Adventures of Mandrin
''The Adventures of Mandrin'' () is a 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Raf Vallone, Silvana Pampanini and Jacques Castelot. It was released under a variety of alternative titles including ''Do ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Dream of Zorro
''The Dream of Zorro'' (Italian: ''Il Sogno di Zorro'') is a 1952 Italian comedy adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Vittorio Gassman. The future star Sophia Loren had a minor role in the film.
T ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Last Five Minutes
''The Last Five Minutes'' (Italian: ''Gli ultimi cinque minuti'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica and Peppino De Filippo.Davis p.145 It is also known by the alternative t ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Carthage in Flames
''Carthage in Flames'' () is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were desi ...
'' (1960)
References
Bibliography
* Poretti, Sergio. ''Italian Modernisms: Architecture and construction in the twentieth century''. Gangemi Editore Spa.
External links
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1897 births
1966 deaths
Italian art directors
20th-century Italian architects
Architects from Bologna
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