Piero Filippone (1911–1998) was an Italian

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who designed the sets for around two hundred films. He created the sets for

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such a ...

's 1954 film ''

Journey to Italy ''Journey to Italy'', also known as ''Voyage to Italy'', is a 1954 drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders play Katherine and Alex Joyce, a childless English married couple on a trip to Italy whose marriage i ...

''.Brunette p.416

Selected filmography

* '' Three Cornered Hat'' (1935) * ''

The Lady in White ''The Lady in White'' (Italian: ''La dama bianca'') is a 1938 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Enrico Viarisio.Clarke & Doel p.37 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1938) * '' For Men Only'' (1938) * ''

We Were Seven Widows ''We Were Seven Widows'' () is a 1939 Italian "Telefoni Bianchi, white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Antonio Gandusio. Cast * Antonio Gandusio - L'avvocato Ruggero Mauri * Nino Taranto - Orlando, il cameriere di ...

'' (1939) * '' Defendant, Stand Up!'' (1939) * '' The Hotel of the Absent'' (1939) * '' The Pirate's Dream'' (1940) * '' Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) * '' Big Shoes'' (1940) * '' Marco Visconti'' (1941) * ''

Bluebeard "Bluebeard" ( ) is a French Folklore, folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in . The tale is about a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives an ...

'' (1941) * ''

Seven Years of Good Luck ''Seven Years of Good Luck'' () is a 1942 German comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Theo Lingen and Hans Moser. It is a sequel to the 1940 film '' Seven Years Hard Luck''.Von Dassanowsky p. 101 It was shot a ...

'' (1942) * '' Violets in Their Hair'' (1942) * '' I Live as I Please'' (1942) * '' Sealed Lips'' (1942) * '' Nothing New Tonight'' (1942) * ''

Happy Days ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marsha ...

'' (1942) * ''

Seven Years of Happiness ''Seven Years of Happiness'' (Italian: ''Sette anni di felicità'') is a 1943 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and Roberto Savarese and starring Vivi Gioi, Wolf Albach-Retty and Hans Moser. The film's sets were ...

'' (1943) * '' Anything for a Song'' (1943) * '' Lively Teresa'' (1943) * '' Apparition'' (1943) * '' Two Suffer Better Than One'' (1943) * '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) * '' The Elusive Twelve'' (1950) * ''

The Merry Widower ''The Merry Widower'' () is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 392 The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach. It is not to be confused with the 1908 ...

'' (1950) * '' I'm in the Revue'' (1950) * '' The Ungrateful Heart'' (1951) * '' Four Red Roses'' (1951) * '' Lieutenant Giorgio'' (1952) * '' Frontier Wolf'' (1952) * ''

Deceit Deception is the act of convincing of one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the information does not. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deceit ...

'' (1952) * ''

Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy (, FdI) is a National conservatism, national-conservative and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Italy, that is currently the country's ruling party. After becoming the largest party in the 2022 Ita ...

'' (1952) * ''

Sunday Heroes ''Sunday Heroes'' () is a 1952 Italian sports drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Raf Vallone, Cosetta Greco and Marcello Mastroianni. Moliterno p.5 It was shot at the Titanus Studios in Rome and on location at the San Siro in M ...

'' (1952) * '' The Ship of Condemned Women'' (1953) * '' The Daughter of the Regiment'' (1953) * ''

'' (1954) * '' The Friend of the Jaguar'' (1959) * '' The Sign of the Coyote'' (1963)

References

Bibliography

* Peter Brunette. ''Roberto Rossellini''. University of California Press, 1996.

External links

* 1911 births 1998 deaths Italian art directors Film people from Naples Italian emigrants to the United States {{Italy-film-bio-stub