Pietro Francisci (; 9 September 1906 – 1977) was an

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, best remembered for the film ''

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'' (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in

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, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the 1966 science-fiction film ''2+5 Missione Hydra'', released in the U.S. in 1977 as '' Star Pilot''.

Selected filmography

* '' I Met You in Naples'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1949) *'' Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino'' (1951) *''

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'' (1954) *''

'' (1958) *'' Hercules and the Queen of Lydia'' (1959) aka ''Hercules Unchained'' *'' Siege of Syracuse'' (1960) * '' The Warrior Empress'' (1960) * '' Hercules, Samson and Ulysses'' (1960) *''2+5 Missione Hydra'' (1966) aka ''Star Pilot'' * '' Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad'' (1973)

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