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Pietro Germi (14 September 1914, Genoa - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.
He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During his time in school, Germi supported himself by working as an extra, bit actor, assistant director, and, on occasion, writer. Germi made his directorial debut in 1945 with the film Il testimone. His early work, this film included, were very much in the Italian Neorealist style; many were social dramas that dealt with contemporary issues pertaining to people of Sicilian heritage.
Through the years, Germi shifted away from social drama towards satirical comedies, but retained his loved element of the Sicilian people. In the 1960s, Germi received worldwide success with the films Divorce, Italian Style, Seduced and Abandoned, and Signore e Signori. The latter is better known in the English-speaking world as The Birds the Bees and the Italians. He was nominated for Academy Awards in both directing and writing for Divorce, Italian Style, and, subsequently, won in the writing category. He also won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Signore e signori.
Germi collaborated on the scripts for all the films he directed and appeared as an actor in a few of them. He died in Rome of hepatitis on 5 December 1974.
Most Popular Pietro Germi Trailers
Total trailers found: 38
09 August 1950
A young bourgeois who launders money for the mafia gets accused of murder.
30 January 1964
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily.
26 November 1939
Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist.
01 January 1941
Italian film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.
11 March 1961
An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs money.
17 December 1968
Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing the envy of his family.
30 November 1953
The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.
15 February 1946
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of mind.
15 March 1960
Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.
29 September 1953
A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused.
10 January 1940
Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. She is trying0
15 October 1952
In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their country to ransom.
07 September 1941
In the kingdom of Kindaor, traitor Sedesmondo kills his brother, the King of Kindaor, and becomes the tyrant of kingdom.
22 November 1950
The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.
20 December 1961
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy.
25 March 1967
A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous about that, he does not leave the clinic.
24 October 1975
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
02 April 1948
In impoverished post-war Rome, a gang of young thieves is lead by Stefano, the son of an illustrious professor.
10 February 1966
An anthology presents three storylines, all set in the Italian town of Treviso: A husband pretends to be impotent as a cover for having an affair; a bank clerk abandons his wife for his mistress, but the rest of the town's husbands become jealous and unite to conspire against them; and local men all seduce a promiscuous young woman, but when her father eventually reveals that she is underage, they all face prosecution for statutory rape.
18 February 1954
Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities.
24 October 1959
A police inspector comes into contact with people of all types and dispositions during a grueling murder investigation.
21 May 2006
After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his nearly half-a-century career.
13 March 1949
A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.
22 September 1972
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.
01 August 1948
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime crimes.
30 October 1970
A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs.
19 November 1965
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told.
13 June 1961
The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property.
21 November 1956
Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train.
04 October 1952
A singer and operetta dancer works in a small french town where the authorities want to expel her because of her scandalous conduct and performance.
12 October 1951
Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.
01 January 1947
This documentary aims to pay tribute to the Allied forces, both English and American, who liberated Rome.
04 June 1943
Sequel to "Il figlio del corsaro rosso." Neala, daughter of the Red Corsair, is taken prisoner by the governor of Las Palmas, who wants to marry her for her dowry.
11 March 1958
Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough.
08 January 1945
Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film.
04 January 1943
Son of the Red Corsair (and nephew of the Black Corsair), departs for the Americas to search for his long-lost half-sister.
20 November 1946
A semi-documentary retelling of the tragic odyssey of the famous monastery during the war.
26 March 1960
A prostitute is robbed and murdered. A fourteen-year-old girl sees a suave gigolo come out of the hotel where the murder occurred.
