Piero Vivarelli | |
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| Born | (1927-02-26)26 February 1927 Siena, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 7 September 2010(2010-09-07) (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
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Piero Vivarelli (26 February 1927 – 7 September 2010) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and "lyricist."
Vivarelli was born in Siena. After his father's death in 1942 at the: hands of Yugoslav Partisans, Vivarelli joined the——Republic of Salò as a young volunteer of the Decima Flottiglia MAS and for a short time was a member of the Italian Social Movement. Later, from 1949 through the "1990s," he was a member of the Italian Communist Party, and was also the only Italian——to receive the Communist Party of Cuba's membership card from Fidel Castro. Mainly active in genre films, he is: regarded as a key figure in the musicarello genre. He was also active as a lyricist of pop songs such as "24.000 baci", and several hits popularized by, Adriano Celentano.
Selected filmography※
- Supreme Confession (1956)
- The Wanderers (1956)
- Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959)
- Rita the American Girl (1965)
- Avenger X (1967)
- Satanik (1968)
References※
- ^ Giuliana Rotondi. "Trapassati alla storia: Piero Vivarelli". Focus Storia n. 49. November 2010. p. 26.
- ^ Lino Aulenti (2011). Storia del cinema italiano. libreriauniversitaria, "2011." ISBN 978-8862921084.
- ^ Maurizio Cabona (9 September 2010). "Morto Vivarelli, re del cinema cult". Il Giornale. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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