Riccardo Freda

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Riccardo Freda
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Riccardo Freda on the set of I Vampiri [1]
Born(1909-02-24)24 February 1909
Alexandria, Egypt
Died20 December 1999(1999-12-20) (aged 90)
Rome, Italy
Spouse Gianna Maria Canale

Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. [2] [3]

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Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. [4] The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.

Biography

Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. [2] [5] Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. [2] After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. [2]

Film career

Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. [2] Freda began directing I Vampiri . [6] [7] [8] I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) [9] [10] A wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally. [9] [11] [12]

Freda died on 20 December 1999 in Rome. [3]

Filmography

TitleYearCredited asNotesRef(s)
DirectorWriterEditorOther
Lasciate ogni speranza 1937Yes [13]
L'allegro cantante 1938Yes [13] [14]
Fuochi d'artificio Yes [14]
La voce senza volto 1939Yes [14]
Piccoli naufraghi YesYesAssistant director [14] [15]
Il cavaliere di San Marco Yes [15]
In the Country Fell a Star YesYesCollaborator to direction [16] [17]
Fascino 1940Yes [16]
Il barone di Corbò Yes [16]
La granduchessa si diverte Yes [17]
Cento lettere d'amore Yes [17]
Lucky Night 1941Yes [17] [18]
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto YesYesCollaboration to the making [18]
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra Yes a Yes [18] [19]
Don Cesare di Bazan 1942YesYesYesProducer [20]
L'abito nero da sposa 1945Yes [19]
Non canto più YesYes [20]
Tutta la città canta YesYesYesStory [20]
07... Tassì YesYes [19]
The Black Eagle 1946YesYesYesStory [21]
Les Misérables 1948YesYes [22]
The Mysterious Rider YesYesYesStory [23]
O caçula do barulho 1949YesYesYesStory [23] [24]
The Iron Swordsman YesYes [24]
Guarany 1950YesYesYesStory [24] [25]
The Gay Swordsman YesYesYesStory [25]
L'astuto barone YesYesShort film [26]
Magia a prezzi modici 1951YesShort film [25] [26]
Double Cross YesYes [26]
Tenori per forza YesYesShort film [26] [27]
Revenge of Black Eagle YesYesYesStory [27]
See Naples and Die 1952Yes [27]
La Leggenda del Piave YesYes [28]
Sins of Rome 1953Yes [28]
Theodora, Slave Empress 1954YesYesYesStory, general manager [29]
I mosaici di Ravenna YesYes [30]
Da qui all'eredità 1955YesYes [30]
Beatrice Cenci 1956YesYesStory [30]
I Vampiri 1957YesYesYesActor (Autopsy doctor) [31]
Trapped in Tangiers YesYesYesStory [32]
Sheba and the Gladiator 1959Yes2nd unit director–battle scenes [33]
The White Warrior YesYesYes [32]
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster YesYes [34]
The Giants of Thessaly 1960YesYes [34] [35]
The Mongols 1961YesDirector–battle scenes [33]
Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World Yes [35]
Caccia all'uomo Yes [36]
Marco Polo 1962YesDirector–battle scenes c [37]
Alone Against Rome YesDirector–Arena sequences [38]
Seven Seas to Calais YesEditor–naval battle scene d [38] [39]
The Witch's Curse Yes [40]
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock Yes [40] [41]
The Seventh Sword YesYesYesStory [41]
Gold for the Caesars 1963Yes2nd unit director e [39]
The Ghost YesYes [41] [42]
The Magnificent Adventurer YesYesStory [42] [43]
Romeo e Giulietta 1964YesYes [43]
Genoveffa di Brabante YesYesYesStory [43] [44]
The Two Orphans 1965YesYes [44]
Coplan FX 18 casse tout Yes [44] [45]
Trap for the Assassin 1966YesYes [45]
Mexican Slayride 1967Yes [46]
La morte non conta i dollari Yes [46] [47]
Double Face 1969YesYes [47]
Tamar Wife of Er 1970Yes [48]
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire 1971YesYesYesYesStory [48] [49]
Tragic Ceremony 1972Yes [49]
Murder Obsession 1981YesYesYes [50]
Un tour de manège 1989YesActor (Riccardo the film director) [51]
Revenge of the Musketeers 1994YesBased on "an idea by Freda and Éric Poindron [51] [52]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Erickson, Hal. "Riccardo Freda". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Paul 2005, p. 276.
  4. ↑ Jones, Alan (2013). I Vampiri (booklet). Arrow Films. p. 24. FCD756.
  5. ↑ Paul 2005, p. 274.
  6. ↑ Shipka 2011, p. 23.
  7. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 23.
  8. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 24.
  9. 1 2 Gallant, Chris (23 April 2015). "10 Great Italian Gothic Horror Films". British Film Institute. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 11.
  11. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 3.
  12. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 1.
  13. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 289.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 290.
  15. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 291.
  16. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 292.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 293.
  18. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 294.
  19. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 295.
  20. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 302.
  21. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 303.
  22. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 304.
  23. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 305.
  24. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 306.
  25. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 307.
  26. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 308.
  27. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 309.
  28. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 310.
  29. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 311.
  30. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 312.
  31. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 313.
  32. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 314.
  33. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 296.
  34. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 315.
  35. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 316.
  36. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 317.
  37. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 297.
  38. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 298.
  39. 1 2 3 4 Curti 2017, p. 299.
  40. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 318.
  41. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 319.
  42. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 320.
  43. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 321.
  44. 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 322.
  45. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 323.
  46. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 324.
  47. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 325.
  48. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 326.
  49. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 327.
  50. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 328.
  51. 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 300.
  52. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 301.

Bibliography

  • Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-8749-3.
  • Shipka, Danny (2011). Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-4888-3.
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