Vittorio Cottafavi

Biography

Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film Il diavolo sulle colline was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

Directed

1. Hercules and the Captive Women (1961) — Director
2. The Revenge of Hercules (1960) — Director
3. Traviata 53 (1953) — Director
4. A Free Woman (1954) — Director
5. Messalina (1960) — Director
6. Legions of the Nile (1959) — Director
7. 100 Horsemen (1964) — Director
8. Amazons of Rome (1961) — Director
9. The Flame that Never Dies (1949) — Director
10. The Felling of the Forest (1963) — Director
11. A Woman Has Killed (1952) — Director
12. The Devil in the Hills (1985) — Director
13. Ai poeti non si spara (1965) — Director
14. A come Andromeda (1972) — Director
15. Our Dreams (1943) — Director
16. Maria Zef (1981) — Director
17. The Warrior and the Slave Girl (1958) — Director
18. Milady and the Musketeers (1952) — Director
19. The Glorious Avenger (1953) — Director
20. In the Eddy of Sin (1954) — Director
21. In amore si pecca in due (1954) — Director
22. Jailbirds (1954) — Director
23. Seven Small Crosses (1957) — Director
24. The Persians (1975) — Director
25. Antigone (1971) — Director
26. La fantarca (1966) — Director
27. Toro bravo (1960) — Director
28. L'avaro (1957) — Director
29. Delirio a due (1967) — Director
30. Don Giovanni (1967) — Director
31. Fire Over the Sea (1948) — Director
32. I racconti di Padre Brown (1970) — Director
33. La scuola delle mogli (1973) — Director
34. Almayer's Folly (1972) — Director
35. Vita di Dante (1965) — Director
36. Christopher Colombus (1968) — Director
37. Con gli occhi dell'occidente (1979) — Director
38. La trincea (1961) — Director
39. Operazione Vega (1962) — Director
40. The Trial of Saint Therese of The Child Jesus (1967) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Flame that Never Dies (1949) — capitano dei carabinieri
2. The Gates of Heaven (1945)
3. Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (2000) — Self