Giuseppe Taffarel

Biography

Giuseppe Taffarel was born in Vittorio Veneto (TV) on March 1, 1922, where he died on April 9, 2012, shortly after celebrating his ninetieth birthday. From an early age he showed an innate passion for theater. He was self-taught and read plays with predilection. At the age of 19 he arrived in Rome where he attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts directed by Silvio D'Amico. In 1943 he enlisted in the partisan resistance fought in the Belluno-Treviso Prealps. He distinguished himself for his courage in numerous war actions. In 1946 he returned to Rome, in the golden age of neorealism, frequenting the world of cinema that he found at the Menghi Brothers' trattoria and at the Rosati bar. In the capital, while participating in the writing of numerous screenplays, he began a career as a film actor that saw him act in about twenty films including Achtung! Banditi! by Carlo Lizzani (1951) with Gina Lollobrigida and Giuliano Montaldo. At the end of the 1940s he collaborated with Glauco Pellegrini and Rodolfo Sonego on the making of some documentaries (the most famous are Parliamo del naso, Lezioni di anatomia and L’esperienza del cubismo) and was assistant director on Ceramiche Umbre by Gla…

Directed

1. Sesto Grado Superiore (1960) — Director
2. Fazzoletti di terra (1963) — Director
3. Un alpino della settima (1969) — Director
4. La montagna del sole (1966) — Director
5. La croce (1960) — Director
6. Via Crucis (1972) — Director
7. Voci (1969) — Director
8. Laguna (1968) — Director
9. La maratona delle nevi (1970) — Director
10. Surf Casting (1966) — Director
11. Monte Grappa 1944 (1966) — Director
12. Uccellagione tradizione antica (1967) — Director
13. Il confino di Cesare Pavese (1967) — Director
14. Il contadino che viene dal mare (1967) — Director
15. Solitudine (1966) — Director
16. Legna da ardere (1969) — Director
17. Un giorno alla settimana (1966) — Director
18. Uccellanda (1960) — Director
19. Le nerte (1962) — Director
20. Impressioni libanesi (1964) — Director
21. Riviera Mediterraneo est (1964) — Director
22. Caccia col capanno (1967) — Director
23. Paese mio covo de' corcali (1967) — Director
24. La resistenza nel Trevigiano (1968) — Director
25. Vittorio Veneto: Città nella storia (1968) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Attention! Bandits! (1951) — Vento
2. Il sentiero dell'odio (1950) — Bastiano
3. Di qua, di là del Piave (1954)