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Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( Italian: [ˈdʒillo ponteˈkɔrvo]; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966).
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary.
Gilberto Pontecorvo, detto Gillo è stato un regista, sceneggiatore, attore, compositore e partigiano italiano.
Oct 14, 2006 · ROME, Oct. 13 — Gillo Pontecorvo, the Italian filmmaker who explored terrorism and torture in colonial Algeria in the powerful and influential 1965 classic, “The Battle of Algiers,” died ...
One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary.
Oct 18, 2021 · Pontecorvo thrillingly captures the power and possibility of large gatherings of citizens, who come together to demand rights, putting their bodies at risk to create social and...
Oct 13, 2006 · Gillo Pontecorvo moved to Paris after the Mussolini government passed laws in 1938 discriminating against Jews, and then to Saint-Tropez when the German Army entered the French capital.
Aug 11, 2021 · Featuring one of Ennio Morricone’s most urgent scores, Gillo Pontecorvo’s explosive depiction of Algeria’s struggle for independence has been cited as an inspiration by everyone from Chris Morris to Christopher Nolan. It's also been studied by governments, terrorist groups and World Cup teams.
19 November 1919 to 11 October 2006. Pontecorvo's name is forever linked to his one, unassailable masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers (1966). An account of Algeria's liberation from French rule, it was shot in a neorealist style and exerts an influence which continues to this day.
