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Pallavera Soldati Biography (1906-1999)
Born November 16, 1906, in Turin, Italy; died June 19, 1999, in Italy; married Marion Rieckelman, May, 1931 (marriage ended, 1934); married Giuliana Kellermann; children: (first marriage) three; (second marriage) three. Career: Director and writer. Columbia University, instructor, c. 1930. Awards,Honors: Third Prize, Turin Catholic Youth Federation, 1924, for Pilato; Columbia University, fellowship, 1929-31, then honorary D.Litt.; Premio Strega, 1954, for La Lettere da Capri; Campiello Prize, Campiello Foundation, c. 1970, for L'Attore; Naples Prize for Literature, Fondazione Premio Napoli, c. 1977, for La Sposa Americana..
- Nationality
- Italian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, writer
- Birth Details
- November 16, 1906
- Turin, Italy
- Death Details
- June 19, 1999
- Italy
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
- Assistant director, Cento di Questi Giorni(also known as A Hundred of These Days), 1933
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La Signora di Montecarlo,1938
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La Principessa Tarakanova(also known as Betrayal,
Princess Tarakanova, and Tarakanowa), 1938
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Tutto per la Donna(also known as Everything for the Woman),1939
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Due Milioni per un Sorriso,1939
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Dora Nelson, Urbe Film, 1939
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Tragica Notte(also known as Tragic Night), 1941
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Piccolo Mondo Antico(also known as Old-Fashioned World), ATA, 1941
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Malombra, ATA, 1942
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Quartieri Alti(also known as High Apartments), 1943
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Le Miserie del Signor Travet(also known as His Young Wife),Pan Film, 1945
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Eugenia Grande,1946
- (And editor) Daniele Cortis(also known as Elena), 1947
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Fuga in Francia(also known as Flight into France), 1948
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Chi e Dio,1948
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Quel Bandito Sono Io(also known as Her Favorite Husband,
I Am That Bandit,
The Taming of Dorothy, and Le Porte d'Oro), 1949
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Botta e Risposta(also known as Question and Answer), 1949
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E l'Amore Che Mi Rovina(also known as The Love That Ruins Me), 1951
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O.K. Nerone,1951
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Donne e Briganti(also known as Of Love and Bandits and Women and Outlaws), 1951
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Le Avventure di Mandrin(also known as Le Chevalier sans Loi), 1951
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I Tre Corsari,1952
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The Stranger's Hand(also known as La Mano del Stranieroand La Mano dello Straniero), 1952
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Il Segno di Zorro,1952
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Jolanda la Figlia del Corsaro Nero,1952
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La Provinciale(also known as The Wayward Wife), Electra Copagua Cinematografica, 1953
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Questa e la Vita(also known as Of Love and Life), 1954
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Sous le Ciel de Provence(also known as The Virtuous Bigamist and Era di Venerdi 17), 1956
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La Donna del Fiume(also known as The River Girl and Woman of the River), Minerva Film SPA, 1955 released in the United States, Columbia, 1957
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Italia Piccola,1957
- Second unit director, Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
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Chi Legge?,1960
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Policarpo, Ufficiale di Scrittura(also known as Policarpo, Oficial Diplomado), Titanus/Hispamex, 1961
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Film Appearances
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Mio Figlio Professore(also known as Professor My Son), 1946
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Daniele Cortis(also known as Elena), 1947
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Napoli Milionaria(also known as Naples Millionaire and Side Street Story), 1950
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Host, Viaggio Nella Valle del Po Alla Recerca di Vini Genuini(alsoknown as Voyage in the Po Valley in Search of Genuine Wines, 1955-56), 1955-56
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Alla Ricerca del Cibo Genuino(also known as In Search of Genuine Food), until 1959
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- (With M. Camerini and A. De Benedetti) Gli Uomini, Che Mascalzoni!(also known as The Men, What Idiots!), Cines, 1932
- (Coauthor) La Tavola dei Poveri(also known as The Poor Table), 1932
- (Coauthor) Cento di Questi Giorni(also known as A Hundred of These Days), 1933
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Giallo(also known as Yellow), 1933
- (With E. Cecchi and W. Ruttman) Acciaio, Cines, 1933
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Il Cappello a Tre Punte,1934
- (Coauthor) Ma Non e una Cosa Seria(also known as But It's Not a Serious Thing), 1936
- (Coauthor) Il Signor Max,1937
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L'Orologio a Cucu(also known as The Cuckoo Clock), 1938
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La Principessa Tarakanova(also known as Betrayal,
Princess Tarakanova, and Tarakanowa), 1938
- (Coauthor) Tutto per la Donna(also known as Everything for theWoman), 1939
- (With L. Zampa) Dora Nelson, Urbe Film, 1939
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Una Romantica Avventura,1940
- (Coauthor) Tragica Notte(also known as Tragic Night), 1941
- (With Mario Bonfantini, Cecchi, and A. Lattuada) Piccolo Mondo Antico(also known as Old-Fashioned World), ATA, 1941
- (With Bonfantini, R. Castellani, T. Richelmy, and E. M. Margadonna) Malombra(based on His Young Life, a novel by Antonio Fagazzaro), ATA, 1942
- (Coauthor) Quartieri Alti(also known as High Apartments), 1943
- (With T. Pinelli) Le Miserie del Signor Travet(also known as His Young Wife), Pan Film, 1945
- (Coauthor) Eugenia Grande(based on the novel by Honore de Balzac),1946
- (Coauthor) Daniele Cortis(also known as Elena; based on a novel by Fagazzaro), 1947
- (Coauthor) Fuga in Francia(also known as Flight into France), 1948
- (Coauthor) Quel Bandito Sono Io(also known as Her Favorite Husband,
I Am That Bandit,
The Taming of Dorothy, and Le Porte d'Oro), 1949
- (Coauthor) Botta e Risposta(also known as Question and Answer), 1949
- (Coauthor) E l'Amore Che Mi Rovina(also known as The Love That Ruins Me), 1951
- (Coauthor) Donne e Briganti(also known as Of Love and Bandits and Women and Outlaws), 1951
- (Coauthor) Le Avventure di Mandrin(also known as Le Chevalier sans Loi), 1951
- (Coauthor) The Stranger's Hand(also known as La Mano del Straniero and La Mano dello Straniero), 1952
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Il Segno di Zorro,1952
- (With Bonfantini, Castellani, and C. Pavolini) Un Colpo di Pistola(also known as A Pistol Wound), 1941 Lux Film, 1952
- (With S. De Feo, Giorgio Bassani, and J. Ferry) La Provinciale(also known as The Wayward Wife), Electra Copagua Cinematografica, 1953
- (Coauthor) Questa e la Vita(also known as Of Love and Life), 1954
- (Coauthor) Questi Fantasmi(also known as These Fantasies),1954
- (With Antonio Altoviti, Giorgio Bassani, and others) La Donna del Fiume(also known as The River Girl and Woman of the River), Minerva Film SPA, 1955 released in the United States, Columbia, 1957
- (Coauthor) Sous le Ciel de Provence(also known as The VirtuousBigamist and Era di Venerdi 17), 1956
- (Contributor of dialogue) War and Peace(also known as Guerra ePace), De Laurentiis, 1956
- (Coauthor) Italia Piccola,1957
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Il Conte Max(also known as El Conde Max), 1957
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Policarpo, Ufficiale di Scrittura(also known as Policarpo, Oficial Diplomado), Titanus/Hispamex, 1961
- (Contributor of dialogue) Waterloo,1970
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Other
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Pilato(three-act play), Societa Editrice Internazionale (Turin, Italy), 1924
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Salmace, Novelle(stories), La Libra (Novara, Italy), 1929
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America Primo Amore(also known as America, First Love), Bemporad (Florence, Italy), 1935 enlarged edition, Einaudi (Rome, Italy), 1945 reprinted, Emme, 1975
- (Under pseudonym Franco Pallavera) Ore in uno Cinematografico Studio(also known as Twenty-Four Hours in a Cinematographic Studio), Corticelli (Milan, Italy), 1936
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La Verita Sul Caso Motta: Romanzo, Seguito da Cinque Racconti(alsoknown as The Truth about the Motta Case), Rizzoli (Milan), 1941 reprinted, Mondadori (Milan), 1967
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L'Amico Gesuita(stories; also known as The Jesuit Friend), Rizzoli, 1943
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Fuga in Italia: Seguito da Varie Poesie(also known as Fugue inItaly), Longanesi (Milan), 1947
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A Ceno Col Commendatore, Longanesi, 1950 unattributed translationpublished as The Commander Comes to Dine(novellas; contains "The GreenJacket," "The Window," and "The Father of the Orphans"), Lehmann (London), 1952 translation by Gwyn Morris and Henry Furst published as Dinner with the Commendatore, Knopf (New York City), 1953
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L'Accalappicani, Atlante (Rome), 1953
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La Lettere da Capri(novel), Garzanti (Milan), 1954 translation byArchibald Colquhoun published as The Capri Letters, Hamish Hamilton (London), 1955 Knopf, 1956
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La Confessione(novel), Garzanti, 1955 translation by Raymond Rosenthal published as The Confession, Knopf, 1958
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Il Vero Silvestri(novel), 1957 translation by Colquhoun publishedas The Real Silvestri, Deutsch, 1960 Knopf, 1961
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I Racconti(stories), Garzanti, 1957
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La Messa Dei Villeggianti(also known as The Mass of the Military), Mondadori (Verona, Italy), 1959
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Opere(also known as Works), Mondadori, 1959
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I Racconti, 1927-1947(stories), Mondadori, 1961
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Canzonette e Viaggio Televiso(poems; also known as Poems and Television Travelogues), Mondadori, 1962
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Storie di Spettri, Mondadori, 1962
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Le Due Citta(novel), Garzanti, 1964 translation by Morris published as The Malacca Cane, St. Martin's (New York City), 1973
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La Busta Arancione(novel), Mondadori, 1966 translation by BernardWall published as The Orange Envelope, Harcourt (New York City), 1969
- (Compiler with Guido Piovene) Chi Siamo(also known as We Are There), Mondadori, 1966
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I Racconti Del Maresciallo(stories), Mondadori, 1967
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Fuori(also known as Outside), Mondadori, 1968
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Fuga in Italia e Altri Racconti(edited by Mario Bonfantini; also known as Through Italy, and Other Stories), Mondadori, 1969
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Vino al Vino, Mondadori, 1969 revised edition published as Vinoal Vino: Terzo Viaggio,1976
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L'Attore(novel; also known as The Actor), Mondadori, 1970
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I Desperati del Benessere: Viaggio in Svezia(also known as TheWell-Being Misfortunates), Mondadori, 1970
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Cinquanatacinque Novelle per l'Inverno(also known as Fifty-Five and Cinquanatacinque), Mondadori, 1971
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Viaggio Nella Terra Dei Diamanti(also known as Voyage through the Land of Diamonds), Minerva Italica (Bergamo, Italy), 1972
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Il Tolipo e i Pirati(juvenile), Emme, 1973 translation published as The Octopus and the Pirates, Deutsch, 1974
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Da Spettatore, Mondadori, 1973
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Un Prato di Papaveri: Diario, 1947-64(memoirs), Mondadori, 1973
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Lo Smeraldo(novel), Mondadori, 1974 translation by William Weaverpublished as The Emerald, Harcourt, 1977
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Lo Specchio Inclinato: Diario, 1965-1971(memoirs; also known as The Falling Airplane: Diary, 1965-1971), Mondadori, 1975
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La Sposa Americana, Mondadori, 1977 translation by Weaver published as The American Bride, Hodder & Stoughton (London), 1979
- (With Folco Quilici) Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta, Silvana (Milan), 1978
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Addio Diletta Amelia(also known as Goodbye Little Amelia),Mondadori, 1979
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Quarantaquattro Novelle per l'Estate(also known as Forty-Four and Quarantaquattro), Mondadori, 1979
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La Carta del Cielo(stories), edited by Natalia Ginzburg, Einaudi,1980
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I'Incendio(novel; also known as The Fire), Mondadori, 1981
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La Casa del Perche, Mondadori, 1982
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Nuovi Racconti del Maresciallo(stories), Rizzoli, 1984
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L'Architetto(also known as The Architect), Rizzoli, 1985
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Ah! il Mundial: Storia dell'Inaspettabile, Rizzoli, 1986
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L'Avventura in Valtellina, Laterza (Rome), 1986
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El Paseo de Gracia(also known as Gracia Avenue), Rizzoli, 1987
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Regione Regina, Laterza, 1987
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Rami Secchi, Rizzoli, 1989
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Opere: Racconti Autobiografici, edited by Cesare Carboli, Rizzoli,1991
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Opere: Romanzi Brevi, edited by Carboli, Rizzoli, 1992
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La Sere, Rizzoli, 1994
- Author of the novel La Giacca Verde. Work represented in anthologies. U.S. correspondent, Il Lavoro. Contributor to periodicals, including Il Giorno and Il Corriere della Sera.
Further Reference
Adaptations:
- The film L'Amore Difficile(also known as Erotica,
OfWayward Love, and Sex Can Be Difficult), released in 1962, is based on a story by Soldati. The film Il Maestro(also known as The Maestro and Musical May), released in 1989, is based on Soldati'snovel La Giacca Verde, as was the television movie La Giacca Verde, broadcast in 1979.
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES
Books: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 177: Italian Novelists since World War II, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1997, pp. 334-42.
Periodicals:
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Variety, June 28, 1999, p. 83.
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