Italian Republic. Pontecorvo, born in Pisa, was the son of a wealthy secular Italian Jewish family. His father was a businessman. Gillo's siblings included...
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The Battle of Algiers (category Films directed by Gillo Pontecorvo)
al-Jazāʾir) is a 1966 Italian-Algerian war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. It is based on action undertaken by rebels during the Algerian War...
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German Army closed in on Paris during the Second World War, Pontecorvo, his brother Gillo, cousin Emilio Sereni and Salvador Luria fled the city on bicycles...
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Burn! (category Films directed by Gillo Pontecorvo)
(original title: Queimada) is a 1969 historical war drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Set in the mid-19th century, the film stars Marlon Brando as a British...
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Kapo (1960 film) (category Films directed by Gillo Pontecorvo)
[kaˈpɔ]) is a 1960 historical war drama film directed and co-written by Gillo Pontecorvo. It was one of the first narrative films to deal explicitly with the...
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painter, and philosopher Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006), Italian filmmaker Notable people with the surname include: Hank Gillo (1894–1948), American football...
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analyzing two political films made in a realist style: Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) and Z (Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1969), both of which he described...
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physicist Eugene Pontecorvo, fictional character on the HBO series, The Sopranos Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006), Italian filmmaker Guido Pontecorvo (1907–1999)...
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75th Venice International Film Festival (section Gillo Pontecorvo Award (Best co-production for a debut film))
The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2018. Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro was the Jury President...
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character of 'Ali La Pointe' in the film The Battle of Algiers directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. The film became a blockbuster in that year and Haggiag was selected...
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