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...

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...

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...

(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...

[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...

painter, and philosopher Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006), Italian filmmaker Notable people with the surname include: Hank Gillo (1894–1948), American football...

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...

physicist Eugene Pontecorvo, fictional character on the HBO series, The Sopranos Gillo Pontecorvo (1919–2006), Italian filmmaker Guido Pontecorvo (1907–1999)...

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...

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...