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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industrialists. He was one of eight children. He was a brother to Gillo Pontecorvo and Bruno Pontecorvo. He was dismissed from his post in Florence in 1938, due...
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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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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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Centurions, translates to "The Centurions". The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966). It was banned in France for five years. Elise ou la vraie vie...
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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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President. The Golden Lion winner was The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer - Jury President Lindsay Anderson...
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