Pontecorvo is one of those Italian filmmakers marked for life by neorealism. He declares that he decided to do cinema after leaving a screening of "Paisa" by Roberto Rossellini. The future filmmaker was then in Paris, a year after a war during which he became one of the main figures of the Italian resistance and one of the founders of the Youth Front. Leaving his status as a war hero behind him, Pontecorvo made his directorial debut with "Giovanna", a short film heralding a cinematic career dedicated to what he himself calls the "dictatorship of truth."
Cast
Gillo Pontecorvo
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Ennio Morricone
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Francesco Maselli
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Giuliano Montaldo
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Yacef Saâdi
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Irene Bignardi
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Luciana Castellina
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Carla Cattani
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Margherita Failoni
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Griselda Guerrasio
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Ofelia Patti
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Laura Pontecorvo
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Picci Pontecorvo
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Francesca M. Solinas
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Aldo Tortorella
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Chiara Valentini
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