Pietro Francisci
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Adaptation
Born Sep 9, 1906 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Active 1934–1977 · Awards: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Pietro Francisci (9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Filmography
La mia vita sei tu (1934) — Director · Writer · EditorHercules (1958) — Director · Adaptation · ScreenplayIl leone di Amalfi (1950) — Director · Story · WriterAnthony of Padua (1949) — Director · WriterHercules Unchained (1959) — Director · Screenplay · StoryChristmas at Camp 119 (1947) — Director · ScreenplayAttila (1954) — DirectorWonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino (1952) — Director · Writer · EditorRoland the Mighty (1956) — Director · EditorStar Pilot (1966) — Writer · DirectorHercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963) — Screenplay · Director · Editor · StorySiege of Syracuse (1960) — Director · Screenplay · StoryThe Warrior Empress (1960) — Director · WriterThe Queen of Sheba (1952) — Director · ScreenplaySinbad and the Calif of Bagdad (1973) — Director · Screenplay · Editor’Na Sera ‘e Maggio (1948) — DirectorMarechiare (1946) — DirectorO Sole Mio! (1948) — DirectorAmore Sotto la Luna (1947) — DirectorCome Faccette Mametta (1948) — DirectorThe Eternal Fire (1938) — DirectorStornellata Romana (1947) — DirectorIo t'ho incontrata a Napoli (1946) — Director · Screenplay