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DIED
December 13, 1998

RECENT CREDITS
Hercules and the Captive Women (FILM)  Aug. 19, 1961
Le Vergini di Roma (FILM)  May. 24, 1961
Goliath and the Dragon (FILM)  Aug. 12, 1960
Messaline (FILM)  Mar. 12, 1960
Le Legioni di Cleopatra (FILM)  Nov. 27, 1959

BIOGRAPHY
Italian filmmaker Vittorio Cottafavi is best known for his dramatic historical epics, and though highly respected by a few French critics from the Cahiers du Cinema, he was generally regarded as competent by most....
Italian filmmaker Vittorio Cottafavi is best known for his dramatic historical epics, and though highly respected by a few French critics from the Cahiers du Cinema, he was generally regarded as competent by most reviewers. Born in Modena, Italy Cottafavi first studied law, philosophy and literature before enrolling in Rome's prestigious Centro Sperimentale du Cinematografia. He graduated in the late '30s and began working as a screenwriter. Cottafavi then became an assistant director to both Alessandro Blasetti and Vittorio de Sica. In 1943, Cottafavi made his directorial debut in I Nostri Sogni. He abandoned feature filmmaking in the late 1960s to begin helming television adaptations of classic literature.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide


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Hercules and the Captive Women
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