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Sergio Sollima
Rome, Italy
Sergio Sollima (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer. Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sw…
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Sergio Sollima (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer. Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Sergio Corbucci's Django. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. Face to Face (Milian and Gian Maria Volonté) was released in 1967 and Run, Man, Run! (Milian) in 1968. Although Sollima directed only three westerns and they never reached the level of popularity as the ones by the other Sergios (Leone and Corbucci), each of them are highly regarded among genre enthusiasts. In 1970, Sollima switched genres again and directed the Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas starred Violent City, which was one of the first violent and fast-paced Italian crime films often known as poliziotteschi. Like for all of his westerns, the soundtrack was provided by Ennio Morricone. Sollima's last well-known film is Revolver, a poliziotteschi film starring Oliver Reed and Fabio Testi.
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2022
Ennio
Movie Self
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2016
Spaghetti Western Memories
Movie Himself
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2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…
Movie Lui-même
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2010
Sodankylä Forever
TV show Self
- 2006
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2006
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Movie Self
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2005
The Spaghetti West
Movie Self
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2005
Sergio Sollima: Face to Face
Movie Himself
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2004
Western all'italiana
Movie
- 2003
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1993
Berlin '39
Movie Director
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1992
Solo per Dirti Addio
Movie Director
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1990
Love Steps
Movie Director
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1977
The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue
Movie Director
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1976
The Black Corsair
Movie Director
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1976
Sandokan
TV show Director
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1973
Revolver
Movie Director
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1972
Devil in the Brain
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Violent City
Movie Screenplay
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1968
Run, Man, Run
Movie Story
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1968
Western, Italian Style
Movie Self
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1967
Face to Face
Movie Director
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1967
The Big Gundown
Movie Screenplay
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1966
Requiem for a Secret Agent
Movie Director
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1966
Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun
Movie Screenplay
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1965
Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell
Movie Director
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1964
Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
Movie Story
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1963
The Ten Gladiators
Movie Writer
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1962
Sex Can Be Difficult
Movie Director
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1962
The Rebel Gladiators
Movie Writer
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1962
Samson Against the Sheik
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Ursus
Movie Screenplay
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1961
The Secret of the Black Falcon
Movie Writer
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1961
Goliath Against the Giants
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Sword in the Shadows
Movie Writer
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1960
Knight of 100 Faces
Movie Story
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1960
Madri pericolose
Movie Screenplay
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1960
I teddy boys della canzone
Movie Screenplay
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1959
Il mondo dei miracoli
Movie Dialogue
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1958
Carousel of songs
Movie Story
