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Luigi Magni
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Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Rome , Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with Tempo…
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Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Rome , Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with Tempo di villeggiatura. In 1968 he collaborated with Mario Monicelli in creating a real "event" of the Italian cinema by transforming Monica Vitti into a comedic actress with The Girl with the Pistol , and the critical and commercial success of the film pushed him into directing. After the directorial debut with Faustina (which was also the debut film of Vonetta McGee ), in 1969 Magni achieved an extraordinary success with Nell'anno del Signore , which was the highest-grossing Italian film of the year, so as to require for the first time in Italy nighttime screenings to meet the demands of the audience. The film marked the encounter with Nino Manfredi , with whom Magni had a long-standing association on the set (including the screenplay of Manfredi's award-winning film Per Grazia Ricevuta ) and a close friendship off the set. The film also defined Magni's style, namely a commedia all'italiana mainly centered on Rome and its history, particularly the epoch between the Papal States and the Risorgimento.
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2006
Marcello, una vita dolce
Movie Self
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2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Movie Self
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2003
La notte di Pasquino
Movie Director
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2000
La carbonara
Movie Director
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1996
Esercizi di stile
Movie Director
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1995
Rome, November 12, 1994
Movie Director
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1995
Nemici d'infanzia
Movie Director
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1990
In nome del popolo sovrano
Movie Director
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1989
Cinema
Movie Screenplay
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1989
'o Re
Movie Director
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1989
I 7 Re di Roma
Movie Writer
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1988
According to Pontius Pilate
Movie Director
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1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà
TV show Director #1
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1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Movie Self
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1984
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Movie Director
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1983
Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori
Movie Teleplay
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1983
State buoni se potete
Movie Director
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1980
Arrivano i bersaglieri
Movie Director
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1977
In the Name of the Pope King
Movie Director
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1976
Strange Occasion
Movie Director
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1976
Keep It To Yourself!
Movie Director
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1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie Director
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1974
The Way of the Baboons
Movie Director
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1973
La Tosca
Movie Director
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1971
Between Miracles
Movie Story
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1971
Scipio the African
Movie Story
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1969
The Conspirators
Movie Director
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1968
Faustina
Movie Screenplay
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1968
The Girl with a Pistol
Movie Screenplay
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1968
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
Movie Screenplay
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1967
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
Movie Writer
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1967
The Witches
Movie Screenplay
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1966
Make Love, Not War
Movie Screenplay
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1966
El Greco
Movie Writer
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1966
The Queens
Movie Screenplay
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1966
Mademoiselle de Maupin
Movie Screenplay
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1965
The Mandrake
Movie Screenplay
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1965
La Celestina P… R…
Movie Screenplay
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1965
The Dolls
Movie Screenplay
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1964
Extraconiugale
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