Directing

Giancarlo Zagni

Born November 4, 1926 · Bologna, Italy

Died March 21, 2013 · aged 86

Giancarlo Zagni was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna, he attended the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bologna, then collaborated with L'avvenire d'Italia and other newspapers and magazines. From 1951 to 1954, he was assistant director to Luchino Visconti in several stage works and in the film Senso; on the film set, he met actress Alida Valli, with whom he started a s…

Known For

Senso

MovieRomanceDrama

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Testadirapa

Testadirapa · 1966

The 19th century tale of Testadirapa and his young son Gosto who live an idyllic life until authorities jail for the father for keeping the boy from school.

The Mandrake

The Mandrake · 1965

A young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by Machiavelli.

Execution

Execution · 1968

Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should have shared with him. He finally catches his prey only to discover that the man is a Coler all right but not the expected one.

La bellezza di Ippolita

La bellezza di Ippolita · 1962

La bellezza di Ippolita

Luca, a petrol dealer, marries a magazine dancer, Ippolita, a girl who likes to be courted by the many passing motorists. One day, the woman discovers that her husband has betrayed her with Adriana. Ippolita decides her revenge: she assures Luke that she will keep her duties as a wife only when she too has allowed herself similar distractions. Through a series of animated events, the two resume married life: but Luca will not be able to know if Ippolita was really unfaithful to him.

Black Humor

Black Humor · 1965

A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.

Filmography

Sort

Senso

MovieRomanceDrama

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Second Assistant Director

Testadirapa

Testadirapa · 1966

The 19th century tale of Testadirapa and his young son Gosto who live an idyllic life until authorities jail for the father for keeping the boy from school.

Director

The Mandrake

The Mandrake · 1965

A young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by Machiavelli.

Co-Director

Execution

Execution · 1968

Clips, a bounty killer, is after one John Coler, who has fooled him, keeping all of a loot he should have shared with him. He finally catches his prey only to discover that the man is a Coler all right but not the expected one.

Screenplay

La bellezza di Ippolita

La bellezza di Ippolita · 1962

La bellezza di Ippolita

Luca, a petrol dealer, marries a magazine dancer, Ippolita, a girl who likes to be courted by the many passing motorists. One day, the woman discovers that her husband has betrayed her with Adriana. Ippolita decides her revenge: she assures Luke that she will keep her duties as a wife only when she too has allowed herself similar distractions. Through a series of animated events, the two resume married life: but Luca will not be able to know if Ippolita was really unfaithful to him.

Director

Black Humor

Black Humor · 1965

A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.

Director