Directing

Gian Luigi Polidoro

Born February 4, 1928 · Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, Italy

Died September 5, 2000 · aged 72

Gian Luigi Polidoro (4 February 1927 – 7 September 2000) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1956 and 1998. His 1963 film Il diavolo won the Golden Bear at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.

Known For

The Great War

The Great War · 1959

Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.

Kiss the Other Sheik

Kiss the Other Sheik · 1965

Kiss the Other Sheik

Italian comedy film in three segments

The Degenerates

The Degenerates · 1969

The Degenerates

MovieComedyDrama

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini, an adaptation of Petronius' Satyricon.

The Man with the Balloons

The Man with the Balloons · 1967

The Man with the Balloons

Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.

To Bed or Not to Bed

To Bed or Not to Bed · 1963

To Bed or Not to Bed

An Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm.

The Conjugal Bed

The Conjugal Bed · 1963

The Conjugal Bed

MovieDramaComedy

A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.

Run for Your Wife

Run for Your Wife · 1965

Run for Your Wife

Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged Italian working for a shoe factory, goes to America on a four day business trip.

Thrilling

Thrilling · 1965

A black comedy anthology about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes: a teacher, obsessed with the idea that his wife is unfaithful, goes to a shrink; a wife has her husband dress himself with a comic character costume; and a man has to spend the night in a mysterious hotel after his car breaks down.

Filmography

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The Great War

The Great War · 1959

Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.

(uncredited)

Kiss the Other Sheik

Kiss the Other Sheik · 1965

Kiss the Other Sheik

Italian comedy film in three segments

segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni")

The Degenerates

The Degenerates · 1969

The Degenerates

MovieComedyDrama

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini, an adaptation of Petronius' Satyricon.

Director

The Man with the Balloons

The Man with the Balloons · 1967

The Man with the Balloons

Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.

To Bed or Not to Bed

To Bed or Not to Bed · 1963

To Bed or Not to Bed

An Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm.

Director

The Conjugal Bed

The Conjugal Bed · 1963

The Conjugal Bed

MovieDramaComedy

A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.

Igi

Run for Your Wife

Run for Your Wife · 1965

Run for Your Wife

Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged Italian working for a shoe factory, goes to America on a four day business trip.

Director

Thrilling

Thrilling · 1965

A black comedy anthology about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes: a teacher, obsessed with the idea that his wife is unfaithful, goes to a shrink; a wife has her husband dress himself with a comic character costume; and a man has to spend the night in a mysterious hotel after his car breaks down.

Director

Fischia Il Sesso

Fischia Il Sesso · 1974

Fischia Il Sesso

A girl from New York, Carol, to get married turns to the marriage agency of Mr. Lewis, who introduces her to Gavino, a young Sardinian immigrant clandestine.

Director

Rent Control

Rent Control · 1984

Leonard Junger, an aspiring television writer, tries to find a cheap apartment for his estranged wife and daughter so that they can be a family again. During his quest, he encounters mystery and murder.

Director

Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?

Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? · 1974

Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?

Gino Pistone is an actor in a local theatre, but his plays aren't successful. But then he gets a genius idea: to make a play on the love story of Benito Mussolini and Claretta Petacci.

Director

Sottozero

Sottozero · 1987

An Italian blue-collar worker finds a job on a Norwegian oil platform, hoping to earn the money he needs to open a bar in his country.

Director

Eva Nera

Eva Nera · 1954

MovieDocumentaryDrama

An Italian movie shot in Eritrea in the early 50s. In four episodes the film tries to explain the nature and behavior of black girls in relation to the costume and education of the native land.

La moglie giapponese

La moglie giapponese · 1968

La moglie giapponese

The accountant Taddei, an employee of an import company, travels to Tokyo for work and discovers that the colleague he has replaced has married a Japanese woman. His journey to the Far East brings him into contact with situations of extreme poverty that will deeply disturb him.

Director

Power Among Men

Power Among Men · 1959

Power Among Men

MovieDocumentary

Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway.

Director

Overture

Overture · 1958

MovieDocumentary

Overture is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film depicts the peacekeeping efforts of the United Nations, set against the music of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Director

Le svedesi

Le svedesi · 1960

Director