Directing
Giuseppe Taffarel
Born March 1, 1922 · Vittorio Veneto, Veneto, Italy
Died April 9, 2012 · aged 90
Giuseppe Taffarel was born in Vittorio Veneto (TV) on March 1, 1922, where he died on April 9, 2012, shortly after celebrating his ninetieth birthday. From an early age he showed an innate passion for theater. He was self-taught and read plays with predilection. At the age of 19 he arrived in Rome where he attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts directed by Silvio D'Amico. In 1943 he enlisted in th…
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Goliath and the Barbarians · 1959Goliath and the Barbarians
★ 4.71959
MovieAdventureAction
When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.
Le nerte · 1962Le nerte
1962
MovieDocumentary
The “nerte” are wandering women who travel down from the Upper Friuli region to the Veneto region to sell wooden objects for domestic use. They live humbly, sleeping in barns and eating whatever they can to save what little they earn. The documentary follows one of these women on her long journey.
Attention! Bandits! · 1951Attention! Bandits!
★ 6.11951
MovieDramaWar
During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in Genoa, in order to pick up a delivery of weapons. Meanwhile, there's a strike in the city and the Nazis are trying to suppress it violently. The factory becomes the scene of fighting between the Germans and the partisans but the latter, aided by the workers, will be able to get the better.
Di qua, di là del Piave · 1954Di qua, di là del Piave
★ 7.01954
Movie
Surf Casting · 1966Surf Casting
1966
MovieDocumentary
An overview of various sport fishing techniques, with a focus on surf casting or heavy casting from the shore, which originated in England and allows casts of up to 70 meters to be made in rough seas (which encourages large fish to approach the shore), using fresh razor clams as bait.
Laguna · 1968Laguna
1968
MovieDocumentary
All the small islands, even those measuring just a few square meters, that make up the Grado lagoon (province of Gorizia) are inhabited by fishermen. There is one hut per island, rarely two. Fishing is carried out using the ebb and flow of the tide, which exposes and floods vast areas of muddy shallows.
La croce · 1960La croce
1960
MovieDocumentary
First short film directed by Taffarel. A large wooden sled is carried by a farmer to the top of Mount Visentin to collect the hay left to dry along the slopes.
Solitudine · 1966Solitudine
1966
MovieDrama
Short film preparatory to an unrealized feature film. The life of a homeless man in Rome. The elderly man plays guitar on the street among passersby. Under a bridge over the Tiber, he makes himself a bed out of cardboard boxes; an old woman joins him, washing handkerchiefs in the river, and he approaches her.
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