Directing
Paolo Heusch
Born February 26, 1924 · Rome, Italy
Died October 16, 1982 · aged 58
Paolo Heusch (26 February 1924 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Heush started his career immediately after the World War II as a script supervisor. Between 1949 and 1957 he was active as an assistant director for over twenty films. After directing a number of documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 1958 with The Day the Sky Exploded, the fi…
Known For
Caligula · 1979Caligula
★ 6.01979
MovieDramaHistory
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
Roman Tales · 1955Roman Tales
★ 6.21955
MovieComedy
Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otello and Spartaco. The four young men decide to start a business. They need only a van to start a transport company. But they lack the money. How can they get it?
A Day in Court · 1954A Day in Court
★ 6.31954
MovieComedyDrama
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
The Day the Sky Exploded · 1958The Day the Sky Exploded
★ 4.31958
MovieScience FictionAction
Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.
The Emperor of Capri · 1949The Emperor of Capri
★ 6.61949
MovieComedy
Beautiful gold-digger Sonia mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for Arab Prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri, and Antonio goes there behind the backs of his wife and mother-in-law. A lucky series of circumstances actually does transform him into the prince of the island.
The Young Ladies of 04 · 1955The Young Ladies of 04
★ 6.31955
MovieDramaComedy
The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower accountant.
Anna · 1951Anna
★ 7.31951
MovieDramaRomance
The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't choose between two men, and now devotes herself to nursing.
Under the Sun of Rome · 1948Under the Sun of Rome
★ 7.11948
MovieComedyDrama
A lovely, incisive portrait of adolescents in the crowded San Giovanni quarter of Rome during the last years of WWII.
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A Day in Court · 1954A Day in Court
★ 6.31954
MovieComedyDrama
A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.
Second Assistant Director
Anna · 1951Anna
★ 7.31951
MovieDramaRomance
The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't choose between two men, and now devotes herself to nursing.
First Assistant Director
Siamo tutti inquilini · 1953Siamo tutti inquilini
★ 6.51953
MovieComedy
Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.
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