Ugo Pirro

Writing

Ugo Pirro

Born April 26, 1920 · Salerno, Campania, Italy

Died January 18, 2008 · aged 87

Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. His screenplays include films Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Garden of the Fizi-Continis, which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film.

Known For

Warriors FiveWarriors Five · 1962
Warriors Five
6.51962
MovieDramaWar
World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.
Operation OgreOperation Ogre · 1979
Operation Ogre
6.91979
MovieDramaHistory
Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.
Investigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion · 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
8.21970
MovieDramaThriller
Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
Navajo JoeNavajo Joe · 1966
Navajo Joe
6.21966
MovieWestern
The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.
The Battle of NeretvaThe Battle of Neretva · 1969
The Battle of Neretva
6.81969
MovieDramaWar
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
Goodnight, Ladies and GentlemenGoodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen · 1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
6.71976
MovieComedy
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
CelluloideCelluloide · 1996
Celluloide
6.61996
MovieDramaHistory
June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .
The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis · 1970
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
7.01970
MovieDramaHistory
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.

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