Writing

Emimmo Salvi

Born January 23, 1926 · Rome, Italy

Died January 1, 1989 · aged 62

Emimmo Salvi was an Italian writer, production manager, and director. He began his career in the 1950s, contributing as a production manager to films like Nights of Cabiria (1957). Salvi directed films such as The Stone Forest (1965) and Simbad contro i sette saraceni (1964). His work often explored adventure and fantasy themes, contributing to the peplum and adventure genres in Italian cinema.

Known For

Nights of Cabiria

Nights of Cabiria · 1957

Nights of Cabiria

MovieDramaComedy

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

Journey to Italy

Journey to Italy · 1954

Journey to Italy

MovieDramaRomance

Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.

Tomorrow Is Too Late

Tomorrow Is Too Late · 1950

Tomorrow Is Too Late

Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom.

Jealousy

Jealousy · 1953

A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.

David and Goliath

David and Goliath · 1960

David and Goliath

MovieDramaAction

When the Philistines attack, the Israelites are hopeless against the fierce giant Goliath and don't know what to do. King Saul takes the advice of the prophets and sends an adolescent shepherd, David, into battle to conquer the oversized Philistine. David is victorious and becomes the King of Israel.

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons · 1957

Fathers and Sons

The adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all happy about it.

Where Is Freedom?

Where Is Freedom? · 1954

Where Is Freedom?

MovieComedyDrama

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.

Dad Becomes Mom

Dad Becomes Mom · 1952

Dad Becomes Mom

The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a series of problem for them.

Filmography

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Nights of Cabiria

Nights of Cabiria · 1957

Nights of Cabiria

MovieDramaComedy

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

Unit Manager

Journey to Italy

Journey to Italy · 1954

Journey to Italy

MovieDramaRomance

Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.

Unit Manager

Tomorrow Is Too Late

Tomorrow Is Too Late · 1950

Tomorrow Is Too Late

Progressive schoolteachers Landi and Anna have a profound influence on two of their young students, Mirella and Franco. The two kids are enamored with one another and decide to experiment with some of the knowledge they've gleaned in the classroom.

Production Secretary

Jealousy

Jealousy · 1953

A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married flies off his handle and commits a murder of which an innocent man is accused. He is however tormented by his conscience.

Unit Manager

David and Goliath

David and Goliath · 1960

David and Goliath

MovieDramaAction

When the Philistines attack, the Israelites are hopeless against the fierce giant Goliath and don't know what to do. King Saul takes the advice of the prophets and sends an adolescent shepherd, David, into battle to conquer the oversized Philistine. David is victorious and becomes the King of Israel.

Screenplay

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons · 1957

Fathers and Sons

The adventures of a young couple of high school students: her father is not opposed to their love, but the other, a doctor of prestige, is not at all happy about it.

Unit Manager

Where Is Freedom?

Where Is Freedom? · 1954

Where Is Freedom?

MovieComedyDrama

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.

Unit Manager

Dad Becomes Mom

Dad Becomes Mom · 1952

Dad Becomes Mom

The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a series of problem for them.

Unit Manager

I Always Loved You

I Always Loved You · 1953

I Always Loved You

MovieRomanceDrama

A landowner loves a good girl, but is ensnared by another richer woman who is actually aiming for her fortune. This she will be able to temporarily make the two young men go away but the man makes his girlfriend understand that her is true love; he realizes that he has been the victim of a scam and will bring the woman he has always loved to the altar.

Unit Manager

Goliath and the Barbarians

Goliath and the Barbarians · 1959

Goliath and the Barbarians

MovieAdventureAction

When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.

Producer

The Giant of Metropolis

The Giant of Metropolis · 1961

The Giant of Metropolis

MovieAdventureFantasy

Obro the muscleman goes to Atlantis and sinks a death-ray king who knows the secret of immortality.

Producer

The Flowers of St. Francis

The Flowers of St. Francis · 1950

The Flowers of St. Francis

MovieDramaHistory

In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.

Production Secretary

The Bigamist

The Bigamist · 1956

A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are forced to consider leaving him permanently.

Unit Manager

The Seven Revenges

The Seven Revenges · 1961

The Seven Revenges

The leaders of Circassians and Kyrgyz face off in a tournament divided into seven challenges: only one will gain the supremacy.

Screenplay

Love I Haven't... But... But

Love I Haven't... But... But · 1951

Love I Haven't... But... But

Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way to seduce her.

Production Secretary

Three Bullets for Ringo

Three Bullets for Ringo · 1966

Three Bullets for Ringo

Pre-American Civil War Ringo and his friends rescue a young woman from kidnappers. Ringo later marries her. With the coming of the civil War Ringo finds himself at odds with one of his friends, Frank, who has joined The South and is now in the pay of a crooked Mayor....

Director

Yvonne of the Night

Yvonne of the Night · 1949

Yvonne of the Night

Carlo Rutelli falls in love with the beautiful variety singer Yvonne la Nuit, but his father opposes the wedding. World War I breaks out and Carlo is killed while Yvonne has a son, but on orders from Carlo's father, she is told he is dead. Her career descends and only Nino, an art partner, remains close to her and helps her earn her living by singing in taverns.

Production Secretary

Non c'è amore più grande

Non c'è amore più grande · 1955

Non c'è amore più grande

MovieDramaRomance

While her new husband is away looking for work, the wife loses the child she was expecting and uses another woman's baby as a substitute so she won't have to upset her spouse when he returns.

Unit Manager

The Lucky Five

The Lucky Five · 1952

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow?

Unit Manager

The Two Orphans

The Two Orphans · 1954

The Two Orphans

MovieDramaRomance

Unit Manager

Vulcan, Son of Giove

Vulcan, Son of Giove · 1962

Vulcan, Son of Giove

MovieFantasyAction

A superhero battles lizard men and other monsters that are terrorizing the countryside.

Director

A Gangster From Brooklyn

A Gangster From Brooklyn · 1966

A Gangster From Brooklyn

MovieComedyMusic

Director

Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens

Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens · 1964

Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens

MovieActionAdventure

A rebel leader returns to his city for a final confrontation with the evil king he is fighting. However, he finds himself attracted to the king's beautiful niece.

Director

La famiglia Passaguai

La famiglia Passaguai · 1951

La famiglia Passaguai

When Passaguai family patriarch Giuseppe (Fabrizi) decides to take advantage of a corporate discount to bring his wife (Ninchi) and children to spend a Sunday at the beach of Fiumicino, a series of troubles begins for everyone, in the form of a comic nightmare.

Production Assistant