Nando Cicero

Directing

Nando Cicero

Born January 22, 1931 · Asmara, Eritrea

Died July 30, 1995 · aged 64

Fernando Cicero, better known as Nando Cicero (22 January 1931 – 30 July 1995), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Born in Asmara, Cicero debuted as an actor, working with directors such as Luchino Visconti (Senso, 1953), Roberto Rossellini (Vanina Vanini, 1961), Francesco Rosi (Salvatore Giuliano, 1962) and Alberto Lattuada (The Steppe, 1962). He starred in eleven films betwee…

Known For

The Soldier with Great ManeuversThe Soldier with Great Maneuvers · 1978
The Soldier with Great Maneuvers
★ 4.91978
MovieComedy
Doctor Eva Marini takes up a position at an army base to investigate the sexual behavior of the Italian male soldier and soon finds out she's taken on more than she bargained for.
White NightsWhite Nights · 1957
White Nights
★ 7.41957
MovieDramaRomance
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
The Lady MedicThe Lady Medic · 1976
The Lady Medic
★ 4.21976
MovieComedy
A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing.
Last of the BadmenLast of the Badmen · 1967
Last of the Badmen
★ 5.71967
MovieWestern
Kitosch is charged with a crime he did not commit and joins up with Joshua Tracy, a vicious outlaw. When Tracy kidnaps and blackmails his former employer Kitosch redeems himself by saving them.
Long Live the SealLong Live the Seal · 1982
Long Live the Seal
★ 6.41982
MovieComedy
Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.
The School TeacherThe School Teacher · 1975
The School Teacher
★ 5.51975
MovieComedy
A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.
SensoSenso · 1954
Senso
★ 7.21954
MovieRomanceDrama
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Hands Over the CityHands Over the City · 1963
Hands Over the City
★ 7.41963
MovieDrama
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

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Paris, My LoveParis, My Love · 1962
Paris, My Love
★ 5.91962
MovieComedy
Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the queer community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.

First Assistant Director