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.
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.
Long Live the SealLong Live the Seal · 1982
Long Live the Seal
6.51982
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 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.
White NightsWhite Nights · 1957
White Nights
7.51957
MovieDramaRomance
A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.
The Nurse on a Military TourThe Nurse on a Military Tour · 1977
The Nurse on a Military Tour
5.01977
MovieComedy
Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.
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.
Hercules UnchainedHercules Unchained · 1959
Hercules Unchained
5.11959
MovieFantasyAction
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

Filmography

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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