Aldo Lado

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Aldo Lado

Born December 5, 1934 · Fiume, Istria, Italy [now Rijeka, Croatia]

Died November 25, 2023 · aged 88

Aldo Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia) on 5 December 1934. Lado came up through the film industry as an assistant director, notably to Bernardo Bertolucci on The Conformist (1970). After writing the story for the 1971 giallo The Designated Victim, he made his directorial debut later that year with Short Night of Glass Dolls. Lado took the job after two previous directors, Maur…

Known For

The CousinThe Cousin · 1974
The Cousin
5.41974
MovieComedyDrama
Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
DisobedienceDisobedience · 1981
Disobedience
4.01981
MovieDrama
Luca Manzi is a fourteen year old boy when the Northern Italy Republic of Salò is governed by the Fascists. He becomes a partisan but when the war ends he is disappointed because things have not changed as he had hoped they wood, and he decides to let himself die. He is saved by Edith who tries to introduce him to sex. Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia.
The ConformistThe Conformist · 1971
The Conformist
7.61971
MovieDrama
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Sahara HeatSahara Heat · 1987
Sahara Heat
4.61987
MovieDrama
A photographer and her lover travel to Morocco for photo shoots. While traveling there she has erotic adventures with residents of the area. But she ends up having an affair with someone who ends up betraying her and she murders the man.
Il prigionieroIl prigioniero · 1978
Il prigioniero
7.01978
MovieDramaTV Movie
Italian TV movie. Based upon a novel by Anton Chekhov.
The Designated VictimThe Designated Victim · 1971
The Designated Victim
6.11971
MovieThriller
Stefano Augenti, an ambitious advertising executive, meets a curious hippie named Count Mateo Tiepolo and they form a strange bond. Seeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, Augenti is lured by the Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.
FarinelliFarinelli · 1994
Farinelli
6.61994
MovieHistoryDrama
The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
MarquiseMarquise · 1997
Marquise
5.51997
MovieDramaComedy
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.

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