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Franco Rossetti
Born October 1, 1930 · Siena, Tuscany, Italy (age 95)
Franco Rossetti was an Italian film director and screenwriter active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his work in the spaghetti Western genre, contributing to films such as Django (1966) as a screenwriter. Rossetti directed films like The Dirty Outlaws (1967) and Dead Men Don't Make Shadows (1970). His work is characterized by its gritty realism and innovative storytelling within the W…
Known For
Django · 1966Django
★ 7.21966
MovieActionWestern
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
Zabriskie Point · 1970Zabriskie Point
★ 7.01970
MovieDrama
Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.
Django, Prepare a Coffin · 1968Django, Prepare a Coffin
★ 6.31968
MovieWesternAction
A mysterious gunfighter named Django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their land. What the boss doesn't know is that Django isn't hanging the men at all, just making it look like he is, and using the men he saves from the gallows to build up his own "gang" in order to take revenge on the boss, who, with Django's former best friend, caused the death of his wife years before.
Constantine and the Cross · 1961Constantine and the Cross
★ 5.31961
MovieAdventureDrama
Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
Romulus and Remus · 1961Romulus and Remus
★ 5.21961
MovieAdventure
Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
Texas, Adios · 1966Texas, Adios
★ 6.01966
MovieWesternAction
A Texan sheriff and his younger brother travel across the border into Mexico to confront the man who killed their father.
The Crazy Westerners · 1967The Crazy Westerners
★ 5.71967
MovieWestern
Little Rita has a dream: she dreams of a better world and she believes that all the evil in the world originates from gold. So she has decided to blow up all the gold she can put her hands on. In her mission she is assisted by the Indian Chief Bisonte Seduto and by her friend Francis. Little Rita kills Ringo and Django, but she is taken prisoner by the Mexican bandit Sancho who wants to steal her gold. Black Star rescues her and seems determined to help her, but does he?
The Man Who Laughs · 1966The Man Who Laughs
★ 5.41966
MovieDramaAdventure
This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with the deformed protagonist meeting Lucrezia Borgia instead of Queen Anne. Also, Gwynplaine is renamed Angelo (Jean Sorel) with his disfigurement represented by a single broad slash across his mouth, crude yet convincing. The story (not credited to Hugo) is a swashbuckler pitting the disfigured acrobat against the henchmen of the Borgias.
