Riccardo Freda

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Riccardo Freda
Riccardo Freda 1958.png
Riccardo Freda on the set of I Vampiri[1]
Born (1909-02-24)24 February 1909
Alexandria, Egypt
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Rome, Italy
Spouse(s) Gianna Maria Canale

Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films.[2][3]

Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956.[4] The film became the first Italian sound horror film production.

Biography

Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents.[2][5] Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale.[2] After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic.[2]

Film career

Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942.[2] Freda began directing I Vampiri.[6][7][8] I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920)[9][10] Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.[9][11][12]

Freda died on 20 December 1999 in Rome.[3]

Filmography

Title Year Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Director Writer Editor Other
Lasciate ogni speranza 1937 Yes [13]
L'allegro cantante 1938 Yes [13][14]
Fuochi d'artificio Yes [14]
La voce senza volto 1939 Yes [14]
Piccoli naufraghi Yes Yes Assistant director [14][15]
Il cavaliere di San Marco Yes [15]
In the Country Fell a Star Yes Yes Collaborator to direction [16][17]
Fascino 1940 Yes [16]
Il barone di Corbò Yes [16]
La granduchessa si diverte Yes [17]
Cento lettere d'amore Yes [17]
Lucky Night 1941 Yes [17][18]
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto Yes Yes Collaboration to the making [18]
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra Yesa Yes [18][19]
Don Cesare di Bazan 1942 Yes Yes Yes Producer [20]
L'abito nero da sposa 1945 Yes [19]
Non canto più Yes Yes [20]
Tutta la città canta Yes Yes Yes Story [20]
07... Tassì Yes Yes [19]
The Black Eagle 1946 Yes Yes Yes Story [21]
Les Misérables 1948 Yes Yes [22]
The Mysterious Rider Yes Yes Yes Story [23]
O caçula do barulho 1949 Yes Yes Yes Story [23][24]
The Iron Swordsman Yes Yes [24]
Guarany 1950 Yes Yes Yes Story [24][25]
The Gay Swordsman Yes Yes Yes Story [25]
L'astuto barone Yes Yes Short film [26]
Magia a prezzi modici 1951 Yes Short film [25][26]
Double Cross Yes Yes [26]
Tenori per forza Yes Yes Short film [26][27]
Revenge of Black Eagle Yes Yes Yes Story [27]
See Naples and Die 1952 Yes [27]
La Leggenda del Piave Yes Yes [28]
Sins of Rome 1953 Yes [28]
Theodora, Slave Empress 1954 Yes Yes Yes Story, general manager [29]
I mosaici di Ravenna Yes Yes [30]
Da qui all'eredità 1955 Yes Yes [30]
Beatrice Cenci 1956 Yes Yes Story [30]
I Vampiri 1957 Yes Yes Yes Actor (Autopsy doctor) [31]
Trapped in Tangiers Yes Yes Yes Story [32]
Sheba and the Gladiator 1959 Yes 2nd unit director–battle scenes [33]
The White Warrior Yes Yes Yes [32]
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster Yes Yes [34]
The Giants of Thessaly 1960 Yes Yes [34][35]
The Mongols 1961 Yes Director–battle scenes [33]
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan Yes [35]
Caccia all'uomo Yes [36]
Marco Polo 1962 Yes Director–battle scenesc [37]
Alone Against Rome Yes Director–Arena sequences [38]
Seven Seas to Calais Yes Editor–naval battle scened [38][39]
The Witch's Curse Yes [40]
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock Yes [40][41]
The Seventh Sword Yes Yes Yes Story [41]
Gold for the Caesars 1963 Yes 2nd unit directore [39]
The Ghost Yes Yes [41][42]
The Magnificent Adventurer Yes Yes Story [42][43]
Romeo e Giulietta 1964 Yes Yes [43]
Genoveffa di Brabante Yes Yes Yes Story [43][44]
The Two Orphans 1965 Yes Yes [44]
Coplan FX 18 casse tout Yes [44][45]
Trap for the Assassin 1966 Yes Yes [45]
Mexican Slayride 1967 Yes [46]
La morte non conta i dollari Yes [46][47]
Double Face 1969 Yes Yes [47]
Tamar Wife of Er 1970 Yes [48]
L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco 1971 Yes Yes Yes Yes Story [48][49]
Tragic Ceremony 1972 Yes [49]
Murder Obsession 1981 Yes Yes Yes [50]
La Passion Béatrice 1987 Yes 2nd unit director)
Un tour de manège 1989 Yes Actor (Riccardo the film director) [51]
Revenge of the Musketeers 1994 Yes Based on "an idea by Freda and Éric Poindron [51][52]

Notes

  • ^ a Freda has denied having taken part in writing the script for this film, despite being credited.[19]
  • ^ b Freda was originally to direct the film but stated that he walked off the set on the first day of shooting.[33]
  • ^ c Freda name is not in the credits but some sources state he directed several battles scenes in the film, which Freda denies.[33]
  • ^ d Freda name is not in the credits but some sources state he edited the naval battle scenes in the film, which Freda denies.[38][39]
  • ^ e Freda has claimed to have shot the entire film.[38][39]

References

  1. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 3.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paul 2005, p. 276.
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  5. ↑ Paul 2005, p. 274.
  6. ↑ Shipka 2011, p. 23.
  7. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 23.
  8. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 24.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 11.
  11. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 3.
  12. ↑ Curti 2015, p. 1.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Curti 2017, p. 289.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Curti 2017, p. 290.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Curti 2017, p. 291.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Curti 2017, p. 292.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Curti 2017, p. 293.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Curti 2017, p. 294.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Curti 2017, p. 295.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Curti 2017, p. 302.
  21. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 303.
  22. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 304.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Curti 2017, p. 305.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Curti 2017, p. 306.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Curti 2017, p. 307.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Curti 2017, p. 308.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Curti 2017, p. 309.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Curti 2017, p. 310.
  29. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 311.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Curti 2017, p. 312.
  31. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 313.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Curti 2017, p. 314.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Curti 2017, p. 296.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Curti 2017, p. 315.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Curti 2017, p. 316.
  36. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 317.
  37. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 297.
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 Curti 2017, p. 298.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 Curti 2017, p. 299.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Curti 2017, p. 318.
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Curti 2017, p. 319.
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Curti 2017, p. 320.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 Curti 2017, p. 321.
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 Curti 2017, p. 322.
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Curti 2017, p. 323.
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Curti 2017, p. 324.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Curti 2017, p. 325.
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Curti 2017, p. 326.
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Curti 2017, p. 327.
  50. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 328.
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Curti 2017, p. 300.
  52. ↑ Curti 2017, p. 301.

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