Pagliero, Marcello

(January 15, 1907, Lon­don, England, UK-December 9, 1980, Paris, France)

   Born in Soho, London, to an Italian father from Genoa and a French mother, he was seven years old when his parents settled in Italy. After studying law, he started his professional life as an art and literary critic. His knowledge of English led him to American and Brit­ish film dubbing. Then he co-wrote screenplays (1941 Confessione, Flavio Calzavara, Italy; Les due tigri, also co-dialogist, Giorgio C. Simonelli; 1942 Anime in tumulto, also co-dialogist, Giulio del Torre, Italy; 1943 La danza del fuoco / La danza proibita, also co-dialogist, Giorgio C. Simonelli, Italy; 1945 Si chiude all'alba, as author of original story only, Nino Giannini, Italy). In 1943, he made his directing debut, beginning to shoot a movie that would be completed three years later by another filmmaker (07 . . . tassi). Parallel with several of the films he directed, he also played in motion pictures signed by Roberto Rossellini (1945 Roma, città aperta / UK: Rome, Open City / USA: Open City, Italy; 1946 Paisa, also co-author of original story, Italy), Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1947 L'altra, Italy), Jean Delannoy (1947 Les Jeux sont faits / UK and USA: The Chips Are Down), Yves Allégret (1948 Dédée d'Anvers / UK and USA: Dedee), Jean-Paul Paulin (1948 La Voix du Rêve), Jacques Bara-tier (1951 Désordre, short, shot in 1949), Alfred Rode (1953 Tourbillon), Pierre Kast (1959 Le Bel Âge), Hugo Fregonese (1957 Seven Thunders / USA: The Beasts of Marseilles, UK), François Leterrier (1961 Les Mauvais Coups / UK and USA: Naked Autumn), André Michel (1962 Ton Ombre est la mienne / La scelta di Davy / USA: Your Shadow Is Mine, France / Italy), Jacques De-ray (1963 Symphonie pour un Massacre / Sinfonia per un massacro / UK: The Corrupt / USA: Symphony for a Mas­sacre / The Mystifiers, France / Italy), Jean-Paul Savignac (1965 Nick Carter et le Trèfle rouge / Nick Carter e il trifoglio rosso, France / Italy), Raoul J. Lévy (1965 Je vous salue, Mafia! / Da New York: La mafia uccide / USA: Hail, Mafia, France / Italy), Michel Cournot (1968 Les Gau­loises bleues), and Michel Mitrani (1972 La Nuit bulgare, shot in 1969).

 Filmography

        ◘ Nebbie sul mare (Italy)

        ◘ Giorni di gloria (documentary; co-director with Giuseppe de Santis, Mario Serandrei, Luchino Visconti; Marcello Pagliero directed the Fosse Adreatine trial scenes; Italy)

        ◘ 07 . . . tassi (co-director with Alberto d'Aversa; also original story, co-screenwriter; Italy)

        ◘ Roma, città libera / Roma città libera (La notte porta consiglio) (also screenwriter, dialogist; Italy)

        ◘ Desiderio (also screenwriter, editor; co-director with Roberto Rossellini; Italy)

1949 ◘ Un Homme marche dans laVille (also screenwriter, actor)

1951 ◘ La Rose rouge (also actor)

        ◘ Les Amants de Bras-Mort (also actor)

1952 ◘ La P . . . respectueuse (co-director with Charles Brabant)

1954 ◘ Destinées / Destini di donne / UK: Love, Soldiers and Women / USA: Daughters of Destiny (segment "Elisabeth"; France / Italy)

        ◘ Vestire gli ignudi / Vêtir ceux qui sont nus (Italy / France)

        ◘ Vergine moderna (Italy)

1955 ◘ Chéri-Bibi / Il forzato della Guiana (France / Italy)

1956 ◘ Walk into Paradise / L'Odyssée du Capitaine Steve / Walk into Hell (also producer; Australia / France)

1961 ◘ Vingt Mille lieues sur la Terre / Leon Garros ish-chet druga / US TV: 20, 000 Leagues Across the Land (France / USSR)