Rodolfo Sonego
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| Born | 27 February 1921 Cavarzano (Belluno), Veneto, Italy |
| Died | 15 October 2000 (aged 79) Rome, Italy |
Rodolfo Sonego (27 February 1921 – 15 October 2000) was an Italian screenwriter.
He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as A Difficult Life, Il vedovo, and The Traffic Policeman.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Cavarzano, Belluno, Sonego graduated at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Turin and started an activity as painter and illustrator.[1] During the war he was a partisan, becoming leader of the Fratelli Bandiera Brigade.[1]
After the war Sonego, known for his great communication skills and for his ability in recounting his war experiences, entered the cinema industry as a consulent for several films dedicated to partisan movements during the war.[1] Moved to Rome, he initially collaborated to the screenplays of a number of dramas, working with directors such as Giuseppe De Santis, Alberto Lattuada and Carlo Lizzani.[1] In 1954 he met Alberto Sordi for the screenplay of the comedy film Il seduttore and from then he started a long collaboration with the actor, writing, sometimes uncredited, over 50 films starred by Sordi.[1]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Anna (1951)
- Shadows on the Grand Canal (1951)
- Rome 11:00 (1952)
- It Happened in the Park (1953)
- Camilla (1954)
- The Beach (1954)
- A Hero of Our Times (1955)
- Toto and Carolina (1955)
- Count Max (1957)
- Il marito (1957)
- The Widower (1959)
- The Moralist (1959)
- Crimen (1960)
- The Traffic Policeman (1960)
- A Difficult Life (1961)
- The Italian Brigands (1962)
- To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)
- The Commandant (1963)
- Il disco volante (1964)
- I complessi (1965)
- Thrilling (1965)
- The Girl with the Pistol (1968)
- Help Me, My Love (1969)
- Satyricon (1969)
- A Girl in Australia (1971)
- The Scientific Cardplayer (1972)
- A Brief Vacation (1973)
- Two Missionaries (1974)
- Di che segno sei? (1975)
- Strange Occasion (1976)
- Il comune senso del pudore (1976)
- Wifemistress (1977)
- The Cat (1977)
- The Witness (1978)
- Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978)
- Catherine and I (1980)
- Journey with Papa (1982)
- Everybody in Jail (1984)
- Troppo forte (1986)
- The Miser (1990)
- Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed (1992)
- Household Accounts (2003)
