Gennaro Righelli

Gennaro Righelli
Born	12 December 1886 Salerno, Italy
Died	6 January 1949 (aged 62) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1910–1947

Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, The Song of Love.^[1] He was married to the film star Maria Jacobini who he frequently cast in his films.

Selected filmography

• Svengali (1927)
• Heimweh (1927)
• The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
• The Champion of the World (1927)
• Five Anxious Days (1928)
• Their Son (1929)
• The Song of Love (1930)
• The Blue Fleet (1932)
• Stadium (1934)
• Mr. Desire (1934)
• Those Two (1935)
• Abandon All Hope (1937)
• The Knight of San Marco (1939)
• The Courier of the King (1947)

References

1. "Cinema Italia". BFI. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

External links

• Gennaro Righelli at the Internet Movie Database