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Pietro Germi

Director
Forfans of italian cinema, commedia all’italiana, social satire, and 1960s european film.
3 Reviews 1 Definitions 7 Charts

The Profile

Pietro Germi (1914–1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, a central figure of commedia all’italiana. Renowned for biting social satire and sharp characterization, he portrayed Sicilian traditions and bourgeois hypocrisies in classics like Divorzio all’italiana (1961), Sedotta e abbandonata (1964), and Signore e signori (1966).

Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Divorzio all'italiana (1963). Signore e signori won the Palme d'Or at Cannes (1966). Key figure of commedia all’italiana.

Three reviews celebrate Germi’s razor-sharp commedia all’italiana, focusing on Sicily’s honor codes and bourgeois façades. Divorzio all’italiana is hailed as a masterpiece; Sedotta e abbandonata as scathing and excessive yet compelling; Signore e signori as his full consecration. Performances and formal inventiveness are praised, with satire as the constant.

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