Luciano Salce

Luciano Salce
Luciano Salce in 1965
Born (1922-09-25)25 September 1922
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died 17 December 1989(1989-12-17) (aged 67)
Rome, Italy
Cause of death Heart attack
Nationality Italian
Other names Pilantra
Occupation Film director
Years active 1961-1988
Spouse(s) Diletta D'Andrea
Children Emanuele

Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 in Rome 17 December 1989 in Rome) was an Italian film director, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[1]

As a writer of pop music, he used the pseudonym Pilantra. During World War II, he was a prisoner in Germany. He later worked for several years in Brazil.

Selected filmography

Bibliography

  • Andrea Pergolari, Verso la commedia. Momenti del cinema di Steno, Salce, Festa Campanile, Firenze Libri, Rome, 2002.
  • Andrea Pergolari, Emanuele Salce, Luciano Salce: Una vita spettacolare, Edilazio, Rome, 2009.

References

  1. "Italian Comedy - The State of Things". labiennale.org. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. Review: The Fascist (film), nytimes.com; accessed 3 July 2017.
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