Valerio Zurlini
March 19, 1926 · 100 years old
Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director and screenwriter. During his law studies in Rome , he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance . Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party . He filmed short docume…
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4 titles
Indian Summer
Daniele, a gambler and poetry professor, takes a teaching job in Rimini. He falls for his 19-year-old student Vanina, who is dating his gambling friend Gerardo. Their affair ends tragically.
The Desert of the Tartars
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Girl with a Suitcase
A girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.
Violent Summer
Summer 1943: The war is in full swing in southern Italy. Together with friends, Carlo enjoys a carefree summer in youthful naïveté. He falls in love with Roberta, whose husband was killed in the war.