Aldo Vergano

Aldo Vergano
Born	27 August 1891 Rome
Died	21 September 1957 (aged 66) Rome
Occupation	film director, screenwriter

Aldo Vergano was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist.

Born in Rome, Vergano was the co-founder with Alessandro Blasetti of the magazine Cinematografo.^[1]

He made his film debut with the screenplay of Blasetti's Sun, one of the most important films of the Italian silent cinema.^[1] In the thirties, though persecuted by fascism for his political views, he was a prolific screenwriter of Telefoni Bianchi films.^[1] He made his debut as a director with the patriotic drama Pietro Micca.^[1]

Vergano is probably best known for the film Il sole sorge ancora, produced by the PNA, (the National Association of Italian Partisans),^[1] which is considered "one of the cornerstones of neorealism".^[2]

Selected filmography

Director

• Pietro Micca (1938)
• Outcry (1946)
• The Outlaws (1950)
• La grande rinuncia (1951)
• Amore rosso (Marianna Sirca) (1952)

Screenwriter

• Lowered Sails (1931)
• The Man with the Claw (1931)
• The Telephone Operator (1932)
• The Blue Fleet (1932)
• Don Bosco (1935)
• Cavalry (1936)
• The Cavalier from Kruja (1940)
• Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)
• Lost in the Dark (1947)

References

1. Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
2. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei Film 2008. Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2007. ISBN 9788860731869.

External links

• Aldo Vergano at the Internet Movie Database