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Mario Lanfranchi

Mario Lanfranchi

Actor, Director, Writer

Born June 30, 1927 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died January 3, 2022

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After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Milan (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) in the early 1950s, and a few experiences directing plays and operas, Mario Lanfranchi was hired at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. He was therefore a pioneer of Italia television and the first one to bring opera to the small screen, in 1956, with "Madama Butterfly", which did rise Anna Moffo to the rank of diva in the brief space of one night. He was meanwhile very active in the theater as a director and producer. In the early Sixties Mario left the Italian Television (coming back occasionally for some inaugurations, like Rai-TV Channel 2, Eurovision, the new Naples studios) and returned to the stage, directing and producing several works by English and American playwrights, premiering a number of plays and musicals. He wrote and produced "Festa Italiana", a colossal show with 120 performers, which broke box-office records at the Madison Square Garden of New York. At that same time, Mario began his career as a film director with the western Death Sentence (1968), followed by several other movies of different genres. In 1980 he moved to London, where he lived for 25 years, staging big musicals like "Lust" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" or plays like David Beaird's "900 Oneonta" at London's Old Vic and Daphne du Maurier's "September Tide" with Susannah York, which ran for years in the West End and Broadway. In 2005 Mario moved back to Italy, where he lived in a 16th century villa near Parma. He still enjoyed staging plays and giving recitals in the little theatre of the villa, periodically opening the doors to anybody.

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Actor

5

Type

Year

Poltrone rosse - Parma e il cinema Poster

Poltrone rosse - Parma e il cinema Documentary2014Self

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern Poster

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern Documentary2006Self

The Making of 'Sentenza di morte' Short Film2005Self

Merciless Man Poster

Merciless Man Feature Film1976Dottore

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self

Director

18

Type

Year

Venezia, carnevale - Un amore TV Movie1981

Madame Is Served Poster

Madame Is Served Feature Film1976

Merciless Man Poster

Merciless Man Feature Film1976

The Kiss of Death Poster

The Kiss of Death Feature Film1974

Lucia di Lammermoor Poster

Lucia di Lammermoor Feature Film1971

Death Sentence Poster

Death Sentence Feature Film1968

La traviata Poster

La traviata Feature Film1967

Arlecchinata TV Movie1964

La serva padrona Feature Film1964

Lo spettacolo di Anna Moffo TV Special1964

Ritorno dall'abisso TV Movie1963

Servi e padroni TV Movie1961

Lo schiavo impazzito TV Movie1960

Moglie TV Movie1960

Francesca da Rimini TV Movie1959

Turandot Poster

Turandot TV Movie1958

La sonnambula Poster

La sonnambula TV Movie1956

Madama Butterfly TV Movie1956

Writer

6

Type

Year

Venezia, carnevale - Un amore TV Movie1981

Madame Is Served Poster

Madame Is Served Feature Film1976

Merciless Man Poster

Merciless Man Feature Film1976

The Kiss of Death Poster

The Kiss of Death Feature Film1974

Death Sentence Poster

Death Sentence Feature Film1968

Lo spettacolo di Anna Moffo TV Special1964

Producer

1

Merciless Man Poster

Merciless Man Feature Film1976

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