Pietro Francisci

Regisseur

1906-09-09 – 1977-01-01 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Pietro Francisci (9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Rome, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the 1966 science-fiction film 2+5 Missione Hydra, released in the U.S. in 1977 as Star Pilot.

• Die unglaublichen Abenteuer des Herkules (1958) — Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
• Herkules und die Königin der Amazonen (1959) — Director, Screenplay, Story
• Raumkreuzer Hydra - Duell im All (1966) — Writer, Director
• Attila, die Geißel Gottes (1954) — Director
• Herkules, Samson und Odysseus (1963) — Screenplay, Director, Editor, Story
• Archimedes – Der Löwe von Syrakus (1960) — Director, Screenplay, Story
• Die Königin von Saba (1952) — Director, Screenplay
• Natale al campo 119 (1947) — Director, Screenplay
• Sindbad und der Kalif von Bagdad (1973) — Director, Screenplay, Editor
• Sappho, Venus von Lesbos (1960) — Director, Writer
• Orlando e i Paladini di Francia (1956) — Director, Editor
• Le meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino (1952) — Director, Writer, Editor
• Il leone di Amalfi (1950) — Director, Story, Writer
• Antonio di Padova (1949) — Director, Writer
• La mia vita sei tu (1934) — Director, Writer, Editor
• The Eternal Fire (1938) — Director
• Stornellata Romana (1947) — Director
• Io t'ho incontrata a Napoli (1946) — Director, Screenplay