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Sergio Bergonzelli

Italian actor, film director and screenwriter

Sergio Bergonzelli
Born	25 August 1924 (1924-08-25) Alba, Italy
Died	24 September 2002 (2002-09-25) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Other names	Siro Carme
Occupation(s)	Director Screenwriter

Sergio Bergonzelli (25 August 1924 – 24 September 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Life and career

Born in Alba, Cuneo, Bergonzelli graduated in Philosophy, then he started working as an actor with the stage name Siro Carme.^[1]^[2] After being assistant and second unit director in a number of genre films, in 1960 he made his debut as director and screenwriter with Seven in the Sun.^[1]^[2] Also a film producer, Bergonzelli was the first to produce Spaghetti Western films entirely shot in Italy.^[2] In the 1970s he specialized in the erotic genre.^[1]

Selected filmography

Director

Seven in the Sun (1960)*
The Last Gun (1964)
Stranger in Sacramento (1965)*
The Sea Pirate (1966)
M.M.M. 83 (1966)*
Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1967)*
In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)
Blood Delirium (N/A)*

'*' denotes he wrote the screenplay

Actor

Messalina (1951)
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
La storia del fornaretto di Venezia (1952)
I, Hamlet (1952) – fencing master
The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1953) – the young conspirator
It's Never Too Late (1953)
Una donna prega (1953)
The Daughter of the Regiment (1953)
Passione (1953)
Cristo è passato sull'aia (1953)
Terra straniera (1954)
Gran varietà (1954)
The King's Prisoner (1954)
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (1954) – the student who gives a speech (uncredited)
The Violent Patriot (1956)
The Most Wonderful Moment (1957) – Mr. Mancini
Et la tendresse?... Bordel! (1979)
Pasiones desenfrenadas (1981)
Tentazione (1988) (uncredited)
Sick-o-pathics (1955) – neighbour #1 (segment "The Poor, The Flesh & The Bag") (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-8804572770.