Piero Schivazappa

Directing

Piero Schivazappa

Born

1935-04-14 (91)

Place of birth

Colorno, Parma, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Born in Colorno, Schivazappa entered the film industry in 1959 as an assistant director, collaborating with Valerio Zurlini, Mario Monicelli and Carlo Lizzani, among others. In 1963, he started collaborating with RAI for news reports and documentaries. Schivazappa made his feature film debut in 1969, with the controversial BDSM-themed The Laughing Woman, which at the time had many problems with censorship. Following the success of his 1973 miniseries Vino e pane, in the following years he focused on television films and TV-series. In 1986 Schivazappa directed Serena Grandi in the erotic drama La signora della notte , produced by Giovanni Bertolucci. Wikipedia contributors. "Piero Schivazap…

Known for

Lady of the Night poster
5.2

Angelina is tired of long serious relationships. One day she is brutally raped and she changes dramatically. Suddenly she is getting involved in more and more dangerous relations with unknown men until her behavior leads to a fatal crime.

Lady of the Night

1986

The Laughing Woman poster
6.7

Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.

The Laughing Woman

1969

The Odyssey poster
7.6

After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Ithaca. [Theatrical version of the 1968 mini-series.]

The Odyssey

1969

An American Love poster
8.0

Angelo Fossalto teaches literature at the University of Urbino and leads a quiet life. the man is about to leave for the United States to give a series of lectures, but he will meet a girl who will make him lose his head ...

An American Love

1994

Romance poster
4.6

Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid of the age difference between her and her lover.

Romance

1971

We Met One Evening poster
5.0

An industrial worker from the mid-seventies encounters the stout daughter of a wealthy American businessman. The daughter falls in love with the worker and begins to pursue him.

We Met One Evening

1975

Behind the camera

Lady of the Night poster
5.2

Angelina is tired of long serious relationships. One day she is brutally raped and she changes dramatically. Suddenly she is getting involved in more and more dangerous relations with unknown men until her behavior leads to a fatal crime.

Lady of the Night

1986

The Laughing Woman poster
6.7

Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.

The Laughing Woman

1969

The Laughing Woman poster
6.7

Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.

The Laughing Woman

1969

The Odyssey poster
7.6

After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Ithaca. [Theatrical version of the 1968 mini-series.]

The Odyssey

1969

An American Love poster
8.0

Angelo Fossalto teaches literature at the University of Urbino and leads a quiet life. the man is about to leave for the United States to give a series of lectures, but he will meet a girl who will make him lose his head ...

An American Love

1994

An American Love poster
8.0

Angelo Fossalto teaches literature at the University of Urbino and leads a quiet life. the man is about to leave for the United States to give a series of lectures, but he will meet a girl who will make him lose his head ...

An American Love

1994

Romance poster
4.6

Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid of the age difference between her and her lover.

Romance

1971

Romance poster
4.6

Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid of the age difference between her and her lover.

Romance

1971

We Met One Evening poster
5.0

An industrial worker from the mid-seventies encounters the stout daughter of a wealthy American businessman. The daughter falls in love with the worker and begins to pursue him.

We Met One Evening

1975

We Met One Evening poster
5.0

An industrial worker from the mid-seventies encounters the stout daughter of a wealthy American businessman. The daughter falls in love with the worker and begins to pursue him.

We Met One Evening

1975

Vita di Cavour poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vita di Cavour

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

L'incoronazione di Carlo Magno

1968

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Johnny Belinda

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il processo di Savona

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il caso Fuchs

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Caio Gracco

1968

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sangue a Parma

1962