Directing
Sergio Capogna
Born 1926-10-13 · Rome, Italy
Sergio Capogna was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor active during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Rome, he graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1954. Capogna began his career directing short films and documentaries, gaining critical attention for his short film Comici, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 1955. He made his feature film debut with Un eroe del nostro tempo (1960), followed by Le conseguenze (1964) and Plagio (1969). His films often explored psychological and social themes, contributing to the Italian cinematic landscape of his time. Capogna passed away in Rome in 1977 at the age of 50.
Acting credits
8.0An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.
Sinfonia fatale
1947
8.0A meek and simple-minded boarding school teacher falls in love with a prostitute and gets the boot from school. He tries to have her change her way of living but she is very hard to convince. When she finally realizes he really loves her it is too late.
La passeggiata
1953
Behind the camera
5.5During the student movement in Bologna, Italy. 1968. Angela and Massimo are friends, lovers and college students. They get to know Guido, the heir of a wealthy family who has never known love pure. Impressed by the feeling that binds the two lovers, Guido invites them to move into his house. Soon, in a series of betrayals, confessions, departures and returns, it will create a conscious threesome bound to result in tragedy.
Plagio
1969
5.5During the student movement in Bologna, Italy. 1968. Angela and Massimo are friends, lovers and college students. They get to know Guido, the heir of a wealthy family who has never known love pure. Impressed by the feeling that binds the two lovers, Guido invites them to move into his house. Soon, in a series of betrayals, confessions, departures and returns, it will create a conscious threesome bound to result in tragedy.
Plagio
1969
Autumn 1945. Virginia, a war widow, moves into the home of Sandrino, a young man who fought in the conflict between partisans and Fascists. A spontaneous friendship develops between the two, soon blossoming into a desperate love. Sandrino feels increasingly suffocated by the woman's obsessive attachment, eventually going so far as to steal her money. It is not so much his encounter with a young woman who wants to help him get back on the right track, but rather the widow's suicide, that drives Sandrino to a final crisis and leads him to realize the full extent of his wrongdoing.
Un eroe del nostro tempo
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