Writing

Diego Calcagno

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

Known for

The White Squadron poster
7.0

Inspired by the activity of the medical squadrons, piloted exclusively by female nurses on the Russian front of the Second World War.

The White Squadron

1944

Rondini in volo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rondini in volo

1949

Flesh Will Surrender poster
7.2

Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...

Flesh Will Surrender

1947

Desire poster
5.2

Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.

Desire

1946

Professor, My Son poster
7.0

During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.

Professor, My Son

1946

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il corriere di ferro

1948

Film credits

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