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Mario Craveri
Born — Died
1902-05-02 — 1990-02-28
Place of birth
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Known for
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Credits
5 titles
Mario Craveri was born on 2 May 1902 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Lost Continent (1955), Empire in the Sun (1956) and Soledad (1958). He died on 28 February 1990 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
Known for
5.8Soledad and Miguel are two young people in a romantic relationship. Don Ramón, a wealthy stranger, arrives in their small town and marries Soledad. Miguel leaves town and wanders aimlessly throughout the region with a peddler.
Soledad
1959
10.0Five Italian journalists live the last hours of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
5.8Colorful widescreen travelogue along the Amazon River jungle of Peru, featuring an indigenous village carnival and a snake dance.
Empire in the Sun
1956
9.0Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Lost Continent
1955
Behind the camera
5.8Soledad and Miguel are two young people in a romantic relationship. Don Ramón, a wealthy stranger, arrives in their small town and marries Soledad. Miguel leaves town and wanders aimlessly throughout the region with a peddler.
Soledad
1959
5.8Soledad and Miguel are two young people in a romantic relationship. Don Ramón, a wealthy stranger, arrives in their small town and marries Soledad. Miguel leaves town and wanders aimlessly throughout the region with a peddler.
Soledad
1959
10.0Five Italian journalists live the last hours of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Dreams Die at Dawn
1961
5.8Colorful widescreen travelogue along the Amazon River jungle of Peru, featuring an indigenous village carnival and a snake dance.
Empire in the Sun
1956
9.0Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Lost Continent
1955
