Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror...
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by Riccardo Freda, starring Brett Halsey Balboa (Spanish, 1963) a.k.a. Conquistadors of the Pacific Beatrice Cenci (1956) directed by Riccardo Freda Beatrice...
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productions in the 1950s such as Mexican production El vampiro. In Italy, Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava developed early Italian horror films with I Vampiri and...
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Double Face (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
Dunkeln, lit. 'The Face in the Dark') is a 1969 thriller film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger and Annabella Incontrera...
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compared to those of Ava Gardner. Canale was offered a role in a movie by Riccardo Freda, with whom she eventually fell in love. They moved to Brazil where they...
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director Riccardo Freda in 1956, a movie now referred to as the first Italian horror film. Bava was originally hired as the cinematographer, but when Freda walked...
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Murderer, a.k.a. Hard Women, a.k.a. The Blonde Connection Double Face (Riccardo Freda, 1969; Italian: A doppia faccia) a.k.a.Liz et Helen Macabre (Javier...
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McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1476626185. Curti [i], Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1476628387...
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synchronization. In contrast, other Italian films of the time, such as those by Riccardo Freda and Vittorio Cottafavi, were carefully dubbed. Burt Lancaster and supporting...
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Camille Keaton?". Ultra Violent (8): 35–50. Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-66970-0...
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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
with the Tongue of Fire) is a 1971 giallo film. It was directed by Riccardo Freda, who was unhappy with the film and had his name replaced with the pseudonym...
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and Così dolce... così perversa [So Sweet... So Perverse] in 1969), Riccardo Freda (A doppia faccia [Double Face] in 1969), and Lucio Fulci (Una sull'altra...
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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
horror film, directed by Riccardo Freda and written by Ernesto Gastaldi. The film stars Barbara Steele and Robert Flemyng. Freda's The Ghost, the following...
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Spartacat, is also named after him. The 1953 film Sins of Rome, directed by Riccardo Freda. The 1960 film Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was executive-produced...
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The Witch's Curse (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
'Maciste in Hell') is a 1962 Italian peplum-fantasy film, directed by Riccardo Freda. In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse...
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The Legend of the Piave (film) (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
leggenda del piave) is a 1952 Italian war melodrama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo Giustini and Renato Baldini...
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Romeo and Juliet (1964 film) (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
(Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1964 film directed and written by Riccardo Freda. Riccardo Freda maintained that it was himself who had the idea to adapt Romeo...
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www.ibdb.com. "Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959) - Mario Bava, Riccardo Freda | Cast and Crew". AllMovie. "John Merivale | Theatricalia". theatricalia...
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Thriller), Filmirage, retrieved 4 July 2022 Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387...
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1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2960-5. Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476628387...
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I Vampiri (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
Vampiri (lit. The Vampires) is a 1957 Italian horror film directed by Riccardo Freda and completed by the film's cinematographer, Mario Bava. It stars Gianna...
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Tutta la città canta (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
Whole City Sings) is a 1945 Italian musical-comedy film directed by Riccardo Freda. Nino Taranto as Orazio Babilia Vivi Gioi as Pepita Natalino Otto as...
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Murder Obsession (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
omicida), a.k.a. Fear, is a 1981 Italian giallo-horror film directed by Riccardo Freda, and starring Laura Gemser and Anita Strindberg. A successful actor...
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Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
the international market, which led to Riccardo Freda being hired to direct Caltiki – The Immortal Monster. Freda left the project during filming, later...
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The Gay Swordsman (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
d'Artagnan) is a 1950 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Carlo Ninchi, Gianna Maria Canale and Franca Marzi. The...
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Amour de poche Édith Pierre Kast Trapped in Tangier Mary Bolevasco Riccardo Freda 1960 Song Without End Countess Marie George Cukor and Charles Vidor...
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See Naples and Die (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
Napoli e poi muori) is a 1952 Italian crime-melodrama film directed by Riccardo Freda. Drug dealer Sanesi is trying to get her old friend Marisa to have her...
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Imperatrice di Bisanzio (1954) aka Theodora, Slave Empress. Directed by Riccardo Freda. Gianna Maria Canale performs the role of Theodora. Kampf um Rom (1968)...
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Theodora, Slave Empress (category Films directed by Riccardo Freda)
Justinian I, emperor of Byzantium in AD 527–565. It was directed by Riccardo Freda. Gianna Maria Canale as "Theodora" Georges Marchal as "Justinian I"...
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Mozzhukhin Il cavaliere misterioso (The Mysterious Rider), a 1948 film by Riccardo Freda, in which Casanova is played by Vittorio Gassman in his debut as a lead...
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