Profile of Riccardo Freda
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Riccardo Freda

Born
1909-02-24
Birthplace
Alexandria,
Egypt
Born
1909-02-24
Died
1999-12-20
(90 years old)
Birthplace
Alexandria
Egypt
Biography

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, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I ......

Profile of Riccardo Freda

Riccardo Freda

Born
1909-02-24
Died
1999-12-20
(90 years old)
Birthplace
Alexandria
Egypt
Born
1909-02-24
Died
1999-12-20
(90 years old)
Birthplace
Alexandria
Egypt
Biography

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, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.

71 titles with 116 credits

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D'Artagnan's Daughter poster

1994

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Lust of the Vampire poster

1957

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The Horrible Dr. Hichcock poster

1962

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Caltiki, the Immortal Monster poster

1959

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Double Face poster

1969

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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire poster

1971

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Murder Obsession poster

1981

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The Ghost poster

1963

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Sundown poster

1941

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Tragic Ceremony poster

1972

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The Witch's Curse poster

1962

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For the Love of Nancy poster

1994

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Sign of the Gladiator poster

1959

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The Giants of Thessaly poster

1960

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Theodora, Slave Empress poster

1954

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Castle of the Banned Lovers poster

1956

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The White Warrior poster

1959

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Aquila Nera poster

1946

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The Mysterious Rider poster

1948

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The Mongols poster

1961

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Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World poster

1961

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Trap for the Assassin poster

1966

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Les Misérables poster

1948

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Death at Owell Rock poster

1967

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Mexican Slayride poster

1967

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Alone Against Rome poster

1962

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The Exterminators poster

1965

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Sins of Rome poster

1953

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Once Around the Park poster

1989

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The Adventuress from the Floor Above poster

1941

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My Name Is Kate poster

1994

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Double Cross poster

1951

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Gold for the Caesars poster

1963

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Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris poster

1948

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Revenge of the Black Eagle poster

1951

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The Seventh Sword poster

1962

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Romeo e Giulietta poster

1964

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The Magnificent Adventurer poster

1963

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Don Cesare of Bazan poster

1942

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The Iron Swordsman poster

1949

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The Revenge of the Crusader poster

1964

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The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors poster

1997

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Ambush in Tangier poster

1957

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From Here to the Inheritance poster

1955

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Tutta la città canta poster

1945

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Tamar Wife of Er poster

1971

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Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento poster

2022

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Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co poster

2000

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Manhunt poster

1961

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The Two Orphans poster

1965

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In campagna è caduta una stella poster

1939

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Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto poster

1941

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L'abito nero da sposa poster

1945

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Guarany poster

1948

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O Caçula do Barulho poster

1949

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Vedi Napoli e poi muori poster

1951

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Non canto più poster

1945

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Fuochi d'artificio poster

1938

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Lasciate ogni speranza poster

1937

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The Little Adventurers poster

1939

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Cento lettere d'amore poster

1940

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The Legend of Piave poster

1952

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Voce senza volto poster

1939

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The Son of d'Artagnan poster

1950

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La voce senza volto poster

1939

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Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema poster

2007

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Un uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda poster

1998

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L'astuto barone poster

1948

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Magia a prezzi modici poster

1950

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Mosaici a Ravenna, I poster

1954

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Tenori per forza poster

1948

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