Sergio Sollima

Sergio Sollima

1921-04-17 Rome, Italy 44 Credits

Biography

Sergio Sollima (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 2015) was an Italian film director and script writer. Like many Italian cult directors, Sollima started his career by directing mostly sword and sandal movies that were very popular in the early 1960s. After the genre's popularity quickly died out, Sollima was among the first ones to move to spaghetti westerns. The Big Gundown (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Ser...

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Ennio

Ennio

2022

as Self

8.3
Acting

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-...

Spaghetti Western Memories

2016

as Himself

7.0
Acting

Documentary featuring interviews with Sergio Sollima and Tomas Milian. An extra on the Explosive Media Blu-ray release of “Face to Face".

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

2014

as Lui-même

Acting

French documentary on the Spaghetti Western genre, with numerous interviews.

Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever

2010

as Self

Acting

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by ...

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

2006

as Self

6.6
Acting

The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews and opinions of producers, actors and directors. ...

The Spaghetti West

The Spaghetti West

2005

as Self

6.0
Acting

A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s.

Sergio Sollima: Face to Face

2005

as Himself

Acting

Western all'italiana

2004

4.0
Acting

"Western all'italiana" is a documentary produced and broadcast by the satellite broadcaster Studio Universal in 2004, on the occasion of the broadcast...

Run Man Run: 35 Years Running

2003

Acting

A documentary about Run Man Runi.

Berlin '39

Berlin '39

1993

Director, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

A German officer is forced to marry Louise, daughter of a general, hero of the First World War. But Louise maintains lesbian relationships with Margo.

Solo per Dirti Addio

Solo per Dirti Addio

1992

Director

Directing

Stefano is found dead in his car, killed by exhaust fumes that he himself had channeled into the cabin through a hose. Everyone believes it to be a su...

Love Steps

Love Steps

1990

Director

Directing

The story revolves around Elisa, a young talented ballet dancer. After an unjust accusation at her school, she has to stop her studies. The events tak...

The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue

The Tiger Is Still Alive: Sandokan to the Rescue

1977

Director

6.0
Directing

The pirate Sandokan, the Bengal tiger and the East India Company's terror, fighting the British Empire and the ondeskefulla James Brooke, rahjan of Sa...

The Black Corsair

The Black Corsair

1976

Director, Screenplay

5.7
Directing Writing

The story circulates around the classical Black Pirate and his battle against arch enemy Prins van Gould. The Black Pirate is out for revenge on his b...

Revolver

Revolver

1973

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.9
Directing Writing

An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife b...

Devil in the Brain

Devil in the Brain

1972

Director, Screenplay, Story

5.7
Directing Writing

Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her husband Fabrizio shot dead and her young son Ricky s...

Violent City

Violent City

1970

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss ...

Run, Man, Run

Run, Man, Run

1968

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.4
Directing Writing

The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fian...

Western, Italian Style

Western, Italian Style

1968

as Self

6.4
Acting

A featurette (most likely shot for American television) about the Spaghetti Western genre during the late 60's and how it had affected Italy at that p...

Face to Face

Face to Face

1967

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.0
Directing Writing

History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Soloman Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher ...

The Big Gundown

The Big Gundown

1967

Director, Screenplay

7.3
Directing Writing

Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.

Requiem for a Secret Agent

Requiem for a Secret Agent

1966

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

A veteran US Secret Service agent must thwart the covert conspiracy of an enemy spy network that threatens the world's safety.

Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun

Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun

1966

Screenplay, Director

7.0
Writing Directing

The island paradise of San Felipe has undergone a revolution! The charismatic General Siqueiros has assumed control! Those assisting him though have a...

Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell

Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell

1965

Director, Writer

7.0
Directing Writing

A 1965 Italian adventure-Eurospy film directed by Sergio Sollima (credited as Simon Sterling). This is the first chapter in the Sollima's spy film tri...

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

1964

Story

5.6
Writing

The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rom...

The Ten Gladiators

The Ten Gladiators

1963

Writer

4.5
Writing

Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a...

Sex Can Be Difficult

Sex Can Be Difficult

1962

Director

6.0
Directing

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldie...

The Rebel Gladiators

The Rebel Gladiators

1962

Writer

5.0
Writing

In order to persuade the Emperor to spare his village, the mighty Ursus is forced to fight the greatest gladiator in Rome in the Roman Arena.

Samson Against the Sheik

Samson Against the Sheik

1962

Story, Screenplay

7.0
Writing

In the late 1500s, forces of the Duke of Malaga topple the Sacred Obelisk in the North African city of Melida before they're defeated by the local She...

Ursus

Ursus

1961

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

Ursus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces...

The Secret of the Black Falcon

The Secret of the Black Falcon

1961

Writer

5.0
Writing

A secret document has fallen into the hands of pirates. Spain and England are both interested. The English commissioned a notorious pirate and the Spa...

Goliath Against the Giants

Goliath Against the Giants

1961

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Muscleman fights sea monsters and Amazon warriors, then returns home to find a race of giants living in a valley, into which fellow countrymen are bei...

Sword in the Shadows

Sword in the Shadows

1961

Writer

Writing

Sword in the Shadows (Italian: Una spada nell'ombra) is a 1961 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Tamara Lees and Livio ...

Knight of 100 Faces

Knight of 100 Faces

1960

Story, Screenplay

Writing

Two knights, the honorful Riccardo and the sinister Fosco, are rivalling for damsel Zuela.

Madri pericolose

Madri pericolose

1960

Screenplay

3.0
Writing

A great Party is given by the rich family of Improta. Every kind of intrigue gets around this party. The purpose of every plan is to find a husband or...

I teddy boys della canzone

I teddy boys della canzone

1960

Screenplay

Writing
Il mondo dei miracoli

Il mondo dei miracoli

1959

Dialogue

An actor fails to find success in the film world but falls in love with a theatre manager's daughter.

Carousel of songs

Carousel of songs

1958

Story, Screenplay

Writing
Ricordati di Napoli

Ricordati di Napoli

1958

Screenplay

Writing
Shack and puppets

Shack and puppets

1954

First Assistant Director

Directing

An inhabitant of the Moon, crashed on the Earth due to the violent shock caused by an atomic experiment, remains amazed by the discovery of this plane...

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore

1954

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and un...

Foreign Earth

Foreign Earth

1954

Assistant Director

4.5
Directing

A group of illegal immigrants find a job in a French mine and organizes strikes to improve their working condition.

Solo per te Lucia

Solo per te Lucia

1952

Assistant Director

Directing

A young mother tries to hide her son from the man who is in love with her.

Behind Closed Shutters

Behind Closed Shutters

1951

Story, Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Sandra searches her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa.