Director
Pietro Francisci
Born 1906 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Pietro Francisci (9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Rome, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the 1966 science-fiction film 2+5 Missione Hydra, released in the U.S. in 1977 as Star Pilot.
Directed
La mia vita sei tu
Director · 1934
Il leone di Amalfi
Director · 1950
Hercules
Director · 1958
Anthony of Padua
Director · 1949
Hercules Unchained
Director · 1959
Attila
Director · 1954
Christmas at Camp 119
Director · 1947
Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino
Director · 1952
Roland the Mighty
Director · 1956
Star Pilot
Director · 1966
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
Director · 1963
Siege of Syracuse
Director · 1960
The Warrior Empress
Director · 1960
The Queen of Sheba
Director · 1952
Sinbad and the Calif of Bagdad
Director · 1973
Come Faccette Mametta
Director · 1948
Stornellata Romana
Director · 1947
’Na Sera ‘e Maggio
Director · 1948
Writing
La mia vita sei tu
Writer · 1934
Il leone di Amalfi
Story · 1950
Hercules
Adaptation · 1958
Anthony of Padua
Writer · 1949
Hercules Unchained
Screenplay · 1959
Christmas at Camp 119
Screenplay · 1947
Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino
Writer · 1952
Star Pilot
Writer · 1966
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
Screenplay · 1963
Siege of Syracuse
Screenplay · 1960
The Warrior Empress
Writer · 1960
The Queen of Sheba
Screenplay · 1952