Francesco Scardamaglia (Writing)
Little is known about Francesco Scardamaglia, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
The Lions of Sicily
Follow brothers Paolo and Ignazio, two small spice merchants who have escaped from a Calabria stuck in the past in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent a future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourishing business that young Vincenzo, with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire.
Release Date:2023-10-25
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:38
...Watch Out, We're Mad
Estranged, quarreling brothers Carezza and Sorriso have to put aside their differences to reclaim their father's beloved dune buggy from predatory real estate developer Torsillo, with the help of beautiful circus performer Miriam, whose family business is threatened by Torsillo's enforcers.
Release Date:2022-03-23
Department:Writing
Job:Original Film Writer
Vote Count:210
Tango per la Libertà
Tango per la Libertà is a television miniseries broadcast on Rai1 on 12 and 13 January 2016. Freely inspired by Enrico Calamai's book No political asylum, it tells the story of an Italian diplomat in Argentina who managed to save more than 300 men and women persecuted by Jorge Rafael Videla's regime.
Release Date:2016-12-12
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:1
In arte Nino
Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting his difficult beginnings, his passion for acting and the encounter with the love of his life, Erminia.
Release Date:2016-12-07
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:66
Barabbas
Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the father" respectively) is a figure in the account of the Passion of Christ, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus Christ.
Release Date:2012-12-28
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:13
Paolo Borsellino: The 57 Days
Alberto Negrin directs this Italian drama starring Luca Zingaretti (well known Italian actor from the TV series Inspector Montalbano). The film traces the 57 days after the assassination of his friend and fellow anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone when Paolo Borsellino (Zingaretti) must come to terms with his own inescapable destiny.
Release Date:2012-05-22
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:27
Dove la trovi una come me?
Release Date:2011-10-23
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
Dove la trovi una come me?
Release Date:2011-02-01
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:6
Eroi per caso
In 1918 Cesare Magnozzi, a roman photographer, is drafted and together with Don Silvano they escort a soldier to the trench.
Release Date:2011-01-10
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:3
Puccini
Giacomo Puccini, the son of a Tuscan organist, achieves world-wide recognition as a composer of operas and dies from throat cancer in the middle of an artistic crisis, at the age of just sixty-six.
Release Date:2009-03-01
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God
Release Date:2006-10-23
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:8
Papa Luciani - il sorriso di Dio
Release Date:2006-10-23
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
L'ombra cinese
Maigret investigates the murder of a philandering businessman found dead in an apartment building full of colorful tenants.
Release Date:2004-11-16
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:1
La trappola di Maigret
A serial killer is stalking the streets of Paris and Maigret has to resort to setting a trap in order to catch him.
Release Date:2004-11-15
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:3
Virginia, la monaca di Monza
The film is loosely based on real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," whose story was made famous by the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.
Release Date:2004-07-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Renzo e Lucia
Loose adaptation of Italy's national epic, Alessandro Manzoni's “The Betrothed”. In war-torn 17th century Italy, shady feudal lord Don Rodrigo eyes young and beautiful Lucia, who loves—and is reciprocated by—commoner Renzo. The two lovers plan to marry in secret, but Rodrigo discovers it and they are forced to flee their village, becoming separated and each facing many dangers, including the Plague.
Release Date:2004-01-13
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Character:Don Ferrante
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the dying and the abandoned children in the slums of Calcutta, challenging many authorities - including the church - along the way.
Release Date:2003-10-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:15
Mother Teresa
Release Date:2003-10-19
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:2
Pope John XXIII
This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in April 2002 on Rai Uno. It is the life story of Pope John XXIII, nicknamed "the good Pope".
Release Date:2002-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:8
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
The inspirational story of the jolly cardinal Angelo Roncalli, who looks back at his memories as a poor country priest and is eventually elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
Release Date:2002-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
The Deep End of the Ocean
A recently retired psychologist takes on a gruesome murder case.
Release Date:1998-03-08
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Massacre Play
Estranged childhood friends, both passionate filmmakers, find themselves on divergent paths: one an acclaimed Oscar winner, the other struggling in TV. Accusations of plagiarism further strain their relationship as one's success is built on the other's stolen ideas.
Release Date:1989-01-01
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:4
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Release Date:1987-12-03
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:1
Quo Vadis?
Drama about love and intrigues in ancient Rome during the times of Nero.
Release Date:1985-02-24
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:7
Bomber
Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.
Release Date:1982-08-05
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:269
Why Did You Pick On Me?
Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military - because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile. They are constantly on the move, and H-725's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already.
Release Date:1980-12-11
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:199
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a western town and tries to help him solve a tough case, but the sheriff doesn't want any help from a "kid."
Release Date:1979-08-10
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:304
They Called Him Bulldozer
The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. His boat was damaged by a submarine and he currently has no work, so he agrees.
Release Date:1978-09-15
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:316
Charleston
Charleston is a 1977 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marcello Fondato. It reprises the style of the film The Sting.
Release Date:1977-03-05
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:42
Midnight Pleasures
Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing witness that can prove Tina's innocence.
Release Date:1975-02-19
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:26
Watch Out, We're Mad
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
Release Date:1974-03-29
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:815
Il giovane Garibaldi
Miniseries about the early life of Garibaldi.
Release Date:1974-02-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:6
Your Hands on My Body
Andrea, the only son of a rich publisher, is a neurotic young man obsessed by his mother. He is dominated by uncontrollable impulses and suicidal fantasies, while his regressive behaviour makes him lonely and frustrated. Incapable of having normal sexual relationships, he spies on his stepmother's adulterous affairs and is obsessed by Carol, a young American girl he secretly films (even when she's making love with her boyfriend), and whom he clumsily courts. Finally, Andrea wins Carol over but is still tormented by the fear of losing his own private world of memories and macabre games...
Release Date:1970-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:3
The Rage Within
A University professor is being blackmailed by his own daughter for having an affair with one of her friends.
Release Date:1969-12-29
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:2
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.
Release Date:1968-12-31
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:33
The Moment to Kill
Two famous gunmen, Lord and Bull are called to a southern western town by a judge to retrace a gold reserve, worth $500.000 which was hidden in the last days of the Civil War, by a Confederate colonel and people have been looking for it ever since.
Release Date:1968-08-04
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:5
Johnny Hamlet
On his way back from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton is visited in his sleep by the ghost of his father who lets him know that he has been murdered and who asks him to avenge him. Back in the family ranch, Johnny finds that not only has his father been killed but that Gertrude, his mother, has married her late husband's brother Claude. The latter is now the owner of the ranch and of all the properties of the deceased. Polonius, a ruthless bandit, is supposed to have killed Johnny's father. But couldn't it be Claude...?
Release Date:1968-03-22
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:22
Seven Rebel Gladiators
The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to learn where his legions war funds have gone. Vadio has him framed for treason and is thrown into the arena to fight a group of six formidable gladiators. During the fights, Marco refuses to kill those he defeats until finally, he himself loses after exhaustion takes its toll. Admiring this man, the six warriors join him and together they escape Vadio's clutches and plot to free the kingdom from the two conspiring killers. Edited from Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules
Release Date:1965-08-24
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:2
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.
Release Date:1963-12-03
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:9