Titanus
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| Company type | Production company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1904 |
| Founder | Gustavo Lombardo |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | titanus |
Titanus (also called Titanus Distribuzione) is an Italian film production and distribution company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Via Tiburtina, 13 km from the centre of Rome. The logo is a gold shield.
After the arrival of the French new wave films, Titanus launched a "youth operation", which gave young film artists a chance to create low-budget films with relative freedom.[1] This had approximately 100 first and second productions for Titanus made between 1960 and 1965.[1] This included films by new directors such as Ermanno Olmi, Elio Petri, Damiano Damiani and Lina Wertmuller.[1] Titanus closed down its production branch in 1964, but the company remains active.[2]
Selected films
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- Nobody's Children (1951)
- The Overcoat (1952)
- Rome 11:00 (1952)
- Storms (1953)
- Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
- Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954)
- We, the Women (1953)
- The Sign of Venus (1955)
- Il bidone (1955)
- Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
- The Roof (1956)
- Poor, But Handsome (1957)
- Seven Hills of Rome (1958)
- The Naked Maja (1958)
- The Magistrate (1959)
- The Law (1959)
- Violent Summer (1959)
- Web of Passion (1959)
- Purple Noon (1960)
- The Angel Wore Red (1960)
- The Hole (1960)
- A Breath of Scandal (1960)
- Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (1960)
- Il Posto (1961)
- The Lovemakers (1961)
- Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
- On the Tiger's Back (1961)
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
- The Four Days of Naples (1962)
- Family Diary (1962)
- The Condemned of Altona (1962)
- The Leopard (1963)
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1963)
- The Shortest Day (1963)
- The Fiances (1963)
- The Tigers of Mompracem (1970)
- Indian Summer (1972)
- Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad (1973)
- Help Me Dream (1981)
- Dagger Eyes (1983)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nicoli 2016, p. 198.
- ^ Nicoli 2016, p. 202.
Footnotes
[edit]- Nicoli, Marina (2016). The Rise and Fall of the Italian Film Industry. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1317654377.
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