Riccardo Freda
Known for: Directing
Born: February 24, 1909
Died: December 20, 1999
Place of birth: Alexandria, Egypt
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.
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Filmography
71 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
3.0
Il museo degli orrori di Dario Argento
2022NR
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
9.0
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
2000NR
Un uomo solo: Incontro con Riccardo Freda
1998
7.5
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997
7.1
For the Love of Nancy
1994
5.7
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994
6.4
My Name Is Kate
1994
4.0
Once Around the Park
1989
5.0
Murder Obsession
1981
5.0
Tragic Ceremony
1972
5.3
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
4.5
Tamar Wife of Er
1971
5.9
Double Face
1969
2.9
Mexican Slayride
1967
5.4
Death at Owell Rock
1967
5.9
Trap for the Assassin
1966
4.7
The Exterminators
1965
9.0
The Two Orphans
1965
6.5
The Revenge of the Crusader
1964
7.3
Romeo e Giulietta
1964
7.0
The Magnificent Adventurer
1963
6.3
The Ghost
1963
5.1
Gold for the Caesars
1963
6.0
The Seventh Sword
1962
5.4
Alone Against Rome
1962
5.9
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
4.7
The Witch's Curse
1962
9.0
Manhunt
1961
6.3
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961
5.2
The Mongols
1961
4.9
The Giants of Thessaly
1960
5.8
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959
5.3
The White Warrior
1959
4.6
Sign of the Gladiator
1959
6.3
Lust of the Vampire
1957
6.5
Ambush in Tangier
1957
6.3
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956
7.0
From Here to the Inheritance
1955
6.3
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954NR
Mosaici a Ravenna, I
1954
6.1
Sins of Rome
1953
9.0
The Legend of Piave
1952
6.4
Revenge of the Black Eagle
1951
6.7
Double Cross
1951
7.0
Vedi Napoli e poi muori
1951NR
Magia a prezzi modici
1950
8.0
The Son of d'Artagnan
1950
7.3
The Iron Swordsman
1949
9.0
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
4.7
The Mysterious Rider
1948
6.0
Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948
6.0
Les Misérables
1948NR
L'astuto barone
1948NR
Tenori per forza
1948
7.0
Guarany
1948
6.9
Aquila Nera
1946
9.0
Non canto più
1945
7.5
Tutta la città canta
1945
10.0
L'abito nero da sposa
1945
7.3
Don Cesare of Bazan
1942
5.5
Sundown
1941
7.3
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941
10.0
Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
194110.0
Cento lettere d'amore
1940
9.0
In campagna è caduta una stella
1939
8.0
The Little Adventurers
1939
7.0
Voce senza volto
1939
NR
La voce senza volto
1939
7.0
Fuochi d'artificio
193810.0
Lasciate ogni speranza
1937