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Romolo Marcellini

6 October Montecosaro  1910 – 3 June  Civitanova Marche 1999

Romolo Marcellini, after graduating in Economics is devoted to journalism, and became interested in cinema by writing the subject of Stadium. Director engaged mainly in the documentary genre, has carried out its operations in the most important period of his cinematography, from the early ' 80 's up to almost 30. In Africa, is the Assistant Director for the movie Scipio Africanus, and shot his first film, bronze Sentinels. From 1937 to 1942, runs some documentaries produced by light, on the exploits of the fascist parties in support of volunteers francoists in Spain. It also runs the Grand Olympics, documentary about the summer Olympics of 1960 in Rome, which will make him win, in 1961, the Golden Prize at the Moscow Film Festival and nominated for the Academy Award for best documentary in 1962.

Filmography

Bronze Sentinels

Arriba Espana

Espana, a large, libre

Los novios de la muerte

Grain between two battles

Pilots and infantrymen in the desert

Tombs of the Popes

Giotto and his time

The Italians and the industry

The conquest of the air

The Pirates of the Gulf

The men of the Legion

Ribs

Pastor Angelicus

Special correspondents

War against war

Five mothers and a cradle

Passport to the East

Better than yesterday

The Italy and the world

Ten years of our lives

The train of the Sun

Romme's Treasurel

Adventure in Capri

The engaged couple of death

The Orientals

The Grand Olympics 

Tale of the five rings

Taboo # 2 

In the year of the Moon

The colonies