Aldo Vergano

Aldo Vergano (1891–1957) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. He was the father of actress Serena Vergano.

Aldo Vergano
Born	(1891-08-27)27 August 1891 Rome
Died	21 September 1957(1957-09-21) (aged 66) Rome
Occupation(s)	film director, screenwriter
Children	Serena Vergano

Biography

Born in Rome, Vergano was the co-founder with Alessandro Blasetti of the magazine Cinematografo.^[1]

He made his film debut with the screenplay of Blasetti's Sun, one of the most important films of the Italian silent cinema.^[1] In the thirties, though persecuted by fascism for his political views, he was a prolific screenwriter of Telefoni Bianchi films.^[1] He made his debut as a director with the patriotic drama Pietro Micca.^[1]

Vergano is probably best known for the film The Sun Still Rises, produced by the PNA, (the National Association of Italian Partisans),^[1] which is considered "one of the cornerstones of neorealism".^[2]

Selected filmography

Director

• Pietro Micca (1938)
• Men of the Mountain (1943)
• The Sun Still Rises (1946)
• Czarci żleb (1949)
• The Outlaws (1950)
• La grande rinuncia (1951)
• Red Love (1952)
• Schicksal am Lenkrad [de] (1954)

Screenwriter

• Lowered Sails (1931)
• The Man with the Claw (1931)
• The Opera Singer (1932)
• The Telephone Operator (1932)
• The Blue Fleet (1932)
• Don Bosco (1935)
• Cavalry (1936)
• Adam's Tree (1936)
• The Carnival Is Here Again (1937)
• Marcella (1937)
• The Count of Brechard (1938)
• For Men Only (1938)
• The Night of Tricks (1939)
• The Cavalier from Kruja (1940)
• Saint John, the Beheaded (1940)
• Lost in the Dark (1947)