Gennaro Righelli

Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.^[1] He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, The Song of Love.^[2] He was married to the film star Maria Jacobini, whom he frequently cast in his films.

Gennaro Righelli
Born	(1886-12-12)12 December 1886 Salerno, Italy
Died	6 January 1949(1949-01-06) (aged 62) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1910–1947

Selected filmography

• Red Love (1921)
• The Voyage (1921)
• Cainà (1922)
• Under the Snow (1922)
• La Boheme (1923)
• Orient (1924)
• The Doll Queen (1925)
• Svengali (1927)
• Homesick (1927)
• The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927, writer)
• The Champion of the World (1927)
• Five Anxious Days (1928)
• The President (1928)
• The Secret Courier (1928)
• Orient (1928)
• Their Son (1929)
• The Night of Terror (1929)
• The Song of Love (1930)
• The Blue Fleet (1932)
• Together in the Dark (1933)
• Stadium (1934)
• The Last of the Bergeracs (1934)
• Mr. Desire (1934)
• Those Two (1935)
• The Amnesiac (1936)
• White Amazons (1936)
• Abandon All Hope (1937)
• They've Kidnapped a Man (1938)
• La voce senza volto (1939)
• The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939)
• The Knight of San Marco (1939)
• The Courier of the King (1947)