# Gianfranco Parolini

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Italian film director (1925–2018)

**Gianfranco Parolini** (20 February 1925 in [Rome](/source/Rome), [Italy](/source/Italy) – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy)[1] was an [Italian](/source/Italian_people) [film](/source/Film) director. He is often credited as **Frank Kramer**. Among his films are *[The Sabata Trilogy](/source/The_Sabata_Trilogy)*, several [sword and sandal](/source/Sword_and_sandal) films, most of the [Kommissar X](/source/Kommissar_X) films and a number of [Spaghetti Westerns](/source/Spaghetti_Western).

He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to [Giuseppe Amato](/source/Giuseppe_Amato).[2]

## Filmography

### Director

- *[Francis the Smuggler](/source/Francis_the_Smuggler)* (1953)

- *[Samson](/source/Samson_(1961_Italian_film))* (1961)

- *[The Fury of Hercules](/source/The_Fury_of_Hercules)* (1962)

- *[79 A.D.](/source/79_A.D.)* (1962)

- *[The Old Testament](/source/The_Old_Testament_(film))* (1962)

- *[The Ten Gladiators](/source/The_Ten_Gladiators)* (*I dieci gladiatori*) (1963)

- *[Mission to Hell](/source/Mission_to_Hell)* (1964)

- *[3 Avengers](/source/3_Avengers)* (1964)

- *[Left Handed Johnny West](/source/Left_Handed_Johnny_West)* (1965)

- *[Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill](/source/Kiss_Kiss%2C_Kill_Kill)* (1966)

- *[Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen](/source/Kommissar_X_%E2%80%93_In_den_Klauen_des_goldenen_Drachen)* (1966)

- *[The Three Fantastic Supermen](/source/The_Three_Fantastic_Supermen)* (1967)

- *[If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death](/source/If_You_Meet_Sartana_Pray_for_Your_Death)* (*Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte*) (1968)

- *[Five for Hell](/source/Five_for_Hell)* (*Cinque per l'inferno*), aka *Five Into Hell* (1969)

- *[Sabata](/source/Sabata_(film))* (*Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!*) (1969)

- *[Adiós, Sabata](/source/Adi%C3%B3s%2C_Sabata)* (*Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di...*) (1970)

- *[Return of Sabata](/source/Return_of_Sabata)* (*È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta*) (1971)

- *[God's Gun](/source/God's_Gun)* (*Diamante Lobo*) (1975)

- *[We Are No Angels](/source/We_Are_No_Angels_(1975_film))* (*Noi non siamo angeli*) (1975)

- *[Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century](/source/Yeti%3A_Giant_of_the_20th_Century)* (1977)

### Writer

- *[Fountain of Trevi](/source/Fountain_of_Trevi_(film))* (1960, directed by [Carlo Campogalliani](/source/Carlo_Campogalliani))

### Actor

- *[Little Red Monkey](/source/Little_Red_Monkey)* (1955) - Police Inspector May - sanitorium

- *[The Ten Gladiators](/source/The_Ten_Gladiators)* (1963) - Livius Verus

- *[Mission to Hell](/source/Mission_to_Hell)* (1964) - Thug at Information Booth (uncredited)

- *[Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen](/source/Kommissar_X_%E2%80%93_In_den_Klauen_des_goldenen_Drachen)* (1966) - Rex

- *Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther* (1968) - Smoky

- *[If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death](/source/If_You_Meet_Sartana_Pray_for_Your_Death)* (1968) - Gambler

- *Roma. L'antica chiave dei sensi* (1984) - Senator Lucius

- *Alla ricerca dell'impero sepolto* (1987) - Prof. Alexis Xristopoulos (final film role)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Il necrologio dei giusti: è morto Frank Kramer alias Gianfranco Parolini](http://m.dagospia.com/il-necrologio-dei-giusti-e-morto-frank-kramer-alias-gianfranco-parolini-172516) (in Italian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Spaghetti Cinema"](https://wconnolly.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html). *wconnolly.blogspot.com*. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

## External links

- [Gianfranco Parolini](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040789/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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