# Marcello Baldi

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{{Short description|Italian filmmaker (1923–2008)}}
'''Marcello Baldi''' (1 August 1923 – 22 July 2008) was an Italian director and a screenwriter.

== Life and career ==
Born in [Telve Valsugana](/source/Telve), from 1940 to 1954, Baldi worked as [assistant director](/source/assistant_director) for, among others, [Alessandro Blasetti](/source/Alessandro_Blasetti), [Lionello De Felice](/source/Lionello_De_Felice), [Pietro Germi](/source/Pietro_Germi), and [Romolo Marcellini](/source/Romolo_Marcellini).<ref name=fbd>{{cite web|title=Un omaggio al regista Baldi e all'Abruzzo|url=http://www.larena.it/dossiers/Dossier/210/745/?refresh_ce|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218122822/http://www.larena.it/dossiers/Dossier/210/745/?refresh_ce|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2013|publisher=L'Arena|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=20 August 2009}}</ref>  In 1955, he was chosen by [CAI](/source/Club_Alpino_Italiano) to direct the film [documentary](/source/Documentary_film) ''[Italia K2](/source/Italia_K2)'', centered upon the conquest of [K2](/source/K2) by the [Italian expedition](/source/1954_Italian_expedition_to_K2) led by [Ardito Desio](/source/Ardito_Desio).<ref name=fbd/><ref>{{cite web|last=Leonardo Bizzaro|title=QUEGLI EROI IN CIMA AL K2|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/05/01/quegli-eroi-in-cima-al-k2.html|publisher=La Repubblica|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=1 May 1994}}</ref> He later filmed about one hundred of documentaries and more than thirty films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tradizioni trentine in un film|url=http://www.intrentino.to/interne/articoli.aspx?IDA=580|publisher=InTrentino|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042523/http://www.intrentino.to/interne/articoli.aspx?IDA=580|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dario Baldi - Sulle orme del padre|url=http://cinema-tv.corriere.it/personaggi/dario-baldi/11_06_67.shtml|publisher=Il Corriere della Sera|accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref>

His last film, ''Ciso'', was directed in conjunction with his son [Dario](/source/Dario_Baldi), and won the 2008 Edition of the [Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno](/source/%3Ait%3AFestival_Internazionale_del_Cinema_di_Salerno).<ref>{{cite web|title="Ciso" vince la 62. Edizione del "Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno"|url=http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/02414/ciso-vince-la-62-edizione-del-festival-internazionale.html|publisher=Cinema Italiano|accessdate=10 January 2012|date=16 November 2008}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
* ''[Il raccomandato di ferro](/source/Il_raccomandato_di_ferro)''  (1959) 
* ''[Venus Against the Son of Hercules](/source/Venus_Against_the_Son_of_Hercules)''  (1962)
* ''[Night Train to Milan](/source/Night_Train_to_Milan)''  (1962)
* ''[Gideon and Samson: Great Leaders of the Bible](/source/Gideon_and_Samson%3A_Great_Leaders_of_the_Bible)''  (1965)
* ''[Countdown to Doomsday](/source/Countdown_to_Doomsday_(1966_film))''  (1966)
* ''[The Hidden Pearl](/source/The_Hidden_Pearl)'' (2001)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0049737}}

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Category:1923 births
Category:People from Trentino
Category:2008 deaths
Category:Italian film directors
Category:20th-century Italian screenwriters
Category:Italian male screenwriters
Category:20th-century Italian male writers

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