Claudio Gora was an Italian

Italy

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 actor

Actor

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 and film director

Film director

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He was a particularly prolific actor making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years from 1939 to 1997. In the 1950s he did dabble with directing and screenwriting and directed the film Three Strangers in Rome

Three Strangers in Rome

Tre straniere a Roma also known as Three Strangers in Rome is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Claudio Gora starring Claudia Cardinale...

 in 1958 which was incidentally the first leading role by Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

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. He worked at Adua e le compagne

Adua e le compagne

Adua and Friends is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Tullio Pinelli...

, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli

Antonio Pietrangeli

Antonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.-Biography:...

, Tutti a casa by Luigi Comencini

Luigi Comencini

Luigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....

 or Dino Risi's A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life is a Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961.-Plot:...

Selected filmography

• Swordsman of Siena
  Swordsman of Siena
  Swordsman of Siena is a 1962 Italian adventure film directed by Baccio Bandini and starring Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina and Christine Kaufmann...
  
  (1962)
• Gibraltar
  Gibraltar (1964 film)
  Gibraltar is a 1964 French thriller film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Hildegard Knef, Gérard Barray, Geneviève Grad and Elisa Montés...
  
  (1964)
• Catch As Catch Can
  Catch As Catch Can (1967 film)
  Catch As Catch Can is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Indovina. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Bob Chiaramonte...
  
  (1967)
• Io non spezzo... rompo
  Io non spezzo... rompo
  Io non spezzo... rompo is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Alighiero Noschese - Riccardo Viganò...
  
  (1971)
• Ante Up
  Ante Up (film)
  Ante Up is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Nuzzi. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Aldo Maccione - Camola* Agostina Belli - Ines* Andréa Ferréol - Cantante Lirica...
  
  (1974)

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