Birthday:
01-03-1916
Deathday:
09-10-1985 (69 years)
Birthplace:
Naples, Italy
Biography
Ettore Maria Fizzarotti was an Italian film director and screenwriter, renowned for his contributions to the "musicarello" genre—a blend of musical and comedy films popular in Italy during the 1960s. Born in Naples, he was the son of director Armando Fizzarotti. Ettore began his career assisting his father and later collaborated with directors such as Vittorio Cottafavi and Raffaello Matarazzo. He made his directorial debut in 1964 with In ginocchio da te, starring singer Gianni Morandi. This film's success led to a series of collaborations with Morandi, including Non son degno di te (1965) and Se non avessi più te (1965). Fizzarotti's films are characterized by their light-hearted narratives and integration of popular music, reflecting the cultural trends of Italy in the 1960s.
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So In Love
Director
event1964 star_border 5.6
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During his military service, the young singer Gianni Traimonti falls in love with Carla, the marshal's daughter.
Stasera mi butto
Director
event1967 star_border 4.9
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Summer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And relaxing baths. For everyone: young and old. Singles and couples. In the endless consumption of flirtation and new knowledge, the musical background goes crazy with the famous screamer. Famous personalities like Lola Falana emerge from famous people. They get confused. They are inserted between these alleged stars. But above all, they have fun like crazy ...
No One Can Judge Me
Director
event1966 star_border 6
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Two youths who work together in a department store love each other but also their supervisor has his eyes on the young girl.
Soldati e capelloni
Director
event1967 star_border 6
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An Italian music promoter has engaged an English rock band who wear their hair short, and since it is the 1960s, people don't like them. The band and the promoter wait for the hair to grow, but in the meantime the lads are called for military service and have their hair cut again. They decide to call themselves I Galeotti (the convicts).
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly
Director
event1968 star_border 5.9
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Shane’s a man come home to settle something he’d tried to forget, but has kept eating at him. His mother, father, and little sister, had been murdered for their land. Specifically an old mine the father had been working at for years with little result, but had finally struck a vein.
Symphony of Love
Director
event1970 star_border 7
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Al Bano and Romina bring to the big screen the unhappy love between the composer Franz Schubert and the Hungarian Countess Anna Rostkov. Al Bano sings the immortal 'Ave Maria'.
You'll See Me Returning
Director
event1966 star_border 4.8
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A young Italian sailor enrolled in the Italian Navy meets in Rome the Princess Liu, betrothed to a nobleman in Tokyo.
Don't Ever Leave Me
Director
event1965 star_border 5.5
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A young singer secretly gets married since he does not want to let his fans down. After a while the gutter press make up a love story which seriously worries his young bride.
Il suo nome è Donna Rosa
Director
event1969 star_border 5.5
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Andrea falls in love with the beautiful Rosetta, but the girl's father pushes her into the arms of the rich Giorgio. Al Bano and Romina in a musicarello of extraordinary success.
Perdono
Director
event1966 star_border 4.7
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Federico, his girlfriend Laura and her cousin, Caterina, are three young people full of hope, united by a great friendship that seems indissoluble. The three work in a department store but, when Caterina decides to attempt a musical career, given her vocal skills, everything changes. Caterina becomes a successful singer and Federico falls in love with her. Caterina, who however does not want to make her cousin Laura suffer, pretends not to reciprocate the young man by making him put his head in order. Meanwhile, the plots of various secondary characters evolve, in particular the fresh marriage between the security guard Antonio and the secretary of the department stores Adelina.
Una lacrima sul viso
Director
event1964 star_border 6
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The film tells the difficult love-story between Bobby Tonner, an American singer who came to Naples to meet his old music professor, and the charming daughter of the same professor.
Sword of the Conqueror
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event1961 star_border 5.5
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Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman.
You, Your Mother, and Me
First Assistant Director
event1958 star_border 6.7
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In 1950s Naples, a couple struggles to be together against the will of the mother-in-law. In the end, not only will they be together, but the mother-in-law-to-be, a widow, finds love as well.
It's a Woman's War
Director
event1971 star_border 5.7
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A girl is drafted due to a misunderstanding and this gives her the occasion to check on her boy-friend, whom she believes to be a womanizer.
Sgarro alla camorra
Director
event1973 star_border 6.5
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Andrea leaves the prison in advance through Cecere who wants to use him for his shady dealings. Tidied a boat, would be given to the fishing with his friend Peter, but first must do justice.
Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!
First Assistant Director
event1958 star_border 6
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A landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She has fallen for a marshal.
Lisa with the Blue Eyes
Story
event1969 star_border 5
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A university student, Mario Buongiovanni, tries to do various jobs to pay for his studies: selling encyclopedias, singing in night clubs, being a tour guide. He then became a science teacher in a female college, where he met Lisa, the daughter of a Lombard industrialist, whom he fell in love with. But Lisa's father, unfortunately, already has in mind for her a marriage with a very rich suitor ...
Naples Sings
First Assistant Director
event1953 star_border 5
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Giorgio with some friends rehearses a show of Neapolitan songs financed thanks to an elderly artist. Having come to quarrel with the landlady, Giorgio rented a room with a good woman who lives with her beautiful daughter Maria. Love soon arises between the two.
Amore mio
First Assistant Director
event1964
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A man wants to leave his wife for another woman, but this other woman decides not to live with him.
The Golden Arrow
First Assistant Director
event1962 star_border 4.7
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Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.
A Free Woman
Script Supervisor
event1954 star_border 6.7
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Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but which will ultimately lead her to a tragic fate.
I terribili sette
First Assistant Director
event1963
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Some kids find by chance an infant in swaddling clothes left in a meadow. Initially, after having led in their lair, they think of selling it to a caravan of gypsies.
The Fall of Rome
First Assistant Director
event1963 star_border 4.5
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After the death of Emperor Constantine in Rome, the persecutions of the Christians threaten the centurion Marco forced to become a gladiator.
Sing with us
First Assistant Director
event1955
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The old friends Nicola and Pasquale meet in the city after many years. The two, now married and with their children, try to marry their four children, but it soon becomes more difficult than expected.
I'm Not Worthy of You
Director
event1965 star_border 6.2
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In the sequel of "In ginocchio da te", the engagement of Gianni and Carla is threatened by Giorgio.
Rome, 1585
Assistant Director
event1961
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The leader of a gang of Spanish mercenaries falls for a beautiful princess. Thing get dicey, however, when an imprisoned leader is freed and comes calling.
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