Romano Scavolini
Directing
Biography
Romano Scavolini is an Italian film director and writer. He began his career in the 1960s, directing films such as Entonce (1969) and Servo suo (1973). Scavolini is perhaps best known for the 1981 horror film Nightmare, which he wrote and directed. His work often explores psychological themes and is noted for its intense atmosphere. In addition to directing, Scavolini has worked as a cinematographer and producer, contributing to various aspects of film production.
Known For

A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Nightmare

An old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events leading to her murder.
Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods

A rich industrialist disapproves of the relationship between his son Fabrizio and the beautiful Antonella, who poses naked for men's magazines.
Quella provincia maliziosa

A young man somewhat embarrassed and distressed by a rather aggressive girlfriend, a vaudeville actress, and a newly married couple with an odd contract: all become involved, whether they intended to or not, in a scam involving a villa.
L'ingenua

A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.
A White Dress for Marialé

Gunman Slim joins the Italian Pizza baker Geremia and his two daughters to try in various disguises to get a hidden treasure from a respectable banker.
Pistol Packin' Preacher

Story of a student in the town of Trieste, shaken up by the economic crisis.
Besieged

Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity ... Punctuated with photos that tell her career in theater and cinema, Extracts of films, this documentary portrait also gives the floor to his friends and relatives, from Roberto Rossellini to Marcello Mastroianni, through Federico Fellini.
My Name Is Anna Magnani

POW's rescued from tiger cages in Vietnam are brought into a secret mission by an Army Captain. However when the group finds a cache of gold, greed sets in and the mission goes awry.
Dog Tags

This almost silent film has been censored and rejected for his violent scenes, even if it was well received at the Pesaro New Cinema in 1966. It contains a quotation from Beckett off-screen at the critical moment. The story sometimes seems like a puzzle where a simple man who is sick from his environment, suddenly starts killing several people near a stadium. There are also moments from his life, discussing with a friend about fear of death and various meetings his beloved girlfriend. - my-tv-is-dead
The Blind Fly

An American photographer unwittingly brings footage of torture by the Greek military junta into the USA along with proof of America's involvement in it.He's pursued by inept and heavy handed henchmen leaving a trail of bloody and brutal murders in their wake.
Savage Hunt

Short film about a man walking through the city.
Solitudine

An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
Ban the Sadist Videos!

Four stories with teenagers as the protagonists: Young Blood - The Sardinian Drummer - The Little Look-out - The Nurse of the Father (Sangue romagnolo - Il tamburino sardo - La piccola vedetta lombarda - L'infermiere di Tata)
Heart

A young man struggles to escape from the ties of his Mafia family upbringing.
Two Families

Alerted by an informer, the police suppress an ideological uprising, causing the death of one of the participants. The traitor, in order to redeem himself in the eyes of his comrades, pushes them towards a terrorist action. But, once again, at the last moment he refuses to participate out of fear.
His Day of Glory

A lonely school teacher is kidnapped by the mob to carry out an important hit.
Your Honor
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Nel silenzio dei sassi

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Le Ultime Ore del Che

A sort of documentary that follows the advent of the LSD in New York and in the of the world.