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Alfonso Sansone producer by chance

After the war, Alfonso Sansone began almost by chance to produce documentaries and from Palermo he moved to Rome. Thanks to Citto Maselli he met a young Australian of Polish origin, Henryk Chroscicki, who was in the city to attend the National Film School. Henryk and Alfonso became friends and begin to dream about the films they want to make. They initially founded the company ATC, with which they rented technical equipment. In France Henryk bought the license to build an anamorphic lens : the Totalscope. Subsequently they create the SanCro Film, acronym of their names: Sansone and Chroscicki. Their production makes the fortune of many directors like Taviani and Ferreri. With Ferreri and Ugo Tognazzi, after the film The conjugal bed they set up a fruitful collaboration. Sancro Film also produced western movies involving Hollywood stars such as Telly Savalas, James Coburn, John Phillip Law and Lee Van Cleef. Alfonso and Henryk become two important producers; they work with Rizzoli, Lombardo, Ponti, Levine and many others. After hard times there comes times of plenty. Years later, when SanCro closed down, Sansone imported the films by Jodorowsky, Wenders, Fassbinder, Herzog and Rohmer to Italy. Chroscicki founded the company Technovision, also collaborating with Francis Ford Coppola in Apocalypse Now. This is their story... this is the story of a cinema that no longer exists.

  • CLAUDIO COSTA
    Director
    Times of plenty
  • Alfonso Sansone
    Key Cast
  • Francesco Maselli
    Key Cast
  • Vittorio Taviani
    Key Cast
  • Tonino Valerii
    Key Cast
  • Harald Buggenig
    Key Cast
  • Ingrid Lill Hogtun
    Key Cast
  • CLAUDIO COSTA
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    56 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 10, 2014
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Ronin Film Production
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - CLAUDIO COSTA

Claudio Costa writer, director, producer and illustrator, since 2007, directed and produced more than 55 documentaries and shorts, that are now being recognized on the Italian film festival circuit.

COMPLETED FILMS :

2022 TIMEELESS VISIONS - ANNA NAPOLI AND THE HISTORY OF FILM EDITING
(Subtitles provided with a contribution
from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

2021 Through Love - Paola Mazzetti's story
(Subtitles provided with a contribution
from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

2020 TIMES OF PLENTY Short Animation
Director and Animator Comedy 13’
Made with funding from Fondo PSMSAD
(Subtitles provided with a contribution
from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

2020 LA MORALE DELLA FAVOLA - Vita e avventure del Comandante Ivan Mancuso 85'

2019 ADALBERTO PELLEGRINO - Una vita per aria 90'

2018 VISCONTI’S EAGLES 60’

2015 PAN BEFORE PAN 55’ - LE PAN PRIMA DELLA PAN – History of the Italian Aerobatic Team

2014 FROM GOLD TO CONTAINERS FROM SALT TO EMPIRES 80’ based on the book MONEY TALES by Alessandro Giraudo Edizioni Pratiche

2014 ALFONSO SANSONE PRODUTTORE PER CASO 52’
ALFONSO SANSONE PRODUCER BY CHANCE
starring Vittorio Taviani e Citto Maselli, Giancarlo Santi e Tonino valerii
(Subtitles provided with a contribution
from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

2013 L'ULTIMO ESPLORATORE - VITA E AVVENTURE DEL BARONE FRANCHETTI 55’

2013 SIGFRIDO OLIVA MONOLOGO SULL'ARTE 50’

2013 L'UOMO DAI QUATTRO NOMI - MARIO FIORENTINI RACCONTA LA RESISTENZA 60’

2010 PUPI AVATI, IERI, OGGI, DOMANI, starring Lino Capolicchio Diego Abatantuono, Katia Ricciarelli, Alessandro Haber, Carlo delle Piane, Neri Marcorè, Pupi Avati
Screening : BELLARIA Film Festival 2010, BARI FILM FESTIVAL 2011

2009-Current produced and directed the serie WWII Collection about Italian Veterans

1) LO SPIRITO DEL SERCHIO - BIRINDELLI (2009)
2) VOLANDO CON VISCONTI - ERMINIO (2010)
3) IL NEMICO SULLE ALI - SETTI ((2011)
4) MTM 548 - DENTI (2011)
5) UNO SCRITTORE AL FRONTE - CORTI (2011)
6) UNA LUNGA VACANZA - CALLISTO COSULICH (2011) screening
Bari Film Festival 2013
7) COMANDANTE MAX - RENDINA (2012)
8) SOPRA E SOTTO I MARI - BELTRAMI (2012)
9) IL CACCIATORE DEL CIELO - GORRINI (2012)
10) QUANDO PEDRO VOLAVA - PETROSELLINI (2012)
11) L'AVIATORE - BERNARDINI (2012)
12) SABBIA E FERRO - VOLONTE' (2012)
13) DAI PULCINI DI QUARANTOTTI ALLE COMETE DI VISCONTI -
PIZZATI (2013)
14) CIELO E SABBIA - PERONCINI (2013)
15) ET SILENTER DELEO - BOLZONI (2013)
16) DAGLI ASCARI ALL'ALA LITTORIA - FILIPPI (2013)
17) DALLA CORSICA ALLA LINEA GOTICA - MARI (2013)
18) I PILOTI DEL NORD - BENETTI (2014)
19) TORNANDO A CASA - BERTOLDI (2014)
20) UNA VITA PER L'AERONAUTICA - GENTA (2014)
21) MIO PADRE, IL MARE, I DESERTI - BERGAMINI (2014)
22) IN GUERRA CON L'ALA LITTORIA - UGOLINI (2015)
23) IL RAGAZZO DELLA FOLGORE - S. PELLICCIA (2015)
24) NEL SEGNO DELL'AQUILA - A. PELLICCIA (2016)
25) IL PILOTA DELLA CROCE DI FERRO - AIMI (2016)
26) L'ULTIMA LINCE - MIGLIORI (2016)
27) LA SQUADRIGLIA GIGI TRE OSEI - BALDI (2016)
28) VOLANDO CON IL GOBBO - CONSONNI (2016)
29) L'ULTIMO SPARVIERO - PALMIERI (2016)
30) UNO SCALPELLINO A CEFALONIA - DI BERNARDINI (2017)
31) DALLA REGIA MARINA ALLA DECIMA MAS - ANGELINI (2017)
32) LA DIVISIONE ACQUI A CEFALONIA - ZUCCHI (2017)
33) I LEONI DELLA FOLGORE - MURELLI (2017)
34) 4° STORMO CACCIA CAVALLINO RAMPANTE - GALBUSERA (2017)
35) LA CARICA DI ISBUSCENSKIJ - CIOFFI (2017)
36) PRIMO GRUPPO CACCIA ASSO DI BASTONI - AGOSTINIS (2017)
37) UNA VITA PER L'ESERCITO - SORRENTINO (2019)
38) LA NAVE DA BATTAGLIA ROMA – BELLAZZINI (2020)
39) DALLA FOLGORE AI GRUPPI DI COMBATTIMENTO – TOSTI (2020)
40) 94 MISSIONI DI GUERRA – ZAFFINA (2020)

IL FALSO BUGIARDO VITA CINEMA E STORIE DI LUCIANO VINCENZONI
(THE FALSE LIAR the life and adventures of Luciano Vincenzoni) (2008) Documentary 77’
Producer and Director
Starring Luciano Vincenzoni, Dino De Laurentiis, Ennio Morricone, Furio Scarpelli, Vittorio Sgarbi, Felice Laudadio, Carlo Lizzani, Nicola Badalucco, Gianni Bulgari, Tonino Valerii.
(Subtitles provided with a contribution
from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Screening :
Bari Film festival, Genoa Film Festival, Fondi Film Festival, Premio Sergio Amidei, Missing Film Festival

2007 WINE LIFE Documentary 10’
Director
Screening :
Siena International Film Festival

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