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Gualtiero Jacopetti
Director 1919 - 2011

Gualtiero Jacopetti

Barga, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gualtiero Jacopetti (born 4 September 1919) is an Italian director of documentary films. He was born in Barga, in northern Tuscany. With Paolo Cavara and Franco Prosperi is the originator of Mondo films, also called... Read full bio →

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Addio zio Tom

Addio zio Tom

Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi 1971 2h 3m 8.0

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Africa addio

Africa addio

Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi 1966 2h 18m 5.5

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent.

Mondo cane n. 2

Mondo cane n. 2

Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi 1963 1h 42m 4.5

The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals.

La donna nel mondo

La donna nel mondo

Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi 1963 1h 50m 5.0

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

Un giorno in pretura

Un giorno in pretura

Steno 1954 1h 37m

A day at an Italian trial court, where a magistrate judges a full array of peculiar petty crimes and characters.

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