As Actor
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997
6.0
Riccardo Freda
Acting
Birth date
February 24, 1909
Birth place
Alexandria, Egypt
Death date
December 20, 1999
Biography
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film Il mostro di Frankenstein (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film Black Sunday was released internationally.
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Murder Obsession
1981
5.0
As Director
Tragic Ceremony
1972
4.9
As Director, As Writer
Double Face
1969
5.9
As Director
Trap for the Assassin
1966
5.4
As Director
The Exterminators
1965
3.8
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Romeo e Giulietta
1964
6.5
As Director
The Magnificent Adventurer
1963
6.0
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The Ghost
1963
6.0
As Director
The Seventh Sword
1962
5.5
As Director
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
5.9
As Director
The Witch's Curse
1962
4.6
As Director
The Mongols
1961
4.8
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Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956
6.0
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From Here to the Inheritance
1955
7.0
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The Mysterious Rider
1948
4.6
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Aquila Nera
1946
6.5
As Director, As Writer
Don Cesare of Bazan
1942
6.5