Silla Bettini was born in Rome, Lazio, Italy on February
28, 1923. After finishing high school and college, feeling attracted to the
world of the show business he started by directing television commercials and
some carousels. He became a good friend of Pietro Germi and made his debut as
an actor in one of the most interesting films of the director in “The Facts of
Murder” (1959), playing the assistant to the Commissioner Orestes Ingravallo
and becoming noted for his exquisite adherence to the role, while being a
secondary player. Silla Bettini, continue to educate and prepare his interest
in the serious films by important directors of value and tenaciously, carves
himself a small space in Italian cinema, especially in the 1960s, after a
little disappointment in his expectations he abandons all other activities and
confines himself in the dark ranks of undervalued characters. Attracted to
directing he becomes first an assistant then an assistant director of two good
friends, Pietro Germi for “Serafino” (1968), “A Pocketful of Chestnuts” (1970) and “Alfredo Alfredo” (1972), and Luigi Comencini
for “Italian Secret Service” (1968), “Senza sapere niente di lei” (1969). After
“Di mamma non ce n'è una sola” (1974) he disappeared from all artistic
activity.
During his short career Bettini appeared in two Euro-westerns: “5 Giants from Texas” (1966) with Guy Madison and “A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die” (1967) with Alex Cord and Robert Ryan.
Silla Bettini died at 80 years of age on May 15, 2003 in Rome, Italy.
BETTINI, Silla (aka Silla) [2/28/1923, Rome, Lazio, Italy - 5/15/2003, Rome, Lazio, Italy] - assistant director.
5 Giants from Texas - 1966
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die - 1967
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