Ricardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker
Author: Roberto Curti
Publisher: McFarland & Co. (Jefferson, North
Carolina)
40 photos, notes, filmography, bibliography, index
Softcover (7 x 10) 2017
Print ISBN: 978-1-4766-6970-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-2838-7
In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian
director Riccardo Freda (1909–1999) produced films of remarkable technical
skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black Eagle (1946),
an adaptation of Les Miserables (1947), the peplum Teodora, Slave Empress
(1954) and a number of cult-favorite Gothic and horror films such as I Vampiri
(1957), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) and The Ghost (1963). Freda was first
championed in the 1960s by French critics who labeled him “the European Raoul
Walsh,” and enjoyed growing critical esteem over the years. This book covers
his life and career for the first time in English, with detailed analyses of
his films and exclusive interviews with his collaborators and family.
About the Author
Roberto Curti is an
Italian film historian and a contributor to film magazines and to books
published in Italy, Great Britain and Spain. He lives in Cortona, Italy. 
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