1938 - 1997
"Born in Milan on August 28th, 1938, Cavallone was raised in a bourgeois family. His beginnings in show business were on stage, as assistant director at the milanese theatre "Il Piccolo", then in advertising, where he tried his hand at directing and editing tv ads."
Biography Adapted from Roberto Curti's article, linked below
extended filmography compiled by Roberto Curti
La sporca guerra 1959
story: Alberto Cavallone; voice-over text: Giovanni Arpino; music: Pino Donaggio.Lontano dagli occhi 1964
Prod: Nuovo Mondo Cinematografico; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone, Sergio Lentati, Massimo Magri; director of photography: Graziano Cappelli; editor: Gianni Mazzotti; music: Lino Patruno; cast: Paride Calonghi, Sergio Lentati, Arturo Corso, Ornella Sannoner.Le Salamandre 1969
Prod: Vega Cinematografica, Star Film; story, screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; dialogue: Guido Leoni; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Alberto Cavallone music: Franco Potenza; cast: Erna Schurer (Ursula), Beryl Cunningham (Uta), Antony Vernon [Antonio Casale]*, Tony Carrel, Michelle Stamp, Alain Kalsj [sic] [Walter Fabrizio]* As Nino Casale he is also credited as assistant director
Dal nostro inviato a Copenaghen 1970
Prod: M.P.L. Cinematografica; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Anita Cacciolati; music: Franco Potenza; cast: Jane Avril [Maria Pia Luzi], Antony [sic] Vernon [Antonio Casale], Alain N. Kalsjy [Walter Fabrizio]*, Anna Ciucci, Vittorio Fanfoni, Quinto Marziali, Michelle Stamp.Homevideo: Avo Film (Vhs – Italy)
* credited as "for the first time on film", which is not correct since Kalsj was briefly featured in Le Salamandre; as Walter Fabrizio, he is also credited as production manager.
Quickly «Spari e baci a colazione» 1971
Prod: Golden Star; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone, Mario Imperoli, Guido Leoni; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Mister X [Alberto Cavallone]; music: Franco Potenza; cast: Sergio Leonardi, Magda Konopka, Jane Avril [Maria Pia Luzi], Anthony Vernon [Antonio Casale], Barth Warren, Ge Willington, Lise Keppler, Hassan Cherif, Claudie Lange, Beryl Cunningham.Homevideo: Video Ciak (Vhs – Italy)
Afrika 1973
Prod: Castle Film; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Anita Cacciolati; music: Franco Potenza; cast: Ivano Staccioli, Jane Avril [Maria Pia Luzi], Andrea Traglia, Debebe Eshetu, Zawdit Asta, Gianni Basso, Peter Belphet, Kara Donati, Martial Boschero.Zelda 1974
Prod: GIT International Film; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: Marcello Giombini; cast: Jane Avril [Maria Pia Luzi], James Harris [Giuseppe Mattei], Margareth Keil, Franca Gonella, Debebe Eshetu, Halina Kim, Giovanna MainardiMaldoror 1975
Prod: Giuseppe Tortorella; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone, loosely based on «The Chants of Maldoror» by Isidore Lucien Ducasse, count of Lautréamont; director of photography: Alessandro Cariello; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: - ; cast: Gianni Garko, Jane Avril [Maria Pia Luzi], Martial Boschero, Sherry Buchanan, Diego Michelotti, Piero Mazzinghi, Tony Askin, Alena Penz, Halina Kim, Jack La Cayenne.Spell (Dolce mattatoio) – L’uomo, la donna e la bestia 1977
Prod: Stefano Film; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Gianni Bonicelli; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: excerpts from Oreff and Offenbach, coordinated by Claudio Tallino; cast: Jane Avril, Martial Boschero, Paola Montenero, Monika Zanchi, Giovanni De Angelis, Josianne Tanzilli, Agostino Pilastri, Macha Magall.Homevideo: Star Video (Vhs – Italy); LF Video (Vhs – Italy); Next (Dvd – Italy)
Blue Movie 1978
Prod: Anna Cinematografica, Cinezeta; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: excerpts from J. S. Bach, Offenbach, Scott Joplin; cast: Danielle Dugas, Claudio Maran, Dirce Funari, Leda Simonetti, Joseph Dickson.Homevideo: Shendene & Moizzi (Vhs – Italy)
Blow Job (Soffio Erotico) 1980
Prod: Anna Cinematografica; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: Ubaldo Continiello; cast: Danilo Micheli, Anna Massarelli, Mirella Venturini, Valerio Isidori, Anna Bruna Cazzato, Antonio Mea, Alba Armani.La gemella erotica (Due gocce d’acqua) 1980 [REVIEW]
Prod: Euritalia; story: Rodolfo Putignani; screenplay: Alberto Cavallone; director of photography: Maurizio Centini; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: Carlo Carnelli; cast: Patricia Behn, Danilo Micheli, Pauline Teutscher, David Seye, Fabienne Pareti, Eva Rey, Rick Mc Shoot, Paolo Celli, (and, uncredited: Guya Lauri Filzi [Barbara De Massi], Sabrina Mastrolorenzi, Sandy Samuel [Daniela Samueli])Homevideo: Shendene & Moizzi (Vhs – Italy)
Pat una donna particolare 1982
a.k.a. Die Schöne Pat Und Der Supergeile Liliput
Prod: Gioia Cinematografica; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone [uncredited]; director of photography: Maurice Arceau [Maurizio Centini]; music: Ubaldo Continiello; cast: Serwan A. Hoshyar, Petit Loup, Sabrina Mastrolorenzi, Dominique St. Clair [Dominique Charon], Mica Lin Yu [Mika Barthel], Nadine Roussial, Pauline Teutscher.Homevideo: AD Distribution (Vhs – Italy), A&J (Vhs – Italy), label unknown (Vhs – Germany)
Note: Cavallone is credited as Baron Corvo
Baby Sitter (Il nano erotico) 1982
a.k.a. Petites fesses juvéniles (pour membres bienfaiteurs) (France)
Essere tenuto – Being Captured (softcore version)
Prod: Gioia Cinematografica; story and screenplay: Alberto Cavallone [uncredited]; director of photography: Maurice Arceau [Maurizio Centini]; music: Ubaldo Continiello; cast: Sabrina Mastrolorenzi, Petit Loup, Dominique St. Clair [Dominique Charon], Serwan A. Hoshyar, Nadine Roussial, Joseph Fine [Franco Coltorti].Homevideo: RVM, AD (Vhs – Italy), Video Search of Miami (Usa)
Note: The director is credited as Baron Corvo. Released in France in 1985.
Two versions of this film exist: a hardcore and a softcore one. The latter was released with the title Essere tenuto - Being Captured by Video Search of Miami and is in Spanish language with English subtitles. The hardcore version has no credits.
Il padrone del mondo 1983
a.k.a. Master of the World (Uk; video title)
Conqueror of the world (USA)
Los forjadores del mundo (Spain)
Der Clan des Höhlenbären (West Germany)
Prod: Falco Film – story: Niccolò Pomilia; screenplay: Alberto Cavallone, José Luis Martinez Molla; director of photography: Sandro Mancori, Maurizio Dell’Orco; editor: Alberto Cavallone; music: Alberto Baldan Bembo; cast: Sven Kruger, Sacha D’Arc, Viviana M. Rispoli [Maria Viviana Rispoli], Vittoria M. Garlanda [Maria Vittoria Ghirlanda], Aldo Sambrell.Homevideo: Palace Video (Vhs – Greece)
Note: Cavallone is credited as Dirk Morrow. Not released theatrically in Italy
Per amore… per magia… 1967
Directed by: Duccio Tessari; story: Ennio De Concini; screenplay: Alberto Cavallone, Ennio De Concini, Franco Migliacci, Duccio Tessari; director of photography: Alfio Contini; editor: Romano Trina; music: Luis Enriquez Bacalov; cast: Gianni Morandi, Rosemary Dexter, Mischa Auer, Rossano Brazzi, Daniele Vargas, Harold Bradley, Mina, Sandra Milo, Paolo Poli, Lorella De Luca.La lunga sfida 1967
Directed by: Robert Andrews [Nino Zanchin] [and Mohamed Tazi, uncredited]; story and screenplay: Robert Andrews [Nino Zanchin], Alberto Cavallone, Fernando di Leo; director of photography: Franco Delli Colli; editor: Daniele Alabiso; music: Marcello Giombini; cast: George Ardisson, Sieghardt Rupp, Luigi Pistilli, Katrin Schaake, Lisa HalvorsenLa guerra del ferro - Ironmaster 1983
Directed by: Umberto Lenzi; story: Luciano Martino, Alberto Cavallone; screenplay: Alberto Cavallone, Lea Martino, Gabriel Rossini, Dardano Sacchetti; director of photography: Giancarlo Ferrando; editor: Eugenio Alabiso; music: Guido and Maurizio De Angelis; cast: Sam Pasco, Elvire Audray, George Eastman [Luigi Montefiori], Pamela Prati, Jacques Herlin, Brian Redford [Danilo Mattei], William Berger.
Sex and Violence: Percosi nel cinema estremo
Roberto Curti & Tommaso La Selva
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