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name: "Aldo Tonti"
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tmdb_id: 32381
wikidata_id: "Q957569"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 March 1910"
died: "7 July 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
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# Aldo Tonti

## Identity

Aldo Tonti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aldo-tonti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aldo-tonti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005905
- **TMDB ID:** 32381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q957569
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Tonti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957569, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32381

Cinematographer. Born 2 March 1910 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Died 7 July 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 March 1910, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 7 July 1988
- **Active:** 1943–1952
- **Also known as:** Fritz Marlat
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 82 (1), 1950s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Tonti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957569, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32381

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Europa '51*](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md) (80)

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## Biography

Aldo Tonti (2 March 1910 – 7 July 1988) was an Italian cinematographer. Born in Rome, he began his career as a photographer before entering the film industry as an assistant camera operator in 1934. He debuted as cinematographer in 1939 with *Piccoli naufraghi* directed by Flavio Calzavara; his first significant credit was *Ossessione* (1943) by Luchino Visconti.

Tonti worked on films by directors including Federico Fellini, King Vidor, Richard Fleischer, Roberto Rossellini, John Huston, Alberto Lattuada, Mario Monicelli and others. Notable credits include *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), *Barabbas* (1961), *Reflections in a Golden Eye* (1967) and *The Valachi Papers* (1972). In 1961 he received a Silver Ribbon for best cinematography on Nicholas Ray's *The Savage Innocents*. He retired in 1982.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Europa '51* (1952), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)
- *Obsession* (1943), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/obsession-1943.md)

## Complete filmography (121)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ashanti* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Quando c'era lui... caro lei!* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Rene the Cane* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Strange Occasion* (1976), Director of Photography
- *A Woman at Her Window* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Italy is Rotten* (1976), Director of Photography
- *The Count of Monte-Cristo* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Two hearts, a Chapel* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Three Tough Guys* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Crazy Joe* (1974), Director of Photography
- *War Goddess* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Mean Frank and Crazy Tony* (1973), Director of Photography
- *The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire* (1972), Director of Photography
- *It Can Be Done Amigo* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Valachi Papers* (1972), Director of Photography
- *A Girl in Australia* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Designated Victim* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Brancaleone at the Crusades* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Deserter* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Conjugal Debt* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Violent City* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Fortunata y Jacinta* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Upon This Rock* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Possibility Zero* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Bandits in Rome* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Black Sheep* (1968), Director of Photography
- *One Dollar Too Many* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Young Tigers* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Catch As Catch Can* (1967), as Regista (uncredited) · Director of Photography
- *Reflections in a Golden Eye* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Man with the Balloons* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Devil in Love* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Treasure of San Gennaro* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die* (1966), Director of Photography
- *A... For Assassin* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Kiss the Other Sheik* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Casanova '70* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Su e giù* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Castle of the Living Dead* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Slave Trade in the World Today* (1964), Director of Photography
- *The Ape Woman* (1964), Director of Photography
- *To Bed or Not to Bed* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Agostino* (1962), Director of Photography
- *I Love, You Love* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Barabbas* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Hunchback* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Savage Innocents* (1960), Director of Photography
- *India: Matri Bhumi* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Winter Holidays* (1959), Director of Photography
- *For the First Time* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Tempest* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Fortunella* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Move and I'll Shoot* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Director of Photography
- *It Happened in Rome* (1957), Director of Photography
- *War and Peace* (1956), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *L'ultimo amante* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Forbidden* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Are We Men or Corporals?* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Totò all'inferno* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Attila* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Orient Express* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Where Is Freedom?* (1954), Director of Photography
- *100 Years of Love* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Ship of Condemned Women* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Easy Years* (1953), Director of Photography
- *The She-Wolf* (1953), Director of Photography
- *The Unfaithfuls* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Hell Raiders of the Deep* (1953), Underwater Camera, Director of Photography
- *Europa '51* (1952), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)
- *Sensualità* (1952), Director of Photography
- *O Comprador de Fazendas* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Santa Brigida* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Outlaw Girl* (1950), Director of Photography
- *I cadetti di Guascogna* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Side Street Story* (1950), as Director of Photography
- *L'inafferrabile 12* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Il vedovo allegro* (1950), Director of Photography
- *I'm in the Revue* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Lure of the Sila* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Romanticismo* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Adam and Eve* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Mill on the Po* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Signorinella* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Firemen of Viggiù* (1949), as Fireman from Genoa · Director of Photography
- *L'Amore* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Woman Trouble* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Without Pity* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Guaglio* (1948), Director of Photography
- *How I Lost the War* (1947), as Fritz - soldato tedesco · Director of Photography
- *The Captain's Daughter* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Flesh Will Surrender* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Peddlin' in Society* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Rome: Free City* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Outcry* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The Bandit* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Pian delle stelle* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Malìa* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The Testimony* (1946), Director of Photography
- *L'abito nero da sposa* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Vivere ancora* (1945), Director of Photography
- *In High Places* (1945), Director of Photography
- *The Gates of Heaven* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Una piccola moglie* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Obsession* (1943), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/obsession-1943.md)
- *Scorned Flesh* (1943), Director of Photography
- *La donna è mobile* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Merchant of Slaves* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Stasera niente di nuovo* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Headlights in the Fog* (1942), Director of Photography
- *I Live as I Please* (1942), Cinematography
- *Il cavaliere senza nome* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Non me lo dire!* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Il pirata sono io!* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Knight of Kruja* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Sei bambine e il Perseo* (1940), Director of Photography
- *L'eredità in corsa* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Diamanti* (1939), Director of Photography
- *The Little Adventurers* (1939), Director of Photography

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