---
name: "Franco Arcalli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/franco-arcalli"
fi1m_id: "franco-arcalli"
imdb_id: "nm0033490"
tmdb_id: 4667
wikidata_id: "Q3751118"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 March 1929"
died: "24 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:30:24.840513+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Franco Arcalli

## Identity

Franco Arcalli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/franco-arcalli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** franco-arcalli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033490
- **TMDB ID:** 4667
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3751118
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Arcalli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3751118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4667

Writer. Born 13 March 1929 in Rome, Italy. Died 24 February 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 March 1929, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 24 February 1978
- **Active:** 1970–1984
- **Also known as:** Kim Arcalli
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 writing, 1 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://film.one/person/bernardo-bertolucci.md), [Alberto Grimaldi](https://film.one/person/alberto-grimaldi.md), [Dominique Sanda](https://film.one/person/dominique-sanda.md), [Robert De Niro](https://film.one/person/robert-de-niro.md), [Stefania Sandrelli](https://film.one/person/stefania-sandrelli.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 79 (1), 1970s 78 (2), 1980s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Arcalli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3751118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4667

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Conformist*](https://film.one/film/the-conformist.md) (87)
- **HBO Max:** [*Senso*](https://film.one/film/senso.md) (79)
- **Apple TV:** [*1900*](https://film.one/film/1900.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Franco Arcalli, also credited as Kim Arcalli, was an Italian film editor and screenwriter. Born in Rome in 1929, he began working in cinema as an actor, appearing in Luchino Visconti's *Senso* (1954). He later moved into editing and screenwriting, often collaborating with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and Michelangelo Antonioni.

His editing credits include *The Conformist* (1971), *Last Tango in Paris* (1972), *The Night Porter* (1974), *The Passenger* (1975) and *1900* (1976). He also contributed to the screenplays for *Last Tango in Paris*, *1900* and *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984). Arcalli died in Rome in 1978 while working on the latter film.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *1900* (1976), Fi1m 70, Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Conformist* (1971), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conformist.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Senso* (1954), Fi1m 79, as Un Soldato (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Luna* (1979), Story
- *Berlinguer: I Love You* (1977), Supervising Editor
- *Beyond Good and Evil* (1977), Screenplay, Editor
- *A Spiral of Mist* (1977), Editor
- *Oedipus Orca* (1977), Editor
- *The Desert of the Tartars* (1976), Editor
- *1900* (1976), Editor, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)
- *La Orca* (1976), Editor
- *The Passenger* (1975), Editor
- *Milarepa* (1974), Editor
- *Identikit* (1974), Editor
- *The Night Porter* (1974), Editor
- *The Voyage* (1974), Editor
- *Simona* (1974), Editor
- *A Brief Vacation* (1973), Editor
- *Chung Kuo: China* (1972), Editor
- *Last Tango in Paris* (1972), Editor, Screenplay
- *The Pisciotta Case* (1972), Editor
- *Blessed Are the Rich* (1972), Editor
- *Arcana* (1972), Writer, Editor
- *Without Family* (1972), Editor
- *Romance* (1971), Editor
- *In the Name of the Father* (1971), Editor
- *'Tis Pity She's a Whore* (1971), Editor
- *Health Is Ill* (1971), Editor
- *Million Dollar Eel* (1971), Editor
- *The Conformist* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-conformist.md)
- *Strogoff* (1970), Editor
- *Il sasso in bocca* (1970), Supervising Editor
- *Red Hot Shot* (1970), Editor
- *Zabriskie Point* (1970), Editor
- *Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It* (1970), Editor
- *Love Circle* (1969), Editor
- *Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?* (1968), Editor
- *The Girl Who Couldn't Say No* (1968), Editor
- *Spirits of the Dead* (1968), Editor
- *Black Jesus* (1968), Editor
- *Death Laid an Egg* (1968), Writer, Editor
- *Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!* (1967), Screenplay, Story, Editor
- *The Camp Followers* (1965), Editor
- *Woman Is a Wonderful Thing* (1964), Editor
- *Amori pericolosi* (1964), Editor
- *Who Works Is Lost* (1963), as Kim · Co-Director, Co-Writer
- *Senso* (1954), as Un Soldato (uncredited) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)

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