Giancarlo Fusco

Gian Carlo Fusco (1 July 1915 – 17 September 1984), sometimes spelled Giancarlo Fusco, was an Italian writer, journalist, screenwriter and occasional actor.

Biography Born in La Spezia, Fusco spent his childhood in a college in Lucca, and in 1935 he made his writing debut with the novel Biancherie, but the book was blocked by the Fascist censorship because considered defeatist. In 1949 he started his journalistic career working for the magazine Il Mondo, and in 1950 he began collaborating with L'Europeo; he then collaborated with a large number of publications, including L'espresso, II Giorno, Il Giornale d'Italia, ABC and Cronache.

As a writer, Fusco is best known for the semi-autobiographical novel Le rose del ventennio, an ironical recount of the Fascist era. He was also active in the film industry as a screenwriter and an actor.

Books Le rose del ventennio (1959). La lunga marcia. Italianski, brava gente (1961). Guerra d'Albania (1961). Gli indesiderabili (1962). Quando l'Italia tollerava (1965). I mille e una notte. Storia erotica del Risorgimento (1974). Duri a Marsiglia: ambienti e protagonisti della malavita romantica degli anni Trenta (1974). Il gusto di vivere (1985).

Selected filmography YearFilmWorked asNotesWriterActor 1947 Le avventure di Pinocchio 1952 Benito Mussolini - Anatomia di un dittatore Documentary film 1964 Chi lavora è perduto 1966 Yankee 1968 Attraction 1969 Capricci 1970 The Howl 1972 Without Family 1973 Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella 1973 Ku-Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore 1973 We Want the Colonels 1980 Action 1983 Paulo Roberto Cotechiño centravanti di sfondamento