Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci

Gabriella Pescucci (born 1941 in Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany) is an Italian costume designer. She has worked with directors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Neil Jordan. In 1993 she won an Oscarfor The Age of Innocence. Gabriella Pescucci was born in Tuscany in the province of Livorno. She studied Art at Accademia, Florence. In 1966 moved to Rome with the express intention of becoming a costume designer for the cinema. She began her career as an assistant to Piero Tosi on the sets of Visconti’s Medea and Death in Venice. Pescucci took her first steps in cinema withGiuseppe Patroni Griffi at the start of the 70s, designing costumes that took inspiration from paintings by Carpaccio and Leonardo. Her international debut was in 1984 with Once Upon a Time in America, for which she won the first of her two BAFTA Awards, the second being for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by director Terry Gilliam and scenographer Dante Ferretti. She received many other nominations and awards, among which a David di Donatello with The Name of the Rose and an Oscar for The Age of Innocence in 1993. Some of her most popular works include costume design on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Misérables and Agora. In addition to her film and television work she has designed for the Opera, notably La Traviata at La Scala, Un ballo in maschera at the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C., and La bohème in Florence.

  • Title: Gabriella Pescucci
  • Popularity: 3.381
  • Known For: Costume & Make-Up
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  • Place of Birth: Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany, Italy
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Gabriella Pescucci Movies

  • 2002
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    Lost in La Mancha

    Lost in La Mancha

    7 2002 HD

    Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish...

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  • 2016
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    Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino

    Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    The Isle of Medea

    The Isle of Medea

    4.8 2016 HD

    On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never seen before from Pier Paolo Pasolini's film MEDEA, this...

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  • 2001
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    Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

    Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema

    5.8 2001 HD

    The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished...

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  • 2005
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    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    7.051 2005 HD

    A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

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  • 1984
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    Once Upon a Time in America

    Once Upon a Time in America

    8.413 1984 HD

    A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the...

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  • 2007
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    Beowulf

    Beowulf

    5.895 2007 HD

    A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

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  • 1998
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    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    7.2 1998 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 2005
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    The Brothers Grimm

    The Brothers Grimm

    5.837 2005 HD

    Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and...

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  • 1993
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    Per amore, solo per amore

    Per amore, solo per amore

    5.9 1993 HD

    In 1st century BC Palestine, Joseph is a carpenter who wants to travel and see the world, but destiny makes him meet young Mary. The two fall in love...

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  • 1989
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    What Time Is It?

    What Time Is It?

    7.417 1989 HD

    A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical...

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  • 1989
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    Splendor

    Splendor

    6.489 1989 HD

    Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only...

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  • 1987
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    The Family

    The Family

    7.463 1987 HD

    "The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose...

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  • 1968
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    The Seven Cervi Brothers

    The Seven Cervi Brothers

    6.9 1968 HD

    The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World...

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  • 1986
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    The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose

    7.483 1986 HD

    14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under...

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  • 1970
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    Medea

    Medea

    6.5 1970 HD

    Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the...

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  • 2004
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    Van Helsing

    Van Helsing

    6.373 2004 HD

    Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna...

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  • 1970
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    The Year of the Cannibals

    The Year of the Cannibals

    5.5 1970 HD

    On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting place because of a law...

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  • 1970
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    Many Wars Ago

    Many Wars Ago

    7.319 1970 HD

    Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the...

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  • 1976
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    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    6.9 1976 HD

    Rome, 1880. Gregorio Ferramonti (Anthony Quinn) has decided to close his bakery, the family business. Then he tells his sons Pippo (Gigi Proietti),...

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  • 1975
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    The Divine Nymph

    The Divine Nymph

    5.5 1975 HD

    In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.

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  • 2009
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    Agora

    Agora

    6.973 2009 HD

    A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between...

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  • 1988
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    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    6.9 1988 HD

    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

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  • 1971
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    Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    7.3 1971 HD

    Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy...

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  • 1973
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    Ludwig

    Ludwig

    7.5 1973 HD

    Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner,...

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  • 1981
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    Three Brothers

    Three Brothers

    6.3 1981 HD

    In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which...

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  • 1963
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    I cuori infranti

    I cuori infranti

    6 1963 HD

    Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.

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  • 1991
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    The Last Days of Humanity

    The Last Days of Humanity

    1 1991 HD

    The last days of humanity by Karl Kraus, a mammoth drama - almost 800 pages in the Adelphi edition - staged by Luca Ronconi in the Lingotto in Turin,...

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  • 1974
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    Identikit

    Identikit

    6 1974 HD

    Lise, a mentally disturbed spinster, experiences a series of bizarre encounters while in Rome as she searches for someone who will murder her.

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  • 1971
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    'Tis Pity She's a Whore

    'Tis Pity She's a Whore

    5.1 1971 HD

    Annabella marries Soranzo. She happens to also be pregnant by Giovanni — who also happens to be her brother. Destiny, and jealousies threaten...

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  • 2011
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    The Jewel

    The Jewel

    6.6 2011 HD

    Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is...

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  • 1998
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    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut

    1 1998 HD

    TDK presents a recording of Puccini’s heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the world featuring star tenor José Cura...

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  • 1992
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    Indochine

    Indochine

    7.021 1992 HD

    Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted...

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  • 1966
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    Mademoiselle de Maupin

    Mademoiselle de Maupin

    6 1966 HD

    Mademoiselle de Maupin escapes from her uncle's castle, invaded by Hungarian troops, under the guise of a clergyman named Theodore. An army recruiter...

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  • 2010
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    The First Beautiful Thing

    The First Beautiful Thing

    7.281 2010 HD

    The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful...

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  • 1984
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    Good King Dagobert

    Good King Dagobert

    4.1 1984 HD

    King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally...

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  • 1974
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    The Murri Affair

    The Murri Affair

    6.591 1974 HD

    Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is...

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  • 1978
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    Orchestra Rehearsal

    Orchestra Rehearsal

    6.7 1978 HD

    An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.

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  • 1995
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    Solomon & Sheba

    Solomon & Sheba

    8.6 1995 HD

    In the land of Israel, Solomon (Jimmy Smits) is trying to figure out a way to become the world’s supplier of frankincense. He sends an envoy to...

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  • 1998
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    Cousin Bette

    Cousin Bette

    5.7 1998 HD

    Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her...

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  • 1998
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    Dangerous Beauty

    Dangerous Beauty

    7.1 1998 HD

    Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of...

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  • 1993
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    The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence

    7 1993 HD

    In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's...

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  • 1980
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    City of Women

    City of Women

    7 1980 HD

    The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered...

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  • 1999
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    Time Regained

    Time Regained

    6.2 1999 HD

    In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have...

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  • 1995
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    The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

    6.028 1995 HD

    Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend....

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  • 1977
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    The Seagull

    The Seagull

    6 1977 HD

    A young writer is trapped between his awful actress mother and the knowledge that he has only a mediocre talent as a playwright and almost no force...

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  • 1995
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    The Night and the Moment

    The Night and the Moment

    5.5 1995 HD

    The Night and the Moment is a 1995 erotic drama. A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers. He...

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  • 1999
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    6.4 1999 HD

    The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic...

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  • 1982
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    The Night of Varennes

    The Night of Varennes

    6.828 1982 HD

    During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

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  • 1981
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    Passion of Love

    Passion of Love

    6.8 1981 HD

    In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the...

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  • 2020
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    The Burnt Orange Heresy

    The Burnt Orange Heresy

    5.57 2020 HD

    Hired to steal a rare painting from one of the most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and...

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  • 1970
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    7.839 1970 HD

    Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in...

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  • 1970
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    6.804 1970 HD

    The extraordinary rise of Livia Drusilla, who overcame adversity to become the most powerful woman in the world. Follow Livia’s journey from a...

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  • 1970
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    5.9 1970 HD

    As the bubonic plague spreads through Italy, a group of nobles and servants retreats to a villa, where their lavish getaway quickly spirals into...

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