Born in Pontremoli in 1927 and dying in Rome in 2004, Gian Luigi Polidoro was an Italian director of satirical comedy who worked in the tradition of commedia all'italiana and often worked with Alberto Sordi. His most celebrated film, To Bed or Not to Bed (Il diavolo, 1963), about a Roman businessman who travels to Sweden and expects an easy sex life, won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 1963. He also directed Le monachine and a number of television productions.
Filmography
- To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)