[1] Screenwriter Sergio Amidei, found the finance for Emmer to make a feature about Romans spending a Sunday in August on the beach at Ostia.
He has directed more documentaries than fiction pictures, most notably Domenica d'agosto and the romance-comedy-drama Three Girls from Rome.
Luciano Emmer started his career as a filmmaker working with Enrico Gras.
In 1949, Emmer produced his first feature film Dimanche d'August (1950) with Marcello Mastroianni.
After The Girl in the Window (1961), a social drama with Marina Vlady and Lino Ventura, he turned to television.