Dario Russo Dario Russo i(A146114 works by)
Gender: Male
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Australian television script-writer and director.

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form y separately published work icon Back to the Fuhrer ( dir. Dario Russo ) Australia : Cyanfilms Dinosaur Productions SBS Television , 2015 8925451 2015 single work film/TV
2015 shortlisted AWGIE Awards Comedy Award Situation or Narrative
form y separately published work icon Danger 5 ( dir. Dario Russo ) Australia : Cyanfilms SBS Television Dinosaur Productions , 2012-2015 Z1850405 2012 series - publisher film/TV science fiction humour

Danger 5 began in 2012 as a six-part broad comedy series that filters World War II through the exploitative spy thrillers of the 1960s.

Centred on six operatives from various Allied powers, the program follows their attempts to stop an increasingly absurd series of Nazi plots (including, for example, the theft by dirigible of the world's national monuments in order to build an enormous statue of Hitler, or the use of dinosaurs in combat) and, as their commanding officer constantly reminds them, 'As always, kill Hitler.'

The comedy is extremely broad and both exploits and mocks the exploitative nature of 1960s' film and television, as apparent, for example, in the title of episode five: 'Fresh Meat for Hitler's Sex Kitchen'.

The program also makes interesting use of the multilingual nature of such an international team: rather than eliding this by having all characters speaking English, the program uses a multitude of languages combined with English sub-titles.

In 2013, a second series was produced, this time set in the 1980s.

2015 shortlisted Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Comedy Series For series two.
2012 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Comedy Series
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