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Alessandro Blasetti

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Italian film director, screenwriter and film editor (1900–1987)

Person · Open Library

Born
1900
Works
7

Top works

  • Cinéma italien d'aujourd'hui
  • Sole
  • Times gone by
  • Il cinema che ho vissuto
  • Scritti sul cinema

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Film & TV

Directing · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.

Known for

  • Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita — Self (archive footage)2021
  • The Four Truths — (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")1962
  • A Difficult Life — Self1961
  • Bellissima — Self1952

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IT
Active from
1660-05-02
Active to
1725-10-24

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Key facts

Born
( 1900-07-03 ) 3 July 1900, Rome , Kingdom of Italy
Died
1 February 1987 (1987-02-01) (aged 86), Rome, Italy
Occupation
Film director
Years active
1917–1981

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Encyclopedic overview

Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Four Steps in the Clouds. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alessandro Blasetti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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