Alessandro Blasetti

Director, Writer, Editor, Actor

July 3, 1900 — February 1, 1987 (86 years)
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

  • Too Bad She's Bad
    Too Bad She's Bad1954
  • The Iron Crown
    The Iron Crown1941
  • Four Steps in the Clouds
    Four Steps in the Clouds1942
  • What a Woman!
    What a Woman!1956
  • First Communion
    First Communion1950
  • Me, Me, Me... and the Others
    Me, Me, Me... and the Others1966
  • Fabiola
    Fabiola1949
  • The Anatomy of Love
    The Anatomy of Love1954
  • Simón Bolívar
    Simón Bolívar1969
  • Ettore Fieramosca
    Ettore Fieramosca1938
  • The Four Truths
    The Four Truths1962
  • A Very Handy Man
    A Very Handy Man1964
  • European Nights
    European Nights1959
  • The Duchess of Parma
    The Duchess of Parma1937
  • I Love, You Love
    I Love, You Love1961

Filmography

2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita · as Self (archive Footage)
2017
1961
A Difficult Life · as Self
1951
Bellissima · as SelfOn Plex

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