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
  • A Very Handy Man
    A Very Handy Man1964
  • European Nights
    European Nights1959
  • The Four Truths
    The Four Truths1962
  • The Duchess of Parma
    The Duchess of Parma1937

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

1969
Simón Bolívar · as Screenplay
1964
1962
1958
Love and Chatter · as Screenplay
1956
1954
The Anatomy of Love · as Screenplay
1952
Times Gone By · as Screenplay
1950
First Communion · as Screenplay
1945
Responsibility Comes Back · as Screenplay
1943
Men of the Mountain · as Screenplay
1942
The Bigamist · as Screenplay
1942
La cena delle beffe · as Screenplay
1941
The Iron Crown · as Screenplay
1939
1939
1938
Ettore Fieramosca · as Screenplay
1935
Old Guard · as Screenplay
1935
Aldebaran · as Screenplay
1933
1932
1931
Resurrectio · as Screenplay
1931
Terra madre · as Screenplay
1930
Nerone · as Screenplay
1929

1962
Three Fables of Love · as (segment "le Lièvre Et Le Tortue")
1935
Aldebaran · as Radio Operator
1930
Nerone · as Cast

1966
1961
I Love, You Love · as Story
1949
Fabiola · as Story
1937