Alessandro Blasetti
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
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Article
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