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Alessandro Blasetti

Directing Born Jul 3, 1900 Rome, Lazio, Italy 4 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Film

The Four Truths

as (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
Film

A Difficult Life

as Self

Full filmography

  • The Four Truths (1962) as (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
  • A Difficult Life (1961) as Self
  • Bellissima (1952) as Self
  • Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021) as Self (archive footage)