Alessandro Blasetti

Director

Born: July 3, 1900
Died: February 1, 1987 (age 86)
From: 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.

Filmography (46)

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Simón Bolívar (1969)
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Soldier's Girl (1967)
Director
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
Director
A Very Handy Man (1964)
Director
The Four Truths (1962)
Director
La lunga strada del ritorno (1962)
Director
I Love, You Love (1962)
Director
A Difficult Life (1961)
Self
European Nights (1959)
Director
Love and Chatter (1958)
Director
What a Woman! (1956)
Director
Fiat 600
Fiat 600 (1955)
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Too Bad She's Bad (1954)
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The Anatomy of Love (1954)
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Miracolo a Ferrara
Miracolo a Ferrara (1953)
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La fiammata
La fiammata (1952)
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Times Gone By (1952)
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Bellissima (1952)
Self
Ippodromi all'alba
Ippodromi all'alba (1950)
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First Communion (1950)
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Fabiola (1949)
Director
Petrolineide (1949)
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Nel duomo di Milano
Nel duomo di Milano (1947)
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A Day in the Life (1946)
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No One Comes Back (1945)
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Four Steps in the Clouds (1942)
Director
The Jester's Supper (1942)
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The Iron Crown (1941)
Director
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939)
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