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Francesco Maselli
Rome, Italy
Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli , was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born into a well educated family (his father was…
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Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli , was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born into a well educated family (his father was an art critic) originally from the Molise region, Maselli graduated from the Italian National Film School in 1949 and began his career as an assistant and assistant director for Luigi Chiarini , Michelangelo Antonioni , and Luchino Visconti. After directing several short documentary and fiction films, he gave his feature film debut with the World War II drama Abandoned (1955), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Following a series of minor films, Maselli had greater success with Silver Spoon Set (1960, also titled The Dolphins ) and Time of Indifference (1964), an adaptation of a novel by Alberto Moravia. In the 1970s, Maselli turned to openly left-wing political films, notably Open Letter to a newspaper of the evening (1970) and The Suspect (1975), before shifting to more intimate films centered on female protagonists in the 1980s such as A Tale of Love (1986) and The Secret (1990). In 2021, Maselli was honored with a retrospective at the Venice Film Festival, where many of his films had seen their premiere. Maselli died in Rome on 21 March 2023, at the age of 92.
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2021
Le Passeur immobile
Movie Self
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2015
Il segreto di Otello
Movie Self
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2014
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Movie Self
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2012
Scossa
Movie Director
- 2009
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2009
The Red Shadows
Movie Story
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2008
All Human Rights for All
Movie Director
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2007
Civico zero
Movie Director
- 2007
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2006
Uomini forti
Movie Self
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2005
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
Movie Director
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2004
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2003
Cesare Zavattini
Movie Self
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2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Movie Director
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1999
Il compagno
Movie Director
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1996
Intolerance
Movie Director
More credits
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1996
Cronache del terzo millennio
Movie Director
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1995
Rome, November 12, 1994
Movie Idea
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1991
Dawn
Movie Story
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1990
The Secret
Movie Director
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1988
Codice privato
Movie Screenplay
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1986
Storia d'amore
Movie Director
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1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Movie Self
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1984
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Movie Director
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1983
And the Ship Sails On
Movie Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
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1983
Avventura di un fotografo
Movie Director
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1980
The Terrace
Movie Citto Maselli
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1975
The Suspect
Movie Director
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1973
Amarcord
Movie Bongioanni (uncredited)
- 1970
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1968
A Fine Pair
Movie Director
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1967
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
Movie Story
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1964
Time of Indifference
Movie Director
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1961
Latin Lovers
Movie Director
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1960
The Dolphins
Movie Director
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1958
Children in the Cinema
Movie Director
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1957
The Doll that Took the Town
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Abandoned
Movie Director
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1953
Love in the City
Movie Director
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1953
We, the Women
Movie Assistant Director
