Alessandro Blasetti

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Alessandro Blasetti

Directing July 3, 1900

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. Blas…

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Bellissima

Bellissima

7.7 1952 Movie
A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life

8.0 1961 Movie
Too Bad She's Bad

Too Bad She's Bad

6.9 1954 Movie
Four Steps in the Clouds

Four Steps in the Clouds

7.4 1942 Movie
What a Woman!

What a Woman!

6.1 1956 Movie
Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

6.2 1966 Movie
The Iron Crown

The Iron Crown

5.7 1941 Movie
The Testimony

The Testimony

6.5 1946 Movie
First Communion

First Communion

6.3 1950 Movie
The Four Truths

The Four Truths

4.2 1962 Movie
The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love

6.4 1954 Movie
The Jester's Supper

The Jester's Supper

6.1 1942 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1969
    Simón Bolívar

    Movie Director

  3. 1967
    Soldier's Girl

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1966
    Me, Me, Me... and the Others

    Movie Director

  5. 1964
    A Very Handy Man

    Movie Writer

  6. 1962
    The Four Truths

    Movie (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")

  7. 1962
    To Arms, We Are Fascists!

    Movie Thanks

  8. 1962
    La lunga strada del ritorno

    Movie Director

  9. 1962
    I Love, You Love

    Movie Director

  10. 1961
    A Difficult Life

    Movie Self

  11. 1959
    European Nights

    Movie Director

  12. 1958
    Love and Chatter

    Movie Director

  13. 1956
    What a Woman!

    Movie Director

  14. 1955
    Fiat 600

    Movie Director

  15. 1954
    Too Bad She's Bad

    Movie Director

  16. 1954
    The Anatomy of Love

    Movie Director

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  1. 1953
    Miracolo a Ferrara

    Movie Director

  2. 1952
    La fiammata

    Movie Director

  3. 1952
    Times Gone By

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1952
    Bellissima

    Movie Self

  5. 1950
    Ippodromi all'alba

    Movie Director

  6. 1950
    First Communion

    Movie Director

  7. 1949
    Fabiola

    Movie Director

  8. 1949
    Petrolineide

    Movie Director

  9. 1947
    Nel duomo di Milano

    Movie Director

  10. 1946
    A Day in the Life

    Movie Director

  11. 1946
    The Testimony

    Movie Supervising Technical Director

  12. 1945
    No One Comes Back

    Movie Director

  13. 1943
    Quelli della montagna

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1942
    Four Steps in the Clouds

    Movie Director

  15. 1942
    The Jester's Supper

    Movie Director

  16. 1941
    The Iron Crown

    Movie Director

  17. 1939
    An Adventure of Salvator Rosa

    Movie Director

  18. 1939
    Retroscena

    Movie Director

  19. 1938
    Ettore Fieramosca

    Movie Editor

  20. 1938
    La caccia alla volpe nella campagna Romana

    Movie Director

  21. 1937
    The Duchess of Parma

    Movie Director

  22. 1935
    Aldebaran

    Movie Director

  23. 1934
    Old Guard

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 1934
    L'impiegata di papà

    Movie Director