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Alessandro Blasetti

Italian film director, screenwriter and film editor (1900–1987)

Alessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with Four Steps in the Clouds. One of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era, he is sometimes called the father of Italian cinema for his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.

Known for

  • Four Steps in the Clouds, Director. The film through which he influenced Italian neorealism.
  • Fabiola (1949), Director. Directed this 1949 film, one of the titles on this page.

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What movies and TV shows has Alessandro Blasetti been in?
Alessandro Blasetti appears in Bellissima (1951) and Fabiola (1949) on The Remote.
When was Alessandro Blasetti born?
Alessandro Blasetti was born on 3 July 1900.

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