Mario Soldati
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| Born | November 11, 1906 Turin  Italy |
| Died | June 19, 1999 Lerici |
Mario Soldati (November 11, 1906 - June 19, 1999) was an Italian writer, film director.
[edit] Biography
Soldati studied Humanities in his native city, Turin, and History of Art in Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929 although his fame came with America primo amore, published in 1935, a diary about the time he spent teaching at Columbia University. He won literary awards for the work.
He began directing in 1938 and his most famous films are Piccolo mondo antico (1941) and Malombra with Isa Miranda, both based on novels by Antonio Fogazzaro; these two films belong to the early 1940s movement in Italian cinema known as calligrafismo
Other popular films were Eugenie Grandet, based on Balzac's novel, with Alida Valli; Fuga in Francia (1948); The River Girl (starring Sophia Loren) and La provinciale (starring Gina Lollobrigida).
Soldati also wrote for Italian newspapers including Il Mondo,Il Corriere della Sera, La Stampa and Il Giorno.
He died at Lerici in 1999.
[edit] Filmography
- See also: Category:Films directed by Mario Soldati
- La principessa Tarakanova (1938)
- La signora di Montecarlo (1938)
- Due milioni per un sorriso (1939)
- Dora Nelson (1939)
- Tutto per la donna (1940)
- Piccolo mondo antico (1941)
- Tragica notte (1942)
- Malombra (1942)
- Chi è Dio (1945)
- Quartieri alti (1945)
- Le miserie del signor Travet (1946)
- Eugenie Grandet Eugenia Grandet (1947)
- Daniele Cortis (1947)
- Fuga in Francia (1948)
- The Taming of Dorothy (Quel bandito sono io) (1950)
- Botta e risposta (1950)
- The King's Guerrillas (Donne e briganti) (1951)
- È l'amor che mi rovina (1951)
- O.K. Nero (O.K. Nerone) (1951)
- Il sogno di Zorro (1952)
- The Adventures of Manderin (Le avventure di Mandrin) (1952)
- I tre corsari (1952)
- Yolanda (1952 film) (Jolanda, la figlia del Corsaro Nero) (1952)
- The Wayward Wife (La provinciale) (1953)
- Il ventaglino (1954)
- La mano dello straniero (1954)
- The River Girl (La donna del fiume) (1955)
- Era di venerdì 17 (1957)
- Italia piccola (1957)
- Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)
- Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959)
[edit] External links
- Mario Soldati at the Internet Movie Database
- Mario Soldati mostra virtuale (Italian)
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