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Mario Soldati

Born November 11, 1906
Turin Flag of Italy Italy
Died June 19, 1999
Lerici

Mario Soldati (November 11, 1906 - June 19, 1999) was an Italian writer, film director. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Lerici is a town and commune in the Province of La Spezia in Liguria (northern Italy) part of the Italian Riviera. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film.

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. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. 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). Piccolo mondo antico, also known as Old-Fashioned World, is a 1941 Italian Drama film directed by Mario Soldati Ines Isabella Sampietro, known as Isa Miranda, ( July 5, 1905 - 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international Antonio Fogazzaro ( 25 March 1842 – 7 March 1911) was an Italian Novelist. The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium when Pope Leo XIII was filmed Alida Valli (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006 sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films including Carol Reed's Sophia Loren (born September 20 1934 is an Academy Award winning Italian film actress born Sofia Villani Scicolone Gina Lollobrigida (born July 4, 1927 in Subiaco Italy) is a Golden Globe Award -winning Italian Actress and Photojournalist

Soldati also wrote for Italian newspapers including Il Mondo,Il Corriere della Sera, La Stampa and Il Giorno. Corriere della Sera ("Evening Courier" is an Italian daily Newspaper (first in sales) published in Milan. La Stampa (literally “The Press” is one of the best-known and most widely sold Italian daily Newspapers Published in Turin, it is distributed Il Giorno is a poem written by Giuseppe Parini and published in 1763.

He died at Lerici in 1999. Lerici is a town and commune in the Province of La Spezia in Liguria (northern Italy) part of the Italian Riviera.

Filmography

See also: Category:Films directed by Mario Soldati

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