Mario Soldati
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Mario Soldati was an Italian
Cinema of Italy
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 writer
Writer
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 and film director
Film director
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.

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
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. He won literary awards for the work.

He began directing in 1938 and his most famous films are Piccolo mondo antico
Piccolo mondo antico
Piccolo mondo antico , also known as Old-Fashioned World , is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro...

(1941) and Malombra with Isa Miranda
Isa Miranda
Isa Miranda was an Italian actress with an international film career.A native of Bergamo, Isa Miranda worked as a typist whilst attending the drama academy in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome...

, both based on novels by Antonio Fogazzaro
Antonio Fogazzaro
Antonio Fogazzaro was an Italian novelist.-Biography:Fogazzaro was born in Vicenza to a rich family.In 1864 he got a law degree in Turin...

; 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
Alida Valli
Alida Valli , sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Luchino Visconti's Senso, Bernardo...

; Fuga in Francia (1948); The River Girl (starring Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
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) and La provinciale (starring Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the...

).

Soldati also wrote for Italian newspapers including Il Mondo, Il Corriere della Sera, La Stampa
La Stampa
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and Il Giorno
Il Giorno
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.

He died at Lerici
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 in 1999.

His 1950 film I'm in the Revue
I'm in the Revue
I'm in the Revue is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Nino Taranto - L'Habilleur* Isa Barzizza - Cleo, la kleptomane...

was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival
67th Venice International Film Festival
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.

Filmography

  • 1938 The Woman of Monte Carlo (La signora di Montecarlo)
  • 1938 Betrayal (La principessa Tarakanova)
  • 1939 Due milioni per un sorriso
  • 1940 Dora Nelson
  • 1940 Tutto per la donna
  • 1941 Piccolo mondo antico
    Piccolo mondo antico
    Piccolo mondo antico , also known as Old-Fashioned World , is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro...

  • 1942 Tragic Night (Tragica notte)
  • 1942 Malombra
  • 1945 In High Places (Quartieri alti)
  • 1945 His Young Wife
    His Young Wife
    His Young Wife is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Carlo Campanini - Monsù Ignazio Travet* Vera Carmi - Madama Rosa Travet* Paola Veneroni - Marianin Travet...

    (Le miserie del Signor Travet)
  • 1947 Elena (Daniele Cortis)
  • 1947 Eugenie Grandet (Eugenia Grandet)
  • 1948 Flight Into France (Fuga in Francia)
  • 1948 Chi è Dio
  • 1950 I'm in the Revue
    I'm in the Revue
    I'm in the Revue is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Nino Taranto - L'Habilleur* Isa Barzizza - Cleo, la kleptomane...

    (Botta e risposta)
  • 1950 The Taming of Dorothy (Quel bandito sono io)
  • 1950 The King's Guerrillas (Donne e briganti)
  • 1951 O.K. Nero (O.K. Nerone)
  • 1951 È l'amor che mi rovina
    È l'amor che mi rovina
    È l'amor che mi rovina is a 1951 Italian film....

  • 1952 Three Corsairs (I tre corsari)
  • 1952 Yolanda (Jolanda, la figlia del corsaro nero)
  • 1952 The Adventures of Manderin (Le avventure di Mandrin)
  • 1952 Il sogno di Zorro
  • 1953 The Wayward Wife
    The Wayward Wife
    The Wayward Wife is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Gemma Vagnuzzi* Gabriele Ferzetti - Il professore Franco Vagnuzzi* Franco Interlenghi - Paolo Sartori...

    (La provinciale)
  • 1954 Of Life and Love
    Of Life and Love
    Of Life and Love is a 1954 comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pastina, Mario Soldati and Luigi Zampa.-Cast:* Turi Pandolfini - Un avvocato * Natale Cirino...

    (Questa è la vita)
  • 1954 The Stranger's Hand
  • 1955 The River Girl
    The River Girl
    The River Girl is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin and Rik Battaglia. After discovering that she is pregnant, a peasant girl is deserted by her lover. In revenge she reports him to the police and customs officers for smuggling....

    (La donna del fiume)
  • 1956 The Virtuous Bigamist (Sous le ciel de Provence)
  • 1957 Italia piccola
  • 1959 Policarpo
    Policarpo
    Policarpo is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Renato Rascel - Policarpo De Tappetti* Tony Soler - Eufemia * José Isbert - Maresciallo Fausto Venanzio...

    (Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura)


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