Goffredo Alessandrini was born in Cairo on 9 September 1904. In 1942 he directed a single adaptation of Ayn Rand’s […]

Alessandro Blasetti died in Rome on 1 February 1987. Two of the ninety-six Italian films of 1942 were his: Quattro

Alessandro Blasetti was born in Rome on 3 July 1900. He taught directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, the

Roberto Rossellini died in Rome on 3 June 1977. Treccani reads his wartime films of 1941–43, Un pilota ritorna among

Roberto Rossellini was born in Rome on 8 May 1906. In 1942, three years before Roma città aperta, he directed

Augusto Genina died in Rome on 28 September 1957, sixty-five years old, having directed in Italy, France and Germany since

Augusto Genina was born in Rome on 28 January 1892. In 1942 he directed Bengasi, on the fifty-seven-day siege of

Rossano Brazzi died in Rome on 24 December 1994. His first widely seen role had come in 1942, opposite Alida

Rossano Brazzi was born in Bologna on 18 September 1916. In 1942 he played Leo Kovalenski in Noi vivi –

Fosco Giachetti died in Rome on 22 December 1974. In 1942 he had appeared in Bengasi, Un colpo di pistola,