Luigi Comencini

Luigi Comencini

Born 06/08/1916
Salò, Italy

Died 04/06/2007 (90 years old)
Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography (1)

After studying architecture in Milan, Luigi Comencini, born in Salò in 1916, starts his career in film as a critic for the magazine L'Avanti!, then for the weekly Il Tempo. In 1947, he founds with Alberto Lattuada, the Cineteca Italiana in Milan and then starts directing documentaries such as La novoletta (1937) and Bambini in città (1946). In 1953, he meets an enormous success with Pane, amore e fantasia. From fiction to documentary, from comedy to drama, he… (more)

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1988

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