Armando Fizzarotti (16 February 1892 – 15 February 1966) was an Italian

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and

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. Fizzarotti was a native of Naples, and his films are generally set in the city. He was specifically hired to direct '' Malaspina'' (1947) because of his experience making Neapolitan-style films.Marlow-Mann p.16 The film helped revive Neapolitan cinema, which had been suppressed during the

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as production was centralised in Rome. His son

Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Ettore Maria Fizzarotti (3 January 1916 – 10 September 1985) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, the son of the director Armando, he debuted as assistant director in the films of his father, and later collabora ...

was also a film director.

Selected filmography

Director

* ''

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'' (1925) * '' Naples in Green and Blue'' (1935) * '' Malaspina'' (1947) * '' Red Moon'' (1951) * '' Naples Is Always Naples'' (1954)

Screenwriter

* '' The Lovers of Ravello'' (1951)

References

Bibliography

* Marlow-Mann, Alex. ''The New Neapolitan Cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

External links

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