Francesco Pasinetti (1911–1949) was an Italian

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and

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known largely for his

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. He also directed the 1934 realist feature film '' The Canal of the Angels'' set in Venice. His brother was the writer

Pier Maria Pasinetti Pier Maria (P.M.) Pasinetti (24 June 1913 Italy – 8 July 2006) was an Italian-American novelist, professor and journalist. The Italian director Francesco Pasinetti was his older brother. Biography Borin in Venice, Pasinetti went to the Unit ...

. A native of Venice, Pasinetti attempted in the final days of the

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to persuade the Allies to support making Venice the capital of the post-war Italian film industry (Venice had emerged as the centre of filmmaking in the Fascist

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). However, this attempt failed and production largely returned to the capital in Rome.Brunetta p.107

Selected filmography

Director

* '' The Canal of the Angels'' (1934)

Screenwriter

* '' The Ambassador'' (1936) * ''

The Two Misanthropists ''The Two Misanthropists'' (Italian: ''I due misantropi'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" historical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Camillo Pilotto, María Denis and Nino Besozzi.Chiti & Poppi p.119-20 It was shot at th ...

'' (1937) * '' The Last Enemy'' (1938) * '' The Sinner'' (1940) * '' Street of the Five Moons'' (1942) * ''

The Innkeeper ''The Innkeeper'' (Italian: ''La locandiera'' also known as ''Mirandolina'') is a 1944 Italian historical comedy film directed by Luigi Chiarini and starring Luisa Ferida, Armando Falconi and Osvaldo Valenti.Reich & Garafalo p.28 The film is an a ...

'' (1944)

References

Sources

* Brunetta, Gian Piero. ''The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century''. Princeton University Press, 2009.

External links

* 1911 births 1949 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors Film people from Venice 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub