Maria Basaglia (1912 – 5 May 1998)
was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Cremona
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, Basaglia started her career as
dubbing
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director for the production company Scalera Film.
Between 1939 and 1944 she wrote several films, mainly collaborating with her husband
Marcello Albani; during the war she moved to
Venice
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, where she collaborated on several film productions of the short-lived
Republic of Salo.
After the war, Basaglia directed two films, the comedy ''
Sua altezza ha detto no'' and the melodrama ''
Sangue di zingara''.
In 1957 she moved with her husband to Brazil, where they founded the production company Paulistánia Film.
Filmography
* ''
Angelica
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'', directed by Jean Choux (1939), screenwriter
* ', directed by Jeff Musso (1939), screenwriter
* ', directed by Marcello Albani (1939), screenwriter
* ''
Boccaccio
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'', directed by Marcello Albani (1940), screenwriter
* ', directed by Marcello Albani (1941), screenwriter
* ', directed by Marcello Albani (1942), screenwriter
* ', directed by Marcello Albani (1942), screenwriter
* ', directed by Marcello Albani (1946), screenwriter
* ', (1953), screenwriter and director
* ''
Sangue di zingara'', (1956), director
References
External links
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1912 births
1998 deaths
Mass media people from Cremona
Italian film directors
Italian women film directors
Italian women screenwriters
20th-century Italian women writers
20th-century Italian screenwriters
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