biography
pronunciation:
[viskontee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1906–76)
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| biography:
| Stage and film director, born in Milan, N Italy. An early interest in music and the theatre led him to stage designing and the production of opera and ballet. A short spell as assistant to Jean Renoir turned his attention to the cinema. His first film, Ossessione (1942, Obsession), took Italy by storm, with its strict realism and concern with social problems. Later films included La terra trema (1947, The Earth Trembles), Il gattopardo (1963, The Leopard), and Morte a Venezia (1971, Death in Venice). |
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