Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
File:Bragaglia-carlo-l 1942.jpg
Bragaglia in 1942
Born (1894-07-08)8 July 1894
Frosinone, Kingdom of Italy
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Rome, Italy
Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Years active 1933 - 1963
Relatives Anton Giulio Bragaglia (brother)
Arturo Bragaglia (brother)

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 film Non ti pago! was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[1]

Biography

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Bragaglia made his directorial debut with a few documentaries, and his first film proper was released in 1933. Entitled O la Borsa o la Vita, the picture was comedic in nature and his next few films would follow this mold.

Upon his 100th birthday in 1994, the Locarno Film Festival showed a film retrospective of his works. Being that he lived well into his second century Bragaglia became known as a famed storyteller who provided a wealth of information and anecdotes concerning the early days of Italian cinema. He died in Rome in 1998 after a fall which fractured his hip.

Filmography

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