Augusto Genina

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Augusto Genina
Born(1892-01-28)28 January 1892
Died18 September 1957(1957-09-18) (aged 65)
Occupation(s)film director, film producer
Years active1913–1955
Spouses
(m. 1924; div. 1934)
  • Betty Becker

Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.

Biography

Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua eccellenza". In 1929 Genina moved to

Miss Europe. He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany
in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy.

He won

Fascist propaganda
films.

In 1953, he filmed

Rome 11 o'clock
(Roma ore 11).

Filmography

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