Maria Basaglia Explained

Maria Basaglia (1912  - 5 May 1998)^[1] was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Cremona, Basaglia started her career as dubbing director for the production company Scalera Film.^[2] Between 1939 and 1944 she wrote several films, mainly collaborating with her husband Marcello Albani; during the war she moved to Venice, where she collaborated on several film productions of the short-lived Republic of Salo.^[2] After the war, Basaglia directed two films, the comedy Sua altezza ha detto no and the melodrama Sangue di zingara.^[2] In 1957 she moved with her husband to Brazil, where they founded the production company Paulistánia Film.^[3]

Filmography

• Angelica, directed by Jean Choux (1939), screenwriter
• , directed by Jeff Musso (1939), screenwriter
• , directed by Marcello Albani (1939), screenwriter
• Boccaccio, 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

1. Book: Barro, Maximo. Participação italiana no cinema brasileiro. Editora SESI. 16 August 2017. pt. 978-8582058596.
2. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. 2002. Gremese Editore, 2002. 8884401712. 363.
3. Book: Fernão Ramos, Luiz Felipe Miranda. Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro. 2000. SENAC São Paulo, 2000. 8573590939.