Diego Fabbri
Diego Fabbri (born July 2, 1911 in Forlì ; † August 14, 1980 in Riccione ) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter whose works mainly deal with Christian themes.
Life
Fabbri studied economics at the University of Bologna . From 1940 to 1950 he was director of the Catholic Center for Cinematography. From 1968 he was director of the Italian theater authority ETI. He wrote scripts for around 50 films. In 1962, his screenplay for The Wrong General was nominated for Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards . In 1977 he received an Antonio Feltrinelli Prize . Fabbri was posthumously honored by naming a theater in his native Forlì and a center at the University of Bologna.
Works
Dramas
- Inquisition ( Inquisizione , 1950)
- The seducer ( Il seduttore , 1951)
- Process of Jesus ( Processo a Gesù , 1955)
- La bugiarda (1956)
- Il vizio assurdo (1974)
- Al Dio Ignoto (1980)
Filmography
script
- 1952: Those who live from "love" (Il mondo le condanna)
- 1952: Europe 51
- 1952: Children of Our Time (I vinti)
- 1954: Uprising in the island paradise (La principessa delle Canarie)
- 1958: Totò and Marcellino ( Totò e Marcellino)
- 1959: The False General ( Il generale Della Rovere )
- 1960: Viva L'Italia
- 1960: It was night in Rome (Era notte a Roma)
- 1961: Constantine the Great (Costantino il grande)
- 1961: The Bandit of Naples (I briganti italiani)
- 1961: The Fearless Rebel ( Vanina Vanini )
- 1961: The Corsican Brothers (I fratelli corsi)
- 1961: Barabbas (Barabbà)
- 1962: Tempo di Roma
- 1962: The Count with the Iron Fist (I misteri di Parigi)
- 1962: Pope John and the Council (Concilio ecumenico vaticano II) (documentary)
- 1963: The Queen Bee (Storia moderna: L'ape regina)
- 1964: Cocü (Il magnifico cornutto)
- 1974: The trip to Palermo (Il viaggio)
Literary template
- 1981: From a distant land (Da un paese lontano)
Web links
- Diego Fabbri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- centrodiegofabbri.it biography on the website of the Diego Fabbri Center at the University of Bologna (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fabbri, Diego |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forlì |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1980 |
| Place of death | Riccione |