Carlo Alberto Chiesa (1922–1960) was an Italian

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and

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. In 1945 he edited

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...

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'' Days of Glory''.Bacon, Henry. ''Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay''. Cambridge University Press, 1998. pp.248-49. He spent much of his later career directing

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, his one feature film as director was the 1951 comedy '' The Two Sergeants'' (1951).

Selected filmography

Director

* '' The Two Sergeants'' (1951)

Editor

* '' Days of Glory'' (1945)

Screenwriter

* ''

Songs in the Streets ''Songs in the Streets'' (Italian: ''Canzoni per le strade'') is a 1950 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Mario Landi and starring Luciano Tajoli, Antonella Lualdi and Carlo Ninchi.Chiti & Poppi p.80 Cast * Luciano Taioli as Luciano Lan ...

'' (1950) * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1951) * '' The Devil's Cavaliers'' (1959)

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* 1922 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian film editors Italian film directors Film people from Turin Italian male screenwriters Road incident deaths in Italy 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub