Filippo Walter Ratti (1914–1981) was an Italian

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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. After working as an

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for several years, he made his directoral debut in 1946. The following year he directed the biopic ''

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''. In 1962 he directed ''

Ten Italians for One German ''Ten Italians for One German'' ( it, Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella)), is a 1962 Italian historical war drama film directed by Filippo Walter Ratti. It is a dramatization of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre. Cast * Gino Cervi as Duke ...

'', a portrayal of the 1944

Ardeatine massacre The Ardeatine massacre, or Fosse Ardeatine massacre ( it, Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine), was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by German occupation troops during the Second World War ...

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.Gordon p.224

Selected filmography

Director

* ''

'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1952) * '' It's Never Too Late'' (1953) * ''

'' (1962) * '' Erika'' (1971) *''

La notte dei dannati ''The Night of the Damned'' ( it, La notte dei dannati) is a 1971 film directed by Filippo Ratti. Plot The married couple Jean and Danielle Duprey receive a letter from a prince, an old friend of Jean's. The letter is in the form of a riddle, wh ...

'' (1971) * ''Crazy Desires of a Murderer'' (1977)

References

Bibliography

* Gordon, Robert. ''The Holocaust in Italian Culture, 1944–2010''. Stanford University Press, 2012.

External links

* 1914 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors Writers from Rome 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub