The Safa Palatino Studios are a complex of film and

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s in the Italian capital

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. It is owned by Mediaset, who use it for the production of television programmes. Historically, the site was used as a film studio from the 1930s to the 1970s. Although smaller than the better-known

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, a significant number of films were made there including ''

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'' (1948).Gordon p.112 In 1983 the studios were bought by

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Bibliography

* Gordon, Robert. ''Bicycle Thieves''. British Film Institute, 2008. * Kezich, Tullio. ''Federico Fellini: His Life and Work''. I.B.Tauris, 2007.

References

Bibliography

* Gordon, Robert. ''Bicycle Thieves''. British Film Institute, 2008. * Kezich, Tullio. ''Federico Fellini: His Life and Work''. I.B.Tauris, 2007. Culture in Rome Italian film studios Buildings and structures in Rome {{IT-film-company-stub