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film '' Enigma rosso'' (1978), '' Mussolini and I'' (1985), starring

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), '' Tower of the Firstborn'', ''

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'' (2002), '' Il Cuore nel Pozzo'' (2005) and '' Mi Ricordo Anna Frank''.Films directed by Alberto Negrin
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, was watched by 17 million people on its first broadcast in Italy.

Theater

* ''Atomo, storia di una scelta'' (1965) * ''Il bandito'' (1966) * ''Sentite, buona gente, Peppino Marotto, poeta orgolese ''(film-documento) (1967) * ''Colui che dice di sì e colui che dice di no'' (1969) * ''Operai'' (film per il "Piccolo") (1969) * ''Interrogatorio alla Avana'' (1972)

Filmography

* ''Platero y yo'' (1968) * ''Inchieste televisive in America Latina'' (1968) * ''Il gatto con gli stivali'' (1969) * ''Kennedy contro Hoffa'' (1970) * ''La rosa bianca'' (1971) * ''Astronave Terra'' (1971) * ''La risposta di Peppino Manca'' (1971) * ''Racket'' (1972) * ' (1972, TV miniseries) * ''Il Picciotto'' 1973) * ''L'Olandese scomparso'' (1974) * ''Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano'' (1975) * ''Mayakowskji'' (1976) * ''La spia del regime'' (1976) * ''Il delitto Notarbartolo'' (1977) * ''Volontari per destinazione ignota'' (1977) * ''

Red Rings of Fear ''Red Rings of Fear'' ( it, Enigma rosso, german: Orgie des Todes, es, Tráfico de menores) is a 1978 giallo film directed by Alberto Negrin. Plot A detective investigates the killing of a teenage girl and turns his suspicions on three girlf ...

'' (1978) * ''La promessa'' (1979) * ''Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto'' (1980) * ''Le multinazionali'' (1980) * ''La quinta donna'' (1982) * '' Mussolini and I'' (1985) * '' The Secret of the Sahara'' (1987) * '' Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair'' (1989) * ''Missus'' (1994) * '' Tower of the Firstborn'' (1999) * ''Nanà'' (2001) * ''

'' (2001) * ''Ics - L'amore ti dà un nome'' (2003) * '' Il Cuore nel Pozzo'' (2005) * '' Bartali: The Iron Man'' (2006) * ''L'ultimo dei Corleonesi'' (2007) * ''Pane e libertà'' (2009) * '' Mi Ricordo Anna Frank'' (2009) * '' L'isola'' (2012) * ''Un mondo nuovo'' (2014), TV series * ''Qualunque cosa succeda'' (2014), TV miniseries * ''Tango per la libertà'' (2016), TV miniseries

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