Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.

Biography

Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua eccellenza". In 1929 Genina moved to

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to direct

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in sonorized film ''

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''. He studied sound techniques and worked in France and

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in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy. He won

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Mussolini's cup for Best Italian Film twice, in 1936 by ''

Lo squadrone bianco ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (Italian for "The White Squadron") is a 1936 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina. The plot features a cavalry lieutenant, unlucky in love, who redeems himself by battling the "rebels" of Tripolitania (modern Libya). The ...

'' and in 1940 by ''

The Siege of the Alcazar ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' or ''L'Assedio dell'Alcazar'' is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the ''Mussolini Cup'' in ...

'', both Fascist propaganda films. In 1953, he filmed '' Three Forbidden Stories'', another version of the real accident depicted by

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one year before in ''

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'' (''Roma ore 11'').

Filmography

* '' La moglie di sua eccellenza'' (1913) * '' Il segreto del castello di Monroe'' (1914) * '' Il piccolo cerinaio'' (1914) * '' La parola che uccide'' (1914) * '' La fuga dei diamanti'' (1914) * '' Dopo il veglione'' (1914) * '' L'anello di Siva'' (1914) * '' Lulu (1915 film)'' (1915) * '' Gelosia'' (1915) * '' La farfalla dalle ali d'oro'' (1915) * '' Mezzanotte'' (1915) * '' Doppia ferita'' (1915) * '' Cento H.P.'' (1915) * '' La conquista dei diamanti'' (1915) * '' L'ultimo travestimento'' (1916) * '' Il sopravvissuto'' (1916) * '' Il sogno di un giorno'' (1916) * '' Il dramma della corona'' (1916) * '' La signorina Ciclone'' (1916) * '' Il siluramento dell'Oceania'' (1917) * '' Maschiaccio'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' Il trono e la seggiola'' (1918) * '' The Prince of the Impossible'' (1918) * '' L'onestà del peccato'' (1918) * '' Kalidaa - la storia di una mummia'' (1918) * '' L'emigrata'' (1918) * '' I due crocifissi'' (1918) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1918) * '' Femmina - Femina'' (1918) * '' Lo scaldino'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' Noris'' (1919) * '' La donna e il cadavere'' (1919) * '' La maschera e il volto'' (1919) * '' Bel ami'' (1919) * '' Le avventure di Bijou'' (1919) * '' I diabolici'' (1920) * '' I tre sentimentali'' (1920) * '' La ruota del vizio'' (1920) * '' Moglie, marito e...'' (1920) * '' La douloureuse'' (1920) * '' Il castello della malinconia'' (1920) * '' L'avventura di Dio'' (1920) * '' Debito d'odio'' (1920) * '' L'incatenata'' (1921) * '' La crisi'' (1921) * '' Un punto nero'' (1922) * '' La peccatrice senza peccato'' (1922) * '' Una donna passò'' (1922) * '' Lucie de Trecoeur'' (1922) * '' Germaine'' (1923) * '' Il corsaro'' (1924) * '' La moglie bella'' (1924) * '' Cirano de Bergerac'' (1925) * ''

The Hearth Turned Off ''The Hearth Turned Off'' (Italian:''Il focolare spento'') is a 1925 Italian silent film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni.Stewart p.52 Cast * Jeanne Brindeau as The mother * Ubaldo Cocchi as The Father * Arnold Kent as Fr ...

'' (1925) * '' L'ultimo lord'' (1926) * '' The Prisoners of Shanghai'' (1927) * '' Goodbye Youth'' (1927) * '' The White Slave'' (''Die Weisse Sklavin'', 1927) * ''

Scampolo ''Scampolo'' is a 1958 German film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Romy Schneider, Paul Hubschmid, and Georg Thomalla. Schneider plays the title role. Plot Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She fal ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Story of a Little Parisian ''The Story of a Little Parisian'' (French: ''Totte et sa chance'', German: ''Der Sprung ins Glück'', Italian: ''La storia di una piccola Parigina'') is a 1928 silent film directed by Augusto Genina.Parish p.52 It was made as a co-production be ...

'' (1928) * '' Love's Masquerade'' (1928) * '' Un dramma a sedici anni'' (1929) * '' La congiura delle beffe'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

'' (1930) * ''

The Darling of Paris ''The Darling of Paris'' is a 1917 American silent romantic drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara and Glen White. It was a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' by Victor Hugo ...

'' (''Paris-Beguin'', 1931) * '' La femme en homme'' (1931) * '' Gli amanti di mezzanotte'' (1931) * ''

We Are Not Children ''We Are Not Children'' (French: ''Nous ne sommes plus des enfants'') is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Gaby Morlay, Claude Dauphin and Jean Wall.Burke p.216 Cast * Gaby Morlay as Roberte * Claude Dauphin as ...

'' (1934) * '' Non ti scordar di me'' (1935) * '' Forget Me Not'' (1935) * ''

The Phantom Gondola ''The Phantom Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola delle chimere'') is a 1936 French-Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Marcelle Chantal, Henri Rollan and Paul Bernard. The film was a co-production between the two countries ...

'' (1936) * ''

'' (''The White Squadron'', 1936) * ''

Flowers from Nice ''Flowers from Nice'' (German: ''Blumen aus Nizza'') is a 1936 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Erna Sack, Friedl Czepa and Karl Schönböck. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna and on location a ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Kiss of Fire ''The Kiss of Fire'' (French: ''Naples au baiser de feu'') is a 1937 French romantic comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Tino Rossi, Michel Simon, Mireille Balin and Viviane Romance.Plastino & Sciorra p.128 The film is based on th ...

'' (''Napoli terra d'amore'', 1937) * '' Amore e dolore di donna'' (1937) * ''

Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering ''Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering'' (German: ''Frauenliebe - Frauenleid'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Magda Schneider, Iván Petrovich and Oskar Sima Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an A ...

'' (1937) * '' Castles in the Air'' (1939) * '' L'assedio dell'Alcazar'' (1939–40) * ''

Bengasi Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη (''Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Ghazi ...

'' (1942) * '' Heaven Over the Marshes'' (''Cielo sulla palude'', 1949) * '' Devotion'' (1950) * '' Three Forbidden Stories'' (''Tre storie proibite'', 1953) * '' Maddalena'' (1954) * ''

Frou-Frou ''Frou-Frou'', is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Augusto Genina, written by A. E. Carr, starring Dany Robin and Louis de Funès. The film is also known as "A Girl from Paris". Plot Frou-Frou is a 16-year-old peddler. She comes to ...

'' (1955)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Genina, Augusto 1892 births 1957 deaths Film directors from Rome Nastro d'Argento winners Italian film producers Italian film directors