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Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (Italian: [ˈmaːrjo moniˈtʃɛlli]; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the commedia all'italiana ("Italian-style comedy").
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli è stato un regista, sceneggiatore e scrittore italiano. Tra i più celebri registi italiani della sua epoca. Insieme a Dino Risi, Luigi Comencini, Pietro Germi e Ettore Scola, fu uno dei massimi esponenti della commedia all'italiana, che contribuì a rendere nota anche all'estero con film come Guardie e ladri, I ...
Nov 30, 2010 · Mario Monicelli, an enormously popular director and screenwriter whose bittersweet films, notably “Big Deal on Madonna Street” and “The Great War,” blended humor and tragedy to create a new...
Nov 30, 2010 · Filmmaker Mario Monicelli, considered one of the fathers the famed ‘commedia Italiana’ genre died in Rome Monday night by suicide, Italian media widely reported. He was 95 years old.
Nov 30, 2010 · Film director and screenwriter Mario Monicelli died at the age of 95 yesterday after jumping from a fifth-floor hospital window in Rome. He had been admitted several days earlier and was being treated for prostrate cancer.
15 titles. 1. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime. 7.9. Rate. A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce. Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Totò. Votes: 11,241. 2. The Great War (1959)
The distinguished Italian director Mario Monicelli was in Montreal to serve as Jury Member at the 1999 Montreal World Film Festival. I spoke to Mr. Monicelli about Italian comedy in general and, more specifically, one of the first films to gain both critical and popular success and help cement the Italian comedy film’s international ...
