Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri
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Emerging from Rome’s post-war cultural scene, he studied literature at the university, wrote film criticism for left-wing journals, and entered the cinema world as a researcher and assistant director on Giuseppe De Santis’s projects, later directing two documentary shorts. After a brief affiliation with the Italian Communist Party, he launched his feature-directing career with The Assassin (1961),…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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Features 15
Short films 3
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