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Augusto Genina(1892-1957)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina was born on 28 January 1892 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Heaven Over the Marshes (1949), Bengasi (1942) and L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940). He was married to Carmen Boni. He died on 18 September 1957 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornJanuary 28, 1892
DiedSeptember 18, 1957(65)
BornJanuary 28, 1892
DiedSeptember 18, 1957(65)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

Ines Orsini in Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
Heaven Over the Marshes
6.9
  • Director
  • 1949
Bengasi (1942)
Bengasi
6.3
  • Director
  • 1942
L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940)
L'assedio dell'Alcazar
6.0
  • Director
  • 1940
1 sheet 27 x 41
Maddalena
7.2
  • Director
  • 1954

Credits

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Director

  • Dany Robin in Frou-Frou (1955)
    Frou-Frou
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1955
  • 1 sheet 27 x 41
    Maddalena
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
    Three Forbidden Stories
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Devotion (1950)
    Devotion
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Ines Orsini in Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
    Heaven Over the Marshes
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Bengasi (1942)
    Bengasi
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1942
  • L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940)
    L'assedio dell'Alcazar
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Lilian Harvey in Castelli in aria (1939)
    Castelli in aria
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Viviane Romance and Tino Rossi in Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937)
    Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Frauenliebe - Frauenleid (1937)
    Frauenliebe - Frauenleid
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Blumen aus Nizza (1936)
    Blumen aus Nizza
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Lo squadrone bianco (1936)
    Lo squadrone bianco
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1936
  • La gondole aux chimères (1936)
    La gondole aux chimères
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Non ti scordar di me (1935)
    Non ti scordar di me
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Magda Schneider, Beniamino Gigli, and Ernst Marischka in Vergiss mein nicht (1935)
    Vergiss mein nicht
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1935

Writer

  • Mon coquin de père (1958)
    Mon coquin de père
    • play
    • 1958
  • Milly Vitale in Occhi senza luce (1956)
    Occhi senza luce
    • story
    • 1956
  • Dany Robin in Frou-Frou (1955)
    Frou-Frou
    5.4
    • adaptation and decoupage
    • 1955
  • 1 sheet 27 x 41
    Maddalena
    7.2
    • story
    • screenplay by
    • 1954
  • Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
    Three Forbidden Stories
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1952
  • Devotion (1950)
    Devotion
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1950
  • Ines Orsini in Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
    Heaven Over the Marshes
    6.9
    • adaptation
    • 1949
  • Bengasi (1942)
    Bengasi
    6.3
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1942
  • L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940)
    L'assedio dell'Alcazar
    6.0
    • story
    • screenplay
    • 1940
  • Lilian Harvey in Castelli in aria (1939)
    Castelli in aria
    4.9
    • screenplay
    • 1939
  • Frauenliebe - Frauenleid (1937)
    Frauenliebe - Frauenleid
    7.0
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Lo squadrone bianco (1936)
    Lo squadrone bianco
    6.1
    • adaptation (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Non sono gelosa
    • story
    • 1933
  • Carmen Boni and André Roanne in Ne sois pas jalouse (1932)
    Ne sois pas jalouse
    • screenplay
    • 1932
  • Les amours de minuit (1931)
    Les amours de minuit
    6.5
    • scenario
    • 1931

Producer

  • Il focolare spento
    • producer
    • 1925
  • 29 x 39 inches
    Cyrano de Bergerac
    6.9
    • producer
    • 1923

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • A. Genina
  • Born
    • January 28, 1892
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Died
    • September 18, 1957
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(bronchial pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Carmen Boni
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Italian pioneer film maker, formerly a drama critic and writer of comedy material for the publication Il Mondo. Began in films as a screenwriter in 1913, subsequently carving out a career as a prolific director in France, Germany and in his native Italy.

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