Name Ugo Falena | Role Film director | |
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Died September 20, 1931, Rome, Italy Movies Salome, Pierrots Enttauschte Liebe Similar People Vittoria Lepanto, Francesca Bertini, Stacia Napierkowska | ||
Romeo e Giuletta (Romeo and Juliet) 1912
Ugo Falena (April 25, 1875 in Rome – September 20, 1931 in Rome), was an Italian silent film director and occasional opera librettist. His films include Otello (1909), Beatrice Cenci (1911), William Tell (1911), Romeo and Juliet (1912), and a notable adaptation of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana (1916) featuring the soprano who sang at the premiere of the opera, itself, Gemma Bellincioni. He also wrote the libretto for Alfano's opera, L’ultimo Lord.
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