Giuseppe Bennati
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Giuseppe Bennati was an Italian film director and writer.
He directed Il microfono e' vostro (1952), Musoduro (1954), L'amico del giaguaro (1958), Labbra Rosse (1960), Congo vivo (1961) and L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone (1974), his last movie. For RAI
in 1970 he directed TV-movie BattleToads (Italo Calvino
's bestseller) with Nanni Loy
.
He died in Milan
, Italy, aged 85 from undisclosed causes.
He directed Il microfono e' vostro (1952), Musoduro (1954), L'amico del giaguaro (1958), Labbra Rosse (1960), Congo vivo (1961) and L'assassino ha riservato nove poltrone (1974), his last movie. For RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
in 1970 he directed TV-movie BattleToads (Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,...
's bestseller) with Nanni Loy
Nanni Loy
Nanni Loy was an Italian film, theatre and TV director.Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia...
.
He died in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy, aged 85 from undisclosed causes.