Mario Caserini

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Mario Caserini (26 February 1874 – 17 November 1920) was an Italian film director, as well as an actor, screenwriter, and early pioneer of film making in the early portion of the 20th century. Caserini was born in Rome, Italy, and was married to the Italian actress Maria Caserini. His 1906 film Otello is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Othello.

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Early career Mario Caserini was born in Rome to Oreste Caserini, a clerk, and Isabella Rosati. He worked as a painter for some time as a young man, before becoming the director of a children's pantomime theatre company in 1899. He also performed as an actor in Ermete Novelli's company before leaving to become a drama company director. When Filoteo Alberini began producing films with Dante Santoni, he recruited collaborators from the world of theatre. Caserini was among the first to be hired on a permanent basis, initially as an actor with a monthly salary of 200 lire. However, he soon began working as a director. In 1905 he directed the short film Voyage to the Centre of the Moon, inspired by Méliès' science-fiction trick film A Trip to the Moon. On 1 April 1906, Alberini and Santoni established the film production company Cines. The industrialist Adolfo Pouchain provided the funding, acting as the primary administrator with a starting capital of 250,000 lire. Pouchain invited the French director Gaston Velle to Rome, enticing him away from Pathé along with other expert French filmmakers. Caserini joined Velle as an assistant, an experience which shaped his directorial skills and led him to…Citește mai mult

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In 1911, Caserini began collaborating with Theatralia, a production company that sought to bring theatre actors to the screen. Theatralia primarily worked with actors from the Teatro Argentina and Eleonora Duse's company. However, this was a short-lived venture, producing only two films: Verso la colpa and L'uomo fatale. That same year, Caserini and his wife accepted an offer of 25,000 lire from Arturo Ambrosio and moved to Turin to start working for Ambrosio Film, a major competitor of Cines at the time. On 15 December 1912, Caserini terminated his contract with Ambrosio Film, which was not due to end until 1915, and took part in establishment of the production company Gloria Film. He managed to bring most of the people who had worked with him at Cines and Ambrosio with him to the new company. The company's focus was on quality, and Caserini announced that its aim would be 'the production of feature-length art films based on subjects by authors of undisputed fame'. Gloria Film hired Lyda Borelli, one of the most acclaimed theatre actresses of the time, and Caserini launched her on screen for the first time by directing her in the drama film Love Everlasting (1913). The film…Citește mai mult

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Spain and the return to Cines In 1915, Caserini was still in Turin, where he founded Caserini Film. This company joined forces with two other Turin-based firms, Commedia Drama and the Film Manipulation Agency, to produce La pantomima della morte and L'amor tuo mi redime (1916). That same year, Caserini co-directed the historical drama Madame Guillotine with Enrico Guazzoni, starring Lyda Borelli, Renzo Fabiani, and Amleto Novelli. Subsequently, he was invited by the Spanish producers of Excelsa Film and moved to Barcelona with the actress Leda Gys. There, he directed her in three films that were later released in Spain: Como aquel día (1917) Flor de otoño (1917), and ¿Quién me hará olvidar sin morir?, only released in 1919. Upon returning from Spain, Caserini settled in Rome. Here, he began collaborating with Tiber Film, which, together with Caesar Film, had become one of the two main Italian film production companies during the World War I. He worked with Tiber from 1916 to 1919. In this period he directed the propaganda film Passano gli Unni (1816), and the drama La vita e la morte, which underwent extensive censorship and was only released in 1917. Towards the end of his career, Caserini…Citește mai mult

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Il romanzo di un Pierrot (1906) Otello (1906) — based on Othello Il fornaretto di Venezia (1907) Garibaldi (1907) — a film about Giuseppe Garibaldi Amleto (1908) — based on Hamlet Giovanna d'Arco (1908) — film about Joan of Arc' Romeo e Giulietta (1908) — based on Romeo and Juliet Beatrice Cenci (1909) — film about Beatrice Cenci Bianca Cappello (1909) — film about Bianca Cappello La gerla di papà Martin (1909) L'innominato (1909) Macbeth (1909) — based on Macbeth Marco Visconti (1909) Parsifal (1909) — film about Percival La signora de Monserau (1909) — based on La Dame de Monsoreau I tre moschettieri (1909) — based on The Three Musketeers Wanda Soldanieri (1909) Amleto (1910) — based on Hamlet L'amorino (1910) Anita Garibaldi (1910) — film about Anita Garibaldi Catilina (1910) — film about Catiline Il Cid (1910) — based on Le Cid Cola di Rienzo (1910) — about Cola di Rienzo Federico Barbarossa (1910) — about the Battle of Legnano Giovanna la pazza (1910) — about Joanna the Mad Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1910) — about Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Lucia di Lammermoor (1910) — based on Lucia di Lammermoor Lucrezia Borgia (1910) — about Lucrezia Borgia Messalina…Citește mai mult

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Bibliography Brunetta, Gian Piero (2008). Il cinema muto italiano. Dalla "Presa di Roma" a "Sole" 1905 - 1929. Roma-Bari: Laterza. ISBN 978-88420-8717-5.