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  1. Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller OMRI (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller (Italian: [ˈliːna vertˈmyller]), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away.

  2. Lina Wertmüller. Writer: Seven Beauties. During the 1970s, Lina Wertmüller emblazoned her name into the pantheon of Italian cinema with a series of intensely polemical, deeply controversial and wonderfully entertaining films.

    • January 1, 1
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • January 1, 1
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  3. Love & Anarchy. 1973 2h R. 7.7 (3.5K) Rate. When a friend is murdered by the Facists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini. Director Lina Wertmüller Stars Giancarlo Giannini Mariangela Melato Lina Polito. 3.

  4. Dec 10, 2021 · Nothing would be again. Wertmüller made five of the agreed upon best films of the 1970s, movies still bandied about on lists of the greatest and most shocking movies of all time. And she did it without compromising.

  5. Jan 21, 1976 · Seven Beauties: Directed by Lina Wertmüller. With Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore. The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.

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    • Comedy, Drama, War
    • Lina Wertmüller
    • 1976-01-21
  6. Lina Wertmüller (14 August 1926 - 9 December 2021) was an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with the film Seven Beauties.

  7. Among her two dozen films (many sporting some of the longest titles in movie history), here are a few of the highlights through which we can remember a woman who left a legacy like no other. 1. Rita the Mosquito. 0066. Where to watch.