Francesco Pasinetti

Directing

Francesco Pasinetti

Born 1911-06-01 · Venezia, Italy

Francesco Pasinetti (1911–1949) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known largely for his documentaries. He also directed the 1934 realist feature film The Canal of the Angels set in Venice. His brother was the writer Pier Maria Pasinetti.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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I due misantropi

1937

The Sinner poster
6.2

Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. She is trying to find work and place to stay but one misfortune after another comes into her life Venice Film Festival 1940

The Sinner

1940

The Fire Dance poster
7.0

A decadent noblewoman, whose stranded husband has dilapidated their whole fortune on gambling, tries to keep her daughter in school while hiding their state of poverty from her, by leading a double life as an exotic dancer.

The Fire Dance

1943

La locandiera poster
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No synopsis available yet.

La locandiera

1944

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10.0

Italian film from 1942.

Soltanto un bacio

1942

La buona fortuna poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La buona fortuna

1945

The Canal of the Angels poster
8.3

In Venice, Daniele runs a dredge that is digging a new lagoon canal, called "The Canal of the Angels." He is married to Anna, who is much younger than him, and the two have a child, Andrea. Due to a work injury, Daniele is unable to accompany his wife to a party. There Anna meets "the captain," a young sailor who, while waiting for his dreamed boarding on a large ocean liner, works as a ticket-taker on the vaporetti that run in Venice. The captain is attracted to the woman and she, too, is not insensitive to the man's charm, so much so that the two at the end of the party embrace and kiss, not realizing that little Andrea is watching them from afar. Now Andrea is experiencing a bad relationship with his mother and this makes him ill. Anna is torn between family affections and her relationship with the young sailor. It will finally be the captain who decides to leave on the first steamer to depart, even though it is not the luxurious liner he dreamed of.

The Canal of the Angels

1934

The Canal of the Angels poster
8.3

In Venice, Daniele runs a dredge that is digging a new lagoon canal, called "The Canal of the Angels." He is married to Anna, who is much younger than him, and the two have a child, Andrea. Due to a work injury, Daniele is unable to accompany his wife to a party. There Anna meets "the captain," a young sailor who, while waiting for his dreamed boarding on a large ocean liner, works as a ticket-taker on the vaporetti that run in Venice. The captain is attracted to the woman and she, too, is not insensitive to the man's charm, so much so that the two at the end of the party embrace and kiss, not realizing that little Andrea is watching them from afar. Now Andrea is experiencing a bad relationship with his mother and this makes him ill. Anna is torn between family affections and her relationship with the young sailor. It will finally be the captain who decides to leave on the first steamer to depart, even though it is not the luxurious liner he dreamed of.

The Canal of the Angels

1934

The Canal of the Angels poster
8.3

In Venice, Daniele runs a dredge that is digging a new lagoon canal, called "The Canal of the Angels." He is married to Anna, who is much younger than him, and the two have a child, Andrea. Due to a work injury, Daniele is unable to accompany his wife to a party. There Anna meets "the captain," a young sailor who, while waiting for his dreamed boarding on a large ocean liner, works as a ticket-taker on the vaporetti that run in Venice. The captain is attracted to the woman and she, too, is not insensitive to the man's charm, so much so that the two at the end of the party embrace and kiss, not realizing that little Andrea is watching them from afar. Now Andrea is experiencing a bad relationship with his mother and this makes him ill. Anna is torn between family affections and her relationship with the young sailor. It will finally be the captain who decides to leave on the first steamer to depart, even though it is not the luxurious liner he dreamed of.

The Canal of the Angels

1934

I piccioni di Venezia poster
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Tourist entertainment film about pigeons in Venice.

I piccioni di Venezia

1942

La Gondola poster
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A documentary showcasing the various ways gondolas are used in Venice.

La Gondola

1942

Venezia Minore poster
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In this short documentary from 1942, Francesco Pasinetti guides us through a little-known, unprecedented Venice: the Venice of small canals, narrow streets, bridges and simple people engaged in daily chores.

Venezia Minore

1942

Venezia Minore poster
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In this short documentary from 1942, Francesco Pasinetti guides us through a little-known, unprecedented Venice: the Venice of small canals, narrow streets, bridges and simple people engaged in daily chores.

Venezia Minore

1942

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An Italian documentary.

La città bianca

1942

Piazza San Marco poster
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Short documentary illustrating the buildings and monuments of Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Piazza San Marco

1947

Sulle orme di Giacomo Leopardi poster
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Documentary short of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi.

Sulle orme di Giacomo Leopardi

1941