Actor, Poet, Playwright. Married to Polish-born actress Soava, he began his professional career in 1911. He directed the violently anti-fascist film “Before Him All Rome Trembled”(1946). Among his most acclaimed work is “Casta diva” (1935) “Scipione l’Africano” (1937) “Carthage In Flames” (1954) and “Her Wonderful Lie”(1950).