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Lina Wertmüller

Highest Rated: 86% The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Lowest Rated: 42% Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1973)

Birthday: Aug 14, 1928

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

This European director's grotesque/comic treatments of weighty political, social and sexual themes earned her a sizeable cult following in the mid-1970s. In 2020, Lina Wertmuller received an Honorary Oscar at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. Lina Wertmuller died at the age of 93 in her native Rome on December 9, 2021.

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Highest-Rated Movies

86% 76% The Seduction of Mimi
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67% 88% Seven Beauties
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57% 76% Ciao, Professore!
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42% 78% Brother Sun, Sister Moon
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Mannaggia alla miseria
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Let's Talk About Men
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The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
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43% Blood Feud
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29% A Night Full of Rain
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Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller Lina Wertmüller ITALIAN DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER (ARCANGELA FELICE ASSUNTA WERTMULLER VON ELGG SPANOL VON BRAUEICH) POSING FOR A PHOTOSHOOTING. ITALY, 7TH NOVEMBER 1963 (RA06428) SEVEN BEAUTIES, (AKA PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE), DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER (RIGHT), ON SET, (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), 1975 A NIGHT FULL OF RAIN, (aka THE END OF THE WORLD IN OUR USUAL BED IN A NIGHT FULL OF RAIN), Lina Wertmuller, Giancarlo Giannini, 1978 SEVEN BEAUTIES, (aka PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE), director Lina Wertmuller on set, 1975 SWEPT AWAY, (AKA SWEPT AWAY . . . BY AN UNUSUAL DESTINY IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST, AKA TRAVOLTI DA UN INSOLITO DESTINO NELL'AZZURRO MARE D'AGOSTO), FROM LEFT: GIANCARLO GIANNINI, DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER, MARIANGELA MELATO, ON SET, (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), 1974 UP TO DATE, (AKA IN UNA NOTTE DI CHIARO DI LUNA), FROM LEFT: RUTGER HAUER, DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER, ON SET, (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), 1989. © CARO-LINE DISTRIBUTION THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI, (AKA MIMI METALLURGICO FERITO NELL'ONORE), (SEEN IN THE 2015 DOCUMENTARY BEHIND THE WHITE GLASSES), FROM LEFT: GIANCARLO GIANNINI, DIRECTOR LINA WERTMULLER, MARIANGELA MELATO, ON SET, 1972 CIAO, PROFESSORE! (aka IO SPERIAMO CHE ME LA CAVO), Paolo Villaggio, (center), director Lina Wertmuller, (right), 1992, ©Miramax View more photos

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The Glance of Music 2022 Self Fellinopolis 2020 Self Mannaggia alla miseria 2009 Director Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani 2007 Self Francesca and Nunziata 78% 2001 Director, Writer Ferdinand and Carolina 0% 1999 Director, Writer The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics 1996 Director, Writer Ciao, Professore! 57% 76% 1993 Director, Writer Saturday, Sunday and Monday 1990 Director To Save Nine 1989 Director On a Moonlit Night 33% 1989 Director, Writer Summer Night, With Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil 1986 Director Camorra 1986 Director, Writer Sotto, Sotto 1984 Director Softly, Softly 1984 Director A Joke of Destiny 1984 Director Blood Feud 43% 1979 Director, Writer A Night Full of Rain 29% 1978 Director, Writer All Screwed Up 60% 1976 Director Seven Beauties 67% 88% 1976 Director Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August 60% 80% 1974 Director, Screenwriter Love and Anarchy 89% 1973 Director, Writer Brother Sun, Sister Moon 42% 78% 1973 Screenwriter The Seduction of Mimi 86% 76% 1972 Director, Writer The Belle Starr Story 1967 Director, Writer
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