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Agenore Incrocci | |
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| Born | (1919-07-04)4 July 1919 Brescia, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 15 November 2005(2005-11-15) (aged 86) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Age |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1949–2005 |
| Relatives | Zoe Incrocci (sister) Giorgia Meloni (great-niece) |
Agenore Incrocci (4 July 1919 – 15 November 2005), best known asAge, was an Italian screenwriter, considered one of the fathers of thecommedia all'italiana[citation needed] as one of the two members of the duoAge & Scarpelli, together withFurio Scarpelli.
Incrocci was born inBrescia, into a family including several actors, such as his sisterZoe, and spent his youth moving with them to numerous places of Italy.
His first work in the cinema world was adubber forMario Monicelli's first movie,The Paul Street Boys (1935). Subsequently, he worked for a radio, and in the meantime he started writing comic scripts. He also studiedlaw, but without graduating.
He spent the first four years ofWorld War II inFrance, as a prisoner of theFrench Army first and, later, of theWehrmacht. He managed to escape, however, and fought for a year with theUnited States Army. Back from the front, he worked again in the radio and for wrote fortheatre andhumour magazine.
In wrote his first screenplay forThe Two Orphans, directed byMario Mattoli. In 1949 started his famous collaboration withFurio Scarpelli, as the duoAge & Scarpelli.
Together with Scarpelli, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies. These include some of the most famous of all, such asSergio Leone'sThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly,Mario Monicelli'sBig Deal on Madonna Street and manyTotò movies. He also worked on some scripts on his own, such as that ofPietro Germi'sDivorce, Italian Style.
As an actor, he took part toLa terrazza byEttore Scola (screenplay by Age & Scarpelli, of course) andEcce Bombo byNanni Moretti.
He died inRome in 2005.
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