Biography
Ercole Patti (16 February 1903 – 15 November 1976) was an Italian writer, dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
Born in Catania into an upper-middle-class family, the nephew of author Giuseppe Villaroel, Patti started working as a journalist at very young age, before graduating in law in 1925. After practicing for a year in his father's firm, he decided to move to Rome where earning a living from journalism. There, after some sporadic collaborations, he was employed in the newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo, where he was a foreign correspondent in China, India and Japan, among other places. He got notoriety as a novelist in 1940, with Quartieri alti, a satirical portrait of Roman high classes. His novels are mainly set in Rome or in a sensual Sicily, which was, according to literary critic Carlo Bo, a sort of philosophical ideal for Patti.Patti was active as a screenwriter since 1935, and a number of his novels were adapted into films. In addition to novels Patti published collections of short stories and two autobiographical works.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 18
Writer 13
Screenplay 1
![Giovannino](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/387204-giovannino.jpg)
Giovannino (1976)
![The Cousin](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/118286-the-cousin.jpg)
The Cousin (1974)
![Seduction](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/69179-seduction.jpg)
Seduction (1973)
![Love in Rome](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/52840-love-in-rome.jpg)
Love in Rome (1960)
![Document Z-3](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/674689-document-z-3.jpg)
Document Z-3 (1943)
![Senza cielo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/731728-senza-cielo.jpg)
Senza cielo (1940)
![Come le foglie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/326395-come-le-foglie.jpg)
Come le foglie (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-02-16
Deathday1976-11-15 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceCatania, Italy
RelativesGiuseppe Villaroel
CitizenshipsItaly, Kingdom of Italy
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