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Mario Fantin

Born
May 9, 1921 · Aged 59
Died
Jul 23, 1980
Place of birth
Bologna, Italy
Gender
Male
Movie credits
4
TV credits
0
Directing credits
14

Biography

Mario Fantin (Bologna, 9 May 1921 – Bologna, 23 July 1980) was an Italian mountaineer and film director. Born to Friulian parents, he graduated in accounting in 1940. In February 1941 he went into military service and took part in the fighting of the Second World War in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro with the rank of second lieutenant. He returned to Italy at the end of 1944, severely affected by the immense tragedy of the "Division of Venice". At the end of 1946 he enrolled in the Bologna section of the Italian Alpine Club and, after taking a mountaineering course, he began to frequent the…