Tomaso Smith


Tomaso Smith was an Italian screenwriter, politician, journalist, translator and newspaper editor active during the Fascist era. He started his career as a stringer for the Roman newspaper Il Messaggero but was forced to resign for his socialist stance. He then embarked on a career as a screenwriter and playwright until the outbreak of the War. Smith was imprisoned in a German detention camp in Italy in 1943 but was able to escape. At the end of the war Il Messaggero offered him the editor's post. In the 1950s he began a career in politics, first as an independent with the Italian Communist Party and then with Adriano Olivetti's Community Movement, where he was involved in attempts to start a newspaper, La Giustizia.

Selected filmography

Figaro and His Great Day The Blue Fleet The [Last Adventure (1932 film)|The Last Adventure] The [Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934 film)|The Blind Woman of Sorrento] Loyalty of Love Port Red Passport To Live The Fornaretto of Venice The Widow Father For a Night Kean Lucrezia Borgia The King's Jester Beatrice [Cenci (1941 film)|Beatrice Cenci] The Gorgon The Woman of Sin Maria Malibran The Champion