About Ettore Cella
Lived 1913 – 2004 (aged 90). Ettore Cella was a Swiss actor, film director, film actor, marionetteist, film producer and translator.
Ettore Cella (12 September 1913 – 1 July 2004) was a Swiss actor and film director. He was naturalised as a Swiss citizen in 1930, as his parents had emigrated from Italy. He appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 2004. He starred in the 1976 film The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner, which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected filmography After the Storm (1948) People in the Net (1959) (1960) The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner (1976) The Inventor (1981) (1999) Lüthi und Blanc (television series, 2000–2001) Sternenberg (2004)
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Who was Ettore Cella?
Swiss actor and film director (1913-2004)
When was Ettore Cella born?
Ettore Cella was born on 12 September 1913 in Zurich.
When did Ettore Cella die?
Ettore Cella died on 1 July 2004 in Brütten.
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Ettore Cella was an actor, film director, film actor, marionetteist, film producer and translator.
What nationality was Ettore Cella?
Ettore Cella was Swiss.
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