Giulia Cassini Rizzotto

Giulia Cassini Rizzotto (15 June 1865 – 24 August 1943) was an Italian actress and film director, kindergarten teacher, novelist, translator and writer. She appeared in many films in Italy including Malombra and Fabiola (1918).

An early appearance was in 1914 in Paternità, a short film that also starred Alfonso Cassini and Eugenio de Liguoro. Her directing career from the 1910s to the early 1920s includes La Piccola Manon (1920) and Scugni (1918). Her acting in La Piccola Manon was well received but Lya Isauro and Alberto Monti who took leading roles less so. Alla capitale - 1916 Gli onori della guerra - 1917 Fabiola - 1918 Scugni - 1918 La piccola Manon - 1920 Germaine - 1923 Triboulet - 1923

Directing

Leonardo Da Vinci - 1919 A Mosca cieca - 1924