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Alessandro Tasca. Producer: Goliath and the Dragon. Born Prince Alessandro Tasca di Cutò into an aristocratic family of Norman origin, cousin of the author Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of the classic novel The Leopard, adapted into a film by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon.
- Producer, Production Manager, Actor
- July 21, 1906
- Alessandro Tasca
- September 10, 2000
Alessandro Tasca di Cutò was born in 1906 to a titled Sicilian family and cousin of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of "The Leopard". Tasca’s father, Alessandro Tasca Filangeri di Cutò, was known in Italy as ‘The Red Prince’ due to his socialist ideals.
Alessandro Tasca. Actor: Mission Kill. Born Prince Alessandro Tasca di Cutò into an aristocratic family of Norman origin, cousin of the author Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, author of the classic novel The Leopard, adapted into a film by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon.
- July 21, 1906
- September 10, 2000
Jul 14, 1985 · After a swim, Welles usually ''takes meetings'' with his regulars, among them, Prince Alessandro Tasca di Cuto, his production manager, who first worked with Welles in 1947 on ''Cagliostro.''...
Alessandro Tasca, nephew of Giuseppe Lampedusa of The Leopard, had first met Welles in 1947 when he came to Europe to film Cagliostro; Tasca having spent a long time in the United States before the war, and working in Rome with Ezra Pound on his broadcasts during the war (see above).
Alessandro Tasca is known as an Actor, Executive Producer, Line Producer, Production Coordinator, and Producer. Some of their work includes Chimes at Midnight, Don Quixote, Goliath and the Dragon, The Changing of the Guard, and I Am Semiramis.
Sep 24, 2012 · The second collection, “The Alessandro Tasca di Cutò – Orson Welles Collection,” is from the personal papers of Alessandro Tasca and was purchased at auction in London. Tasca was a producer and friend of Welles from the 1950s until the latter’s death in 1985.
