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Liliana Cavani

Italian film director and screenwriter

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Born
January 12, 1933
Age in 2026
93
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1933

About Liliana Cavani

Liliana Cavani (born 12 January 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Cavani became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature film Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter). Her films have historical concerns. In addition to feature films and documentaries, she has also directed opera. While attending film school, Cavani won a competition at RAI, Italy's national television network, and took a job there as a director of historical documentaries in 1961. Cavani made her first non-fiction feature film in 1966 with Francesco di Assisi (Francis of Assisi). Called "heretical, blasphemous and offensive for the faith of the Italian people", it caused the first of many polemical reactions to Cavani's work.

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Career and life highlights

Liliana Cavani timeline

  1. While attending film school, Cavani won a competition at RAI, Italy's national television network, and took a job there as a director of historical documentaries in 1961.
  2. Cavani made her first non-fiction feature film in 1966 with Francesco di Assisi (Francis of Assisi).
  3. Cavani became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature film Il portiere di notte.

The world when Liliana Cavani was born

Liliana Cavani was born in 1933. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1933

  • #1 song"Stormy Weather" – Ethel Waters
  • Top movieKing Kong
  • Best-selling bookLost Horizon – James Hilton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst MLB All-Star Game played at Comiskey Park
  • Top headlineAdolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
  • Technology milestoneFM radio patented by Edwin Armstrong
  • Defining fadChain letters
  • Notable inventionFM radio
  • World population2.17 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population125.6M

1933 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Liliana Cavani's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19332026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$4,800$435,000
Average income$2,300$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population125.6M341 million

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