Carlo Battisti (10 October 1882 â€" 6 March 1977) was an Italian
linguist and actor, famed for his starring role in Vittorio De Sica's
Umberto D..Battisti was born in Trento, Austria-Hungary in 1882
(nowadays Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy). He studied linguistics
at the University of Vienna and founded, along with Ettore Tolomei,
the nationalist journal Archivio per l'Alto Adige in 1906. In the
early 1920s he became professor of glottology of the University of
Florence. Throughout his life he published numerous books and articles
on a wide gamut of linguistic topics, ranging from phonetics to
Italian dialectology to toponomastics and Vulgar Latin. In recognition
of his accomplishments and expertise, Battisti was elected to the
Italian national language academy, Accademia della Crusca, in 1925. A
member of the National Fascist Party himself, Battisti maintained
always a sympathetic position towards the Italianization program which
the Fascism pursued towards the South Tyrolean populations and opposed
strongly the return of the German-speaking people, who had to leave
their region due to the South Tyrol Option Agreement of 1939, to the
Alto Adige after World War II.Battisti starred in Vittorio De Sica's
neorealist film Umberto D., his first and last as an actor. It was
filmed in 1951 and released in 1952. In 1955 he directed the
documentary Nozze fassane.Battisti died in 1977 in Empoli.
linguist and actor, famed for his starring role in Vittorio De Sica's
Umberto D..Battisti was born in Trento, Austria-Hungary in 1882
(nowadays Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy). He studied linguistics
at the University of Vienna and founded, along with Ettore Tolomei,
the nationalist journal Archivio per l'Alto Adige in 1906. In the
early 1920s he became professor of glottology of the University of
Florence. Throughout his life he published numerous books and articles
on a wide gamut of linguistic topics, ranging from phonetics to
Italian dialectology to toponomastics and Vulgar Latin. In recognition
of his accomplishments and expertise, Battisti was elected to the
Italian national language academy, Accademia della Crusca, in 1925. A
member of the National Fascist Party himself, Battisti maintained
always a sympathetic position towards the Italianization program which
the Fascism pursued towards the South Tyrolean populations and opposed
strongly the return of the German-speaking people, who had to leave
their region due to the South Tyrol Option Agreement of 1939, to the
Alto Adige after World War II.Battisti starred in Vittorio De Sica's
neorealist film Umberto D., his first and last as an actor. It was
filmed in 1951 and released in 1952. In 1955 he directed the
documentary Nozze fassane.Battisti died in 1977 in Empoli.
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