Gillo Pontecorvo dies in Rome

By 2006-10-13T12:31:00

As the inaugural Rome FilmFest is set to get underway tonight, Italy is mourning one of its cinema greats. GilloPontecorvo, most famous for directing TheBattle Of Algiers, died yesterday in Rome at the age of 86.

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