Petri, Elio (1929-1982), Cineasta italiano:Investigação de um Cidadão Acima de Qualquer Suspeita (1970);
A Classe Operária Vai ao Paraíso (1972).
Nationality: Italian. Born: Eraclio Petri in Rome, 29 January 1929. Education: University of Rome. Career: Film critic for communist daily L'Unita, 1950s; scriptwriter and assistant director, through 1950s; directed first feature, 1961. Awards: Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, for Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion, 1970; Best Film (ex aequo), Cannes Festival, for The Working Class Goes to Paradise, 1972. Died: 1982.
