Tinto Brass, director of Caligula and maestro of Euro erotica, dies aged 93

November 4, 2026 · 4:47 pm 1 sources

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• Tinto Brass, director of Caligula and maestro of Euro erotica, dies aged 93
  The Guardian · November 4, 2026 16:47
  The cult Italian film-maker began as an assistant to Roberto Rossellini but moved into sex films, believing ‘eroticism to be a fundamental key to human expression’ Italian film director Tinto Brass, who was once hailed as the “Antonioni of the 70s” but came to be better known for bringing Italian…