Giorgio Bassani was born on March 4, 1916 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for La mano dello straniero (1954), Die freudlose Straße (1954) and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. He was married to Valeria Sinigallia. He died on April 13, 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.