Adolfo Padovan

Adolfo Padovan was born in Northern Italy and grew up city of Varese at the feet of Sacro Monte di Varese, part of the Campo dei Fiori mountain range, that hosts an astronomical observatory. On completing high school he settled in Milan where he went on to study astronomy, although he chose to abandon this in favour of a literary and philosophical career. Here in Milan he also briefly collaborated in making films with Milano Films, an early Italian silent film company which was active from 1909 to 1926. From this collaboration he is best known for co-directing L'Inferno and L'Odissea, both in 1911, with Francesco Bertolini and Giuseppe De Liguoro. He returned to his writing of literary and philosophical essays and died in July 1930.