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{{Short description|Italian screenwriter (1919–2005)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Agenore Incrocci
| image        =
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1919|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Brescia]], Kingdom of Italy
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2005|11|15|1919|7|4|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Rome]], Italy
| other_names  = Age
| occupation   = Screenwriter 
| years_active = 1949–2005
| relatives    = [[Zoe Incrocci]] (sister)<br>[[Giorgia Meloni]] (great-niece)
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}}

'''Agenore Incrocci''' (4 July 1919 – 15 November 2005), best known as '''Age''', was an Italian screenwriter, considered one of the fathers of the {{Lang|it|[[commedia all'italiana]]|italic=no}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} as one of the two members of the duo [[Age & Scarpelli]], together with [[Furio Scarpelli]].

==Early life==
Incrocci was born in [[Brescia]], into a family including several actors, such as his sister [[Zoe Incrocci|Zoe]], and spent his youth moving with them to numerous places of Italy.

== Career ==
His first work in the cinema world was a [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubber]] for [[Mario Monicelli]]'s first movie, ''[[I ragazzi della via Paal (film)|I ragazzi della Via Paal]]'' ([[1935 in film|1935]]). Subsequently, he worked for a radio, and in the meantime he started writing comic scripts. He also studied [[law]], but without graduating.

He spent the first four years of [[World War II]] in [[France]], as a prisoner of the [[French Army]] first and, later, of the [[Wehrmacht]]. He managed to escape, however, and fought for a year with the [[United States Army]]. Back from the front, he worked again in the radio and for wrote for [[theatre]] and [[humour]] magazine.

In wrote his first screenplay for ''[[I due orfanelli]]'', directed by [[Mario Mattoli]]. In 1949 started his famous collaboration with [[Furio Scarpelli]], as the duo [[Age & Scarpelli]].

Together with Scarpelli, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies. These include some of the most famous of all, such as [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'', [[Mario Monicelli]]'s ''[[Big Deal on Madonna Street|I soliti ignoti]]'' and many [[Totò]] movies. He also worked on some scripts on his own, such as that of [[Pietro Germi]]'s ''[[Divorce, Italian Style|Divorzio all'italiana]]''.

As an actor, he took part to ''[[La terrazza]]'' by [[Ettore Scola]] (screenplay by Age & Scarpelli, of course) and ''[[Ecce Bombo]]'' by [[Nanni Moretti]].

== Death ==
He died in [[Rome]] in 2005.

==See also==
{{Main|Age & Scarpelli}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0408488|name=Agenore Incrocci}}
*[https://variety.com/2005/scene/people-news/agenore-incrocci-1117933278/ Incrocci's death]

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[[Category:1919 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Italian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian screenwriters]]
[[Category:David di Donatello winners]]
[[Category:Italian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:People from Brescia]]
[[Category:Italian prisoners of war in World War II]]
[[Category:World War II prisoners of war held by France]]
[[Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Germany]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Italian escapees]]
[[Category:Escapees from German detention]]
[[Category:Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay winners]]


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