Alessandro Fersen

Biography

Alessandro Fersen was a Polish-born Italian dramatist and actor who played Prof. Krauss in "Africa sotto i mari" (1953). Born Aleksander Fajrajzen in Łódź to a Jewish family, he later studied philosophy at the University of Genoa before moving to Paris during the 1930s. Following World War II, Fersen returned to Italy and became involved in resistance movements and journalism, laying the groundwork for his future work as a theater director and author.