Marcantonio Bragadin (admiral)

Bragadin during World War II

Marcantonio Bragadin (6 October 1906, Rome – 11 June 1986, Rome) was an Italian admiral of the Royal Italian Navy and the Italian Navy. He was also an essayist and the screenwriter of a number of war films. He was a direct descendant of the 16th-century Venetian commander Marco Antonio Bragadin.