Romolo Bacchini, also credited as Bachini (11 April 1872 – 27 March 1938)[1] was a filmmaker, musician, painter and Italian dialect poet, who spent his career during the silent film era.

Some have been lost while others were recovered and restored, such as La leggenda dell'edelweiss, of which coils and the original screenplay have been found by researchers of the Museo internazionale del cinema e dello spettacolo [it] (MICS) (International museum of film and entertainment), in 1988.

[2] In 1936, as art director for CAIR (Cartoni Animati Italiani Roma), he directed The Adventures of Pinocchio, which is believed to be the first animated film dedicated to the novel by Carlo Collodi.

[5][6][7][8] Contemporary and friend of poet and writer Augusto Jandolo [it], with him he was part of the "Gruppo dei Romanisti" as well as other intellectuals and artists who, during the charming times of Caffé Greco, animated the cultural salons of Rome.

In 1929 he wrote "Er Natale de Roma [it]",[9][10] a poem in blank verse and quatrains, all in Roman dialect, dealing with the birth of Rome and illustrated by the painter-ceramicist Romeo Berardi.