1922-09-01 Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Trintignant par Trintignant | Self (archive footage) | 2021-10-11 |
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Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2021-11-15 |
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Noi siamo cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita | Self (archive footage) | 2021-05-16 |
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Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia | Self | 2018-10-21 |
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Marcello Mastroianni, l'Italien idéal | Self (archive footage) | 2015-05-25 |
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Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant | Self | 2015-01-14 |
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Monicelli: La versione di Mario | Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-30 |
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Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore | Self (archive footage) | 2010-09-01 |
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Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne | Self | 2007-05-03 |
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Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture | Self (archive footage) | 2006-02-19 |
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Luchino Visconti | Self (archive footage) | 2002-06-23 |
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La bomba | Don Vito Bracalone | 1999-10-22 |
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La cena | maestro Pezzullo | 1998-09-03 |
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Deserto di fuoco | Tareq | 1997-01-01 |
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Sleepers | King Benny | 1996-10-18 |
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Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno | Giuseppe | 1994-10-13 |
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Abraham | Terach | 1993-12-12 |
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Quando eravamo repressi | The Sexologist | 1992-01-24 |
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El largo invierno | Claudio, El Mayordomo | 1992-02-15 |
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Tolgo il disturbo | Augusto Scribani | 1991-02-08 |
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Rossini! Rossini! | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1991-09-12 |
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I divertimenti della vita privata | Marquis | 1990-11-09 |
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Dimenticare Palermo | Il principe | 1990-02-02 |
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Les 1001 nuits | Sinbad | 1990-04-11 |
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Les 1001 Nuits (Version intégrale) | Sinbad | 1990-04-11 |
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Lo zio indegno | Zio Luca | 1989-10-27 |
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Mortacci | Domenico | 1989-02-24 |
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L'altro enigma | Il padre / Sofocle | 1988-01-01 |
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I picari | Marquis Felipe de Aragona | 1987-12-18 |
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La famiglia | Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather | 1987-01-20 |
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I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo | Peppe | 1985-12-25 |
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Le pouvoir du mal | Gottfried | 1985-08-01 |
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To Be Hamlet | Self | 1985-01-19 |
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Benvenuta | Livio | 1983-09-07 |
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La vie est un roman | Walter Guarini | 1983-04-20 |
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Il conte Tacchia | Prince Torquato Terenzi | 1982-12-23 |
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Di padre in figlio | Self | 1982-01-01 |
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Tempest | Alonzo | 1982-08-13 |
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Il turno | Ciro Coppa | 1981-09-18 |
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Camera d'albergo | Achille Mengaroni | 1981-02-12 |
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Sharky's Machine | Victor Scorelli | 1981-12-18 |
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La terrazza | Mario | 1980-02-08 |
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The Nude Bomb | Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani | 1980-05-09 |
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Sono fotogenico | Vittorio Gassman (uncredited) | 1980-03-21 |
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Quintet | Saint Christopher | 1979-02-09 |
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Caro papà | Albino Millozza | 1979-04-11 |
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Due pezzi di pane | Pippo Mifà | 1979-01-26 |
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A Wedding | Luigi Corelli | 1978-08-29 |
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Edipo Re | Edipo | 1977-12-11 |
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I nuovi mostri | il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia | 1977-12-15 |
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Anima Persa | Fabio Stolz | 1977-01-20 |
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Telefoni bianchi | Franco Denza | 1976-02-06 |
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Il deserto dei Tartari | Filimore | 1976-10-29 |
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Зеница ока | film festival participant | 1976-01-01 |
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Come una rosa al naso | Anthony M. Wilson | 1976-03-11 |
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Signore e signori, buonanotte | Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo | 1976-10-28 |
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A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere | Andrea Sansoni | 1975-02-19 |
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E il Casanova di Fellini? | Self | 1975-05-06 |
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Profumo di donna | Fausto Consolo | 1974-12-20 |
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C'eravamo tanto amati | Gianni Perego | 1974-12-21 |
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La Tosca | Scarpia | 1973-03-23 |
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L'udienza | Principe Donati | 1972-03-31 |
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Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto | Armando Zavanatti | 1972-03-30 |
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Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione? | Guido Guidi | 1972-12-19 |
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In nome del popolo italiano | Lorenzo Santenocito | 1971-12-18 |
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Scipione detto anche l'Africano | Catone il Censore | 1971-03-03 |
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L'uomo dal fiore in bocca | L'uomo dal fiore in bocca | 1970-03-06 |
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Brancaleone alle crociate | Brancaleone Da Norcia | 1970-12-24 |
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Il divorzio | Leonardo Nenci | 1970-04-20 |
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Contestazione generale | Riccardo | 1970-03-19 |
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Dove vai tutta nuda? | Rufus Conforti | 1969-09-12 |
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L'arcangelo | Furio Bertuccia | 1969-07-02 |
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L'Alibi | Vittorio | 1969-02-13 |
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12 + 1 | Mario Beretti | 1969-10-07 |
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Il Profeta | Pietro Breccia | 1968-02-15 |
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La pecora nera | Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti | 1968-11-09 |
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Il Tigre | Francesco Vincenzini | 1967-04-29 |
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Questi fantasmi | Pasquale Lojacono | 1967-12-23 |
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Woman Times Seven | Cenci | 1967-09-29 |
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Lo scatenato | Bob Chiaramonte | 1967-10-26 |
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L'armata Brancaleone | Brancaleone da Norcia | 1966-04-07 |
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L'arcidiavolo | Belfagor | 1966-12-21 |
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Le piacevoli notti | Bastiano da Sangallo | 1966-10-12 |
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Slalom | Lucio Ridolfi | 1965-09-24 |
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The Dirty Game | Perego / Ferrari | 1965-06-23 |
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Io la conoscevo bene | Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965-12-01 |
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Una vergine per il principe | Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga | 1965-10-26 |
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Il gaucho | Marco Ravicchio | 1964-09-18 |
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La congiuntura | Giuliano | 1964-12-29 |
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Se permettete parliamo di donne | Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero | 1964-03-28 |
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Frenesia dell'estate | Cap. Nardoni | 1964-02-04 |
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Il successo | Giulio Ceriani | 1963-09-24 |
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La smania addosso | Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer | 1963-09-14 |
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I mostri | The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte") | 1963-10-30 |
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Il sorpasso | Bruno Cortona | 1962-12-05 |
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La marcia su Roma | Domenico Rocchetti | 1962-12-20 |
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Anima nera | Adriano Zucchelli | 1962-08-12 |
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L'amore difficile | L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro") | 1962-12-24 |
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Il giudizio universale | Cimino | 1961-10-26 |
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Barabbas | Sahak | 1961-12-23 |
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I briganti italiani | O Caporale | 1961-12-16 |
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Fantasmi a Roma | Il Caparra | 1961-04-01 |
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Una vita difficile | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-19 |
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Il mattatore | Gerardo Latini | 1960-02-11 |
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Crimen | Remo | 1960-12-13 |
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Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti | Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi | 1959-12-19 |
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La grande guerra | Giovanni Busacca | 1959-10-28 |
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La cambiale | Michele | 1959-11-19 |
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The Miracle | Guido | 1959-11-12 |
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I soliti ignoti | Peppe il pantera | 1958-07-26 |
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La tempesta | Prosecutor | 1958-12-01 |
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La ragazza del palio | Piero di Montalcino | 1957-12-20 |
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Kean - Genio e sregolatezza | Edmund Kean | 1957-03-04 |
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War and Peace | Anatol Kuragin | 1956-08-21 |
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Giovanni dalle Bande Nere | Giovanni De Medici | 1956-09-14 |
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Difendo il mio amore | Giovanni Marchi | 1956-09-12 |
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Kean - Genio e sregolatezza | Edmund Kean | 1955-04-29 |
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Amleto | Amleto | 1955-07-19 |
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La donna più bella del mondo | Prince Sergei | 1955-10-21 |
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Rhapsody | Paul Bronte | 1954-04-16 |
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Mambo | Mario Rossi | 1954-09-18 |
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Sombrero | Alejandro Castillo | 1953-04-22 |
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The Glass Wall | Peter Kuban | 1953-03-19 |
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Cry of the Hunted | Jory | 1953-05-08 |
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La tratta delle bianche | Michele | 1952-09-25 |
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Il sogno di Zorro | Don Juan Antonio | 1952-03-26 |
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La corona negra | Mauricio | 1951-05-23 |
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Il tradimento | Renato Salvi | 1951-04-10 |
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Anna | Vittorio | 1951-12-20 |
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Lo sparviero del Nilo | Yussuf | 1950-09-01 |
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Il leone di Amalfi | Mauro | 1950-10-11 |
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Ho sognato il paradiso | Giorgio | 1950-01-19 |
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I fuorilegge | Turi | 1950-06-09 |
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Riso amaro | Walter | 1949-09-30 |
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Il lupo della Sila | Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann) | 1949-12-27 |
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Il cavaliere misterioso | Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt | 1948-11-01 |
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L'ebreo errante | Mathieu Blumenthal | 1948-01-24 |
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Le avventure di Pinocchio | Hässlicher Fischer / Il Pescatore verde | 1947-04-17 |
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Daniele Cortis | Daniele Cortis | 1947-05-06 |
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La figlia del capitano | Svabrin | 1947-10-08 |
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Preludio d'amore | 1946-01-01 | |
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Incontro con Laura | 1945-01-01 |
