Nino Manfredi
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Nino Manfredi was an Italian
actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana
genre.
Born at Castro dei Volsci
, province of Frosinone
, Lazio, he studied law before going into acting in the theatre company featuring also Vittorio Gassman
and Tino Buazzelli, especially in dramatic roles. In 1949 he played for the Piccolo Teatro di Milano under Giorgio Strehler
, in tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet
and The Storm. In 1952-1952 he collaborated with Eduardo De Filippo
, along with Paolo Panelli
and Bice Valori
.
In 1962 he played the eponymous character in the musical Rugantino
(see also Rugantino in the Italian Wikipedia).
He made his film debut in 1957, and later branched out into directing. He even composed songs for the soundtrack of one of his films. He continued appearing in films and on television into old age.
Italy
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actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana
Commedia all'italiana
Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana .-Stars:Vittorio Gassman, Ugo...
genre.
Born at Castro dei Volsci
Castro dei Volsci
Castro dei Volsci is a comune of c. 5,000 inhtabitants in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 90 km southeast of Rome and about 14 km southeast of Frosinone.-Geography:...
, province of Frosinone
Province of Frosinone
The Province of Frosinone is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 comuni . Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of 3,244 km², and a total population of 489,042 .The Province was established by Royal Decree on 6 December 1926 with territories belonging to Lazio...
, Lazio, he studied law before going into acting in the theatre company featuring also Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director...
and Tino Buazzelli, especially in dramatic roles. In 1949 he played for the Piccolo Teatro di Milano under Giorgio Strehler
Giorgio Strehler
Giorgio Strehler was an Italian opera and theatre director.-Biography:Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste to an Austrian father and a Franco-Slovene mother; he grew up speaking Italian but spoke French well and his German was passable. He became suddenly fatherless at the age of three, his...
, in tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
and The Storm. In 1952-1952 he collaborated with Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...
, along with Paolo Panelli
Paolo Panelli
Paolo Panelli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 55 films between 1948 and 1996. He was married to Bice Valori.-Selected filmography:* Hearts at Sea * Against the Law...
and Bice Valori
Bice Valori
Bice Valori was an Italian show girl and actress.Valori was born in Rome. She was the wife of actor Paolo Panelli....
.
In 1962 he played the eponymous character in the musical Rugantino
Rugantino
Rugantino is a musical comedy by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, which debuted at the Teatro Sistina in Rome, Italy, on 15 December 1962. Music was written by Armando Trovaioli.It is a comedy set in the papal Rome of the 19th century...
(see also Rugantino in the Italian Wikipedia).
He made his film debut in 1957, and later branched out into directing. He even composed songs for the soundtrack of one of his films. He continued appearing in films and on television into old age.
Actor
- Monastero di Santa Chiara (Napoli ha fatto un sogno) (1949)
- Torna a Napoli (1949)
- Anema e core (film) (1951)
- Viva il cinema! (1952)
- La prigioniera della torre di fuoco (1952)
- Ho scelto l'amore (1952)
- La domenica della buona gente (1953)
- Ridere, ridere, ridere (episode "Al Night Club Bar Zellette", 1954)
- Gli innamorati (1955)
- Prigionieri del male (1955)
- Non scherzare con le donne (1955)
- Lo scapolo (1955)
- Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956)
- Totò Peppino e la... malafemmina (1956)
- Tempo di villeggiatura (1956)
- Susanna tutta panna (1957)
- Camping (1957)
- Femmine tre volte, (1957)
- Guardia, ladro e cameriera (1958)
- Caporale di giornata (1958)
- Adorabili e bugiarde (1958)
- Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano (1958)
- Carmela è una bambola (1958)
- Venezia, la luna e tu (1958)
- I ragazzi dei Parioli (1959)
- Audace colpo dei soliti ignotiAudace colpo dei soliti ignotiAudace colpo dei soliti ignoti is a 1960 Italian comedy crime film directed by Nanni Loy...
(1959) - L'impiegato (1960)
- Le pillole di ErcoleLe pillole di ErcoleLe pillole di Ercole is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Nino Manfredi - dottor Pasqui...
(1960) - Crimen (film) (1960)
- The Last Judgement (1961 film)The Last Judgement (1961 film)The Last Judgement is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France.It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino...
(1961) - A cavallo della tigre (1961)
- Il carabiniere a cavallo (1961)
- Anni ruggenti (1962)
- I motorizzati (1962)
- L'amore difficile (episode "L'avventura di un soldato", 1962)
- La parmigiana (1962)
- El Verdugo (1963)
- I cuori infrantiI cuori infrantiI cuori infranti is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio Caprioli and Gianni Puccini. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:...
(episode "E vissero felici...", 1963) - Alta infedeltà (episode "Scandaloso", 1963)
- Le bamboleLe bamboleLe bambole is a 1965 Italian comedy film in four segments; cast includes Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida, Elke Sommer and Monica Vitti...
(episode "La telefonata" 1964) - Controsesso (episodes "Cocaina di domenica" and "Una donna d'affari", 1964)
- Questa volta parliamo di uominiQuesta volta parliamo di uominiQuesta volta parliamo di uomini is a 1965 Italian tragicomedyfilm directed by Lina Wertmüller.-Cast:*Nino Manfredi ... Various Roles*Luciana Paluzzi ... La moglie dell'industriale*Milena Vukotic*Margaret Lee*Tony Anthony*Alfredo Bianchini...
(1964) - Il Gaucho (1964)
- Io, io, io... e gli altri (1965)
- Made in ItalyMade in ItalyMade in Italy is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Nanni Loy.-Cast:*Renzo Marignano ... The Snob *Claudio Gora ... Bored Diner's Husband...
(1965) - Thrilling (episode "Il vittimista", 1965)
- I complessiI complessiI complessi is a 1965 commedia all'italiana film compesed by three episodes.- Episodes :*Una giornata decisiva, directed by Dino Risi, starring Nino Manfredi. It was written by Marcello Fondato, Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi....
(episode "Una giornata decisiva", 1965) - Io la conoscevo beneIo la conoscevo beneIo la conoscevo bene or I Knew Her Well is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.-Awards:...
(1965) - Straziami ma di baci saziami (1966)
- Una rosa per tuttiUna rosa per tuttiUna rosa per tutti is a 1965 Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale....
(1966) - Operazione San GennaroOperazione San GennaroOperazione San Gennaro is an Italian comedy film starring Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Totò and Claudine Auger. It is directed by Dino Risi and is a funny classic story of a perfect robbery plan gone wrong in the Italian way....
(1966) - Adulterio all'italiana (1966)
- Italian secret service (1967)
- Il padre di famiglia (1967)
- Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? (1968)
- Nell'anno del SignoreNell'anno del SignoreNell'anno del Signore is a 1969 Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale....
(1969) - Vedo nudo (1969)
- Rosolino Paternò soldato (1970)
- Contestazione generale (episode "Concerto a tre pifferi", 1970)
- Per grazia ricevutaPer Grazia RicevutaPer Grazia Ricevuta, often abbreviated as PGR, is an Italian band led by Giovanni Lindo Ferretti.The band grew out of the ashes of his previous project Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti, which disbanded following the departure of long-time collaborator Massimo Zamboni. Their name Per Grazia Ricevuta...
(1971) - La Betia ovvero in amore per ogni gaudenzia ci vuole sofferenza (1971)
- Roma BeneRoma BeneRoma Bene is a 1971 Italian dramatic comedy film, starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger....
(1971) - Trastevere (1971)
- Le avventure di Pinocchio (1972)
- Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972)
- Lo chiameremo AndreaLo chiameremo AndreaLo chiameremo Andrea is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Nino Manfredi - Paolo Antonazzi* Mariangela Melato - Maria Antonazzi* Anna Maria Aragona - Teacher...
(1973) - Pane e cioccolata (1974)
- C'eravamo tanto amatiC'eravamo tanto amatiWe All Loved Each Other So Much is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola and written by Scola and the famous screenwriter duo of Age & Scarpelli...
(1974) - Attenti al buffoneAttenti al buffoneAttenti al buffone is a 1976 Italian comedy film.- Cast :*Nino Manfredi as Marcello Ferrari* Mariangela Melato as Giulia* Eli Wallach as Cesare* Enzo Cannavale as Lolo* Francisco Rabal as the priest...
(1975) - Brutti, sporchi e cattiviBrutti, sporchi e cattiviFeos, Sucios y Malos es una película Italian language by Ettore Scola and released in 1976.It won the Prix de la Mise en scène at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Nino Manfredi plays the main protagonist.-Plot:...
(1975) - Basta che non si sappia in giro...! (episodes "Il superiore" and "L'equivoco", 1976)
- Quelle strane occasioni ("Il cavalluccio svedese" 1976)
- Signore e signori, buonanotte (episode "Il Santo Soglio", 1976)
- In nome del Papa Re (1977)
- La mazzettaLa mazzettaLa mazzetta is is an Italian comedy-crime movie directed in 1978 by Sergio Corbucci. It is based on the 1976 crime novel of the same name by the writer Attilio Veraldi.- Cast :* Nino Manfredi: Sasà Jovine...
(1978) - Cocco mio (Gros calin, 1979)
- Il giocattolo (1979)
- Café Express (film)Café Express (film)Café Express is a 1980 comedy film directed by Nanni Loy and starring Nino Manfredi.Michele Abbagnano ekes out a living by abusively selling coffee, hot milk and cappuccino on the night trains running between Naples and Vallo della Lucania; each night, his goods held in a set of vacuum flasks...
(1980) - Nudo di donna (1981)
- Spaghetti House (1982)
- Testa o croce (episode "Il figlio del beduino", 1982)
- Questo e quello (1983)
- Grandi magazzini (1986)
- Il tenente dei carabinieri (1986)
- Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
- I picari (1987)
- Helsinki-Napoli all night long Mika KaurismakiMika KaurismäkiMika Juhani Kaurismäki is a Finnish film director.He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki, and the father of Maria Kaurismäki who graduated from Tampere School of Art and Media in 2008 with her movie Sideline.Mika Kaurismäki has lived in Brazil since approximately 1992 and has made several...
(1988) - In viaggio con Alberto (Alberto Express), Albert Joffé (1990)
- In nome del popolo sovrano (1991)
- Mima (1991)
- The Flying DutchmanThe Flying Dutchman (film)The Flying Dutchman or De Vliegende Hollander is a 1995 Dutch comedy film directed by Jos Stelling.-Cast:*René Groothof ... Harander*Nino Manfredi ... Campanelli*Veerle Dobbelaere ... bobby*René van 't Hof ... Dwerg...
(Der flegende Hollander, 1995) - Colpo di lunaColpo di lunaColpo di Luna is a 1995 Italian movie drama written and directed by Alberto Simone. It won a David di Donatello for Best New Director. It was released in the U.S.A. in 2000 under the name Moon Shadow.-Plot summary:...
(1995) - Grazie di tutto (1998)
- La carbonara (1999)
- Una milanese a Roma (2001)
- Apri gli occhi e... sogna (2002)
- La luz prodigiosa (2003)
Actor (TV)
- La vita di Gesù (1975)
- Julianus barát (1991)
- Un commissario a RomaUn commissario a RomaUn commissario a Roma is an Italian television series....
(series, 1992) - Linda e il brigadiereLinda e il brigadiereLinda e il brigadiere is an Italian television series....
(series, 1997) - Linda e il brigadiere 2 (series, 1998)
- Dio ci ha creato gratis (1998)
- Linda, il brigadiere e... (series, 1999)
- Meglio tardi che mai (1999)
- Una storia qualunque (2000)
- Un difetto di famiglia (2002)
- Chiaroscuro (2003)
- La notte di Pasquino (2003)
- Un posto tranquillo (2003)
Director
- L'amore difficile (episode "L'avventura di un soldato", 1962)
- Between MiraclesBetween MiraclesBetween Miracles is a 1971 Italian commedia all'italiana film written and directed by Italian actor Nino Manfredi, in his debut as feature film director.-Cast:* Nino Manfredi - Benedetto Parisi* Lionel Stander - Oreste Micheli...
(Per grazia ricevuta, 1970) - Nudo di donna (1981)