Vittorio Gassman
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Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross
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(born Gassmann; September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian
theatre
and film
actor
and director
. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements (which made him greatly popular).
to a German father, Heinrich Gassmann, and a Pisa
n Jew mother, Luisa Ambron. While still very young he moved to Rome, where he attended the studies at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica.
, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's Nemica (theatre), he then moved to Rome and the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to the sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, the year after 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 Rosalinda (by Shakespeare) and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri
). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà
, for 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, then rare works such as Seneca
's Thyestes and Aeschylus
's The Persians.
In 1956 Gassman played the title role in a production of
Othello
. A little later, in the television
series entitled Il Mattatore (Spotlight Chaser) he obtained unexpected success and "Il Mattatore" became the nickname that accompanied him for the rest of his life. Gassman's debut in the commedia all'italiana
genre was rather accidental, in Mario Monicelli
's I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958). Famous movies featuring Gassman include: Il sorpasso
(1962), La Grande Guerra (1962), I mostri
(1963), L'Armata Brancaleone
(1966), Profumo di donna
(1974) and C'eravamo tanto amati
(1974).
He directed Adelchi, one of the lesser-known works by Alessandro Manzoni
. He toured his production to half a million spectators, crossing Italy with his Teatro Popolare Itinerante (a newer edition of the famous Carro di Tespi
). His productions include most of the famous authors of the 20th century, with repeated returns to the classics of Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and the Greeks. He also founded a theatre school in Florence, which formed many of the more talented actors of the current generations.
In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood; it was during an early stint there that he met and married Shelley Winters
, whom he divorced to return to Italy.
(mother of his daughter Vittoria); and Diletta D'Andrea, by whom he had a son, Jacopo. In addition, he had an affair with actress Juliette Maynel (who gave him Alessandro
, also an actor).
In the 1990s he took part in the popular TV show Tunnel in which he very formally and "seriously"' recited documents such as utility bills, yellow pages and similar trivial texts, such as washing instructions for a woollen sweater or cookies ingredients. He rendered them with the same professional skill that made him famous while reciting Dante
's Divine Comedy.
In 2000, he died of a heart attack
at his home in Rome
, aged 77.
Knight Grand Cross
Knight Grand Cross is the most senior grade of seven British orders of chivalry, three of which are obsolete. The rank entails admission into knighthood, allowing the recipient to use the title 'Sir' or 'Dame' before his or her name...
OMRI
Omri
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(born Gassmann; September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements (which made him greatly popular).
Early life
He was born in GenoaGenoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
to a German father, Heinrich Gassmann, and a Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
n Jew mother, Luisa Ambron. While still very young he moved to Rome, where he attended the studies at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica.
Career
Gassman's debut was in MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's Nemica (theatre), he then moved to Rome and the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to the sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, the year after he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro
Bitter Rice
Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America. It was a product of the Italian...
.
It was with Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni
Paola Borboni
Paola Borboni was an Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre....
. He played Stanley Kowalski
Stanley Kowalski
Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire.-In the play:Stanley lives in the working class Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with his wife, Stella , and is employed as a factory parts salesman. He was an Army engineer in WWII, having...
in Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as Rosalinda (by Shakespeare) and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri
Vittorio Alfieri
Count Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian dramatist, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy."-Early life:Alfieri was born at Asti in Piedmont....
). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà
Arnoldo Foà
Arnoldo Foà is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in over 130 films since 1938. He was born in Ferrara, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Un giorno nella vita * Bellezze in bicicletta...
, for a successful Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
(by Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
in Italy, then rare works such as Seneca
Seneca the Younger
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
's Thyestes and Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides, and is often described as the father of tragedy. His name derives from the Greek word aiskhos , meaning "shame"...
's The Persians.
In 1956 Gassman played the title role in a production of
Othello
Othello
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
. A little later, in the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series entitled Il Mattatore (Spotlight Chaser) he obtained unexpected success and "Il Mattatore" became the nickname that accompanied him for the rest of his life. Gassman's debut 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 was rather accidental, in Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
's I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958). Famous movies featuring Gassman include: Il sorpasso
The Easy Life
The Easy Life is a 1962 Italian cult movie directed by Dino Risi. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and one of the most famous examples of Commedia all'italiana film genre.-Plot:...
(1962), La Grande Guerra (1962), I mostri
I mostri
I mostri is a 1963 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Dino Risi. It was coproduced with France.The film was a huge success in Italy. It was censored in Spain...
(1963), L'Armata Brancaleone
L'armata Brancaleone
L'armata Brancaleone is an Italian comedy movie released in 1966, written by the famous duo Age & Scarpelli and directed by Mario Monicelli. It features Vittorio Gassman in the main role...
(1966), Profumo di donna
Profumo di donna
Profumo di donna is a Commedia all'italiana film directed by Dino Risi in 1974 based on Il buio e il miele, a story by Giovanni Arpino. Both Risi and the leading actor Vittorio Gassman won important Italian and French awards...
(1974) and C'eravamo tanto amati
C'eravamo tanto amati
We 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).
He directed Adelchi, one of the lesser-known works by Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni was an Italian poet and novelist.He is famous for the novel The Betrothed , generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature...
. He toured his production to half a million spectators, crossing Italy with his Teatro Popolare Itinerante (a newer edition of the famous Carro di Tespi
Carro di Tespi
Carro di Tespi was a travelling Italian theatrical company that was formerly supported by the Fascist regime. It was started in 1930 to bring opera to the masses....
). His productions include most of the famous authors of the 20th century, with repeated returns to the classics of Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and the Greeks. He also founded a theatre school in Florence, which formed many of the more talented actors of the current generations.
In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood; it was during an early stint there that he met and married Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006...
, whom he divorced to return to Italy.
Personal life
Gassman married three actresses: Nora Ricci (with whom he had Paola, an actress and wife of Ugo Pagliai); Shelley WintersShelley Winters
Shelley Winters was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006...
(mother of his daughter Vittoria); and Diletta D'Andrea, by whom he had a son, Jacopo. In addition, he had an affair with actress Juliette Maynel (who gave him Alessandro
Alessandro Gassman
Alessandro Gassman is an Italian actor.Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel.-Career:...
, also an actor).
In the 1990s he took part in the popular TV show Tunnel in which he very formally and "seriously"' recited documents such as utility bills, yellow pages and similar trivial texts, such as washing instructions for a woollen sweater or cookies ingredients. He rendered them with the same professional skill that made him famous while reciting Dante
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
's Divine Comedy.
In 2000, he died of a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
at his home in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, aged 77.
Actor
- Preludio d'amore (Love Prelude, 1946)
- Le Avventure di Pinocchio (The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1947)
- Il Cavaliere misterioso (The Mysterious Rider, 1947)
- Daniele Cortis (1947)
- L'Ebreo errante (1947) aka The Wandering Jew, (1947)
- La Figlia del capitanoLa figlia del capitanoLa figlia del capitano is a 1947 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Camerini. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Irasema Dilián - Maria Ivanovna "Mascia" Mironova...
(The Captain's Daughter, 1947) - Riso amaroBitter RiceBitter Rice is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America. It was a product of the Italian...
(Bitter Rice, 1948) - I fuorilegge, (The Outlaws, 1949)
- Ho sognato il paradiso (Streets of Sorrow, 1949)
- Il lupo della Sila (1949)
- Lo sparviero del Nilo (1949)
- Il tradimento (1949)
- Una voce nel tuo cuore (1949)
- Il leone di Amalfi (1950)
- AnnaAnna (1951 film)Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring by the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous...
(1951) - La corona negra (1951)
- Il sogno di Zorro (1952)
- Sombrero (1953)
- The Glass WallThe Glass WallThe Glass Wall is a black-and-white 1953 film directed by Maxwell Shane. The film was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.-Plot:...
(1953) - Cry of the HuntedCry of the HuntedCry of the Hunted is an American crime film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis. The drama features Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan and Polly Bergen.-Plot:...
(1953) - Mambo (1954)
- Rhapsody (1954)
- La donna più bella del mondo (1955)
- Difendo il mio amore (1956)
- Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1956)
- Kean (1956)
- War and PeaceWar and Peace (1956 film)War and Peace is the first English-language film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an American/Italian version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. The music score was by Nino Rota and the cinematography by Jack Cardiff...
(1956) - La ragazza del palioThe Love SpecialistThe Love Specialist is an Italian-French movie filmed in 1958, and released in the U.S. in 1959 with the title The Love Specialist.- Plot :...
(1957) - La tempesta (1958)
- I soliti ignotiBig Deal on Madonna StreetBig Deal on Madonna Street is a 1958 Italian criminal-comedy film, directed by Mario Monicelli, and considered to be among the masterpieces of Italian cinema. Its original title translates as "the usual unknown persons", a journalistic and bureaucratic euphemism for "unidentified criminals" or...
(Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958) - L'Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (Hold-up à la milanaise, 1959)
- La cambiale (1959)
- The Great WarThe Great War (1959 film)The Great War is a 1959 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I; the movie, while played on a comedic register, does not hide from the viewer the horrors and grimness of trench warfare...
(1959) - The Miracle (1959)
- Le sorprese dell'amore (1959)
- Crimen (Killing in Monte Carlo, 1960)
- Il MattatoreIl MattatoreLove and Larceny or Il mattatore is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:*Vittorio Gassman ... Gerardo Latini*Dorian Gray ... Elena...
(1960) - Barabba (1961)
- Anima nera (1961)
- I briganti italiani (1961)
- Fantasmi a Roma (Ghosts of Rome, 1961)
- A Difficult LifeA Difficult LifeA Difficult Life is a Commedia all'italiana or Italian-style comedy film directed by Dino Risi in 1961.-Plot:...
(1961) - The Last JudgementThe 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) - Amore difficile (Sex Can Be Difficult, 1962)
- Il giorno più corto (1962)
- La Marcia su RomaMarch on Rome (film)March on Rome is a 1962 comedy film by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi, aimed at describing the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini's black shirts from the point of view of two newly recruited, naïve black shirts....
(March on Rome, 1962) - Il SorpassoThe Easy LifeThe Easy Life is a 1962 Italian cult movie directed by Dino Risi. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and one of the most famous examples of Commedia all'italiana film genre.-Plot:...
(The Easy Life, 1962) - Frenesia dell'estateShivers in SummerShivers in Summer is a 1963 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Nardoni* Sandra Milo - Yvonne* Michèle Mercier - Gigi* Philippe Leroy - Manolo* Gabriella Giorgelli - Foschina...
(1963) - La Smania addosso (1963)
- Il Successo (1963)
- I MostriI mostriI mostri is a 1963 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Dino Risi. It was coproduced with France.The film was a huge success in Italy. It was censored in Spain...
(1963) - La Congiuntura (Hard Time for Princes, 1964)
- Il Gaucho (1964)
- Se permettete parliamo di donne (Let's Talk About Women, 1964)
- SlalomSlalom (film)Slalom is a 1965 comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Lucio Ridolfi* Adolfo Celi - Riccardo* Daniela Bianchi - Nadia* Beba Loncar - Helen* Lobna Abdel Aziz - Fahra Slalom is a 1965 comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Vittorio...
(1965) - Una Vergine per il PrincipeUna Vergine per il PrincipeA Maiden for a Prince is a 1966 Italian comedy, starring Vittorio Gassman and Virna Lisi and based on the failed marriage between Margherita Farnese and Vincenzo Gonzaga.Tagline: What's coming off in the royal bedchamber?...
(Virgin for the Prince, 1965) - The Dirty GameThe Dirty GameThe Dirty Game is a 1965 portmanteau spy film starring Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan.The original film had Robert Ryan linking four different spy stories, each helmed by a different director; original James Bond director Terence Young for the English sequences, Christian-Jaque for the French, Carlo...
(1965) - L'Arcidiavolo (Devil in Love, 1966)
- L'Armata BrancaleoneL'armata BrancaleoneL'armata Brancaleone is an Italian comedy movie released in 1966, written by the famous duo Age & Scarpelli and directed by Mario Monicelli. It features Vittorio Gassman in the main role...
(1966) - Le piacevoli nottiPleasant NightsPleasant Nights is a 1966 Italian comedy film directed by Armando Crispino and Luciano Lucignani and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Bastiano da Sangallo* Gina Lollobrigida - Domicilla* Ugo Tognazzi - Uguccione...
(1966) - Lo scatenatoCatch As Catch Can (1967 film)Catch As Catch Can is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Indovina. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Bob Chiaramonte...
(1967) - Il Tigre (1967)
- Sette Volte DonnaWoman Times SevenWoman Times Seven is a 1967 Italian/French/American co-production anthology film of seven different episodes, all starring Shirley MacLaine with most based on aspects of adultery...
(Woman Times Seven, 1967) - La Pecora nera (The Black Sheep, 1968)
- Questi fantasmiGhosts - Italian StyleGhosts - Italian Style is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Renato Castellani.-Cast:* Sophia Loren - Maria Lojacono* Vittorio Gassman - Pasquale Lojacono* Mario Adorf - Alfredo Mariano* Aldo Giuffrè - Raffaele* Margaret Lee - Sayonara...
(Ghosts - Italian Style, 1968) - Il Profeta (1968)
- L'AlibiAlibi (1969 film)Alibi is a 1969 comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Vittorio* Adolfo Celi - Adolfo* Luciano Lucignani - Luciano* Tina Aumont - Filli* Franco Giacobini - Luca* Jovanna Knox - La contessa...
(Alibi, 1969) - L'ArcangeloThe ArchangelThe Archangel is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Capitani and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Fulvio Bertuccia* Pamela Tiffin - Gloria Bianchi* Irina Demick - Sig.ra Tarocchi Roda* Adolfo Celi - Marco Tarocchi Roda...
(1969) - Dove vai tutta nuda? (Where Are You Going All Naked?, 1969)
- Una su 13 (The 13 Chairs, 1969)
- Brancaleone alle CrociateBrancaleone alle CrociateBrancaleone at the Crusades is an Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli in 1970, the sequel of the famous L'armata Brancaleone.-Plot:...
(Brancaleone at the Crusades, 1970) - Contestazione generaleLet's Have a RiotLet's Have a Riot is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Riccardo* Nino Manfredi - Beretta* Alberto Sordi - Don Giuseppe* Enrico Maria Salerno - Don Roberto...
(1970) - Il Divorzio (1970)
- In nome del popolo italiano (1971)
- Scipione detto anche l'africanoScipio the AfricanScipio the African is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Magni.-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Scipione l'Africano* Silvana Mangano - Emilia* Vittorio Gassman - Catone il Censore* Ruggero Mastroianni - Scipione l'Asiatico...
(Scipio the African, 1971) - L'udienzaL'udienzaL'udienza is a 1971 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Enzo Jannacci - Amedeo* Claudia Cardinale - Aiche* Ugo Tognazzi - Aureliano Diaz...
(The Audience, 1971) - Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (1972)
- Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione? (1973)
- La Tosca (1973)
- 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...
(We All Loved Each Other So Much, 1974) - Profumo di donnaProfumo di donnaProfumo di donna is a Commedia all'italiana film directed by Dino Risi in 1974 based on Il buio e il miele, a story by Giovanni Arpino. Both Risi and the leading actor Vittorio Gassman won important Italian and French awards...
(Scent of a Woman, 1974) - A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (Midnight Pleasures, 1975)
- Come una rosa al nasoPure as a LilyPure as a Lily is a 1976 comedy film directed by Franco Rossi and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Anthony M. Wilson* Ornella Muti - Lucia Mantuso* Madeleine Hinde - Vanessa Hampton* Adolfo Celi - L'onorevole...
(Pure as a Lily, 1976) - The Desert of the TartarsThe Desert of the TartarsThe Desert of the Tartars is a 1976 award-winning film by Italian director Valerio Zurlini with an international cast, including Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Max von Sydow, Francisco Rabal, Helmut Griem, Giuliano Gemma, Philippe Noiret, Fernando Rey, and Jean-Louis Trintignant...
(The Desert of the Tartars, 1976) - Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
- Telefoni bianchi (1976)
- Anima persa (The Forbidden Room, 1977)
- Due pezzi di pane (Happy Hobos, 1978)
- I nuovi mostriI nuovi mostriI nuovi mostri is a 1977 commedia all'italiana film composed by 14 episodes, directed by Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli...
(Via l'Italia!, 1978) - A WeddingA WeddingA Wedding is a 1978 black comedy film directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Geraldine Chaplin, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow, Lauren Hutton, Craig Richard Nelson, Pam Dawber, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Paul Dooley, Dennis Christopher, and Howard Duff...
(1978) - QuintetQuintet (film)Quintet is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film by Robert Altman produced in 1979. It features among others Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson, Fernando Rey, Vittorio Gassman and Nina Van Pallandt....
(1979) - Caro papà (Dear Father, 1979)
- Sono fotogenico (1980)
- La terrazzaLa terrazzaLa terrazza is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is starred by the best of Italian Cinema on those days: Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Serge Reggiani, Stefano Satta Flores, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Ombretta Colli,...
(The Terrace, 1980) - The Nude BombThe Nude BombThe Nude Bomb is a 1980 comedy film based on the television series Get Smart. It starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and was directed by Clive Donner...
(1980) - Il Turno (1981)
- Sharky's Machine (1981)
- Camera d'albergo (Chambre d'hôtel, 1981)
- Il Conte Tacchia (Count Tacchia, 1982)
- Di padre in figlio (1982)
- TempestTempest (1982 film)Tempest is an American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky. It is a very loose adaptation of the William Shakespeare play, The Tempest....
(1982) - Benvenuta (1983)
- La Vie est un romanLife Is a Bed of RosesLife Is a Bed of Roses is a 1983 French film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Jean Gruault. The English-language distribution title of the film is Life Is a Bed of Roses, though it has also been known as Forbek's Castle and Life Is a Fairy Tale...
(Life Is a Bed of Roses, 1983) - Paradigma (Power of Evil, 1985)
- I Soliti ignoti vent'anni dopoBig Deal After 20 YearsBig Deal After 20 Years is a 1987 Italian comedy film directed by Amanzio Todini.-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Tiberio* Vittorio Gassman - Peppe il pantera* Tiberio Murgia - Ferribotte* Clelia Rondinella - Marisa* Giorgio Gobbi - Brunino...
(Big Deal After 20 Years, 1987) - La Famiglia (The Family, 1987)
- I Picari (1988)
- Mortacci (1989)
- Lo Zio indegno (1989)
- I Divertimenti della vita privata (1990)
- Les Mille et une nuits (1990)
- Dimenticare Palermo (1990)
- El Largo invierno (1991)
- Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
- Quando eravamo repressi (1992)
- Tolgo il disturbo (1992)
- Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno (1994)
- AbrahamAbraham (film)Abraham is a 1994 television movie based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham.-Plot:Abram lives in Haran, a rich city. His wife Sarah is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day he hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Haran and travel to an unknown...
(1994, TV series) - SleepersSleepers (film)Sleepers is a 1996 legal drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of the same name.-Plot:...
(1996) - Un homme digne de confiance (1997)
- Deserto di fuoco (1997, TV Series)
- La cena (1998)
- La bomba (1999)
- Luchino Visconti (1999)
Director
- Kean (1956)
- L'AlibiAlibi (1969 film)Alibi is a 1969 comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Vittorio Gassman.-Cast:* Vittorio Gassman - Vittorio* Adolfo Celi - Adolfo* Luciano Lucignani - Luciano* Tina Aumont - Filli* Franco Giacobini - Luca* Jovanna Knox - La contessa...
(1969) - Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (1972)
- Di padre in figlio (1982)
Writer
- Luca de' Numeri. Novel, in 1947 won the Fogazzaro prize, publicated in 1965 (ed. Lerici)
- Un grande avvenire dietro le spalle. Milano, (1981). Longanesi & C.
- Vocalizzi. Milano, (1988). Longanesi & C.
- Memorie del sottoscala. Milano, (1990). Longanesi & C.
Disks
- CL 0426 - Antologia moderna - Ungaretti, Cardarelli, Palazzeschi, Montale, Quasimodo.
- CL 0401 - Dante Alighieri - Inferno canto quinto.
- CL 0437 - Dante Alighieri - Inferno canto XXVI.
- CL 0402 - Dante Alighieri - Paradiso canto XXXIII.
- CL 0457 - Elogio Olimpico - Poesie sportive.
- CL 0459 - Eschilo - Coefore - with Valentina Fortunato and Maria Fabbri.
- CL 0438 - Foscolo - Sepolcri.
- CL 0439 - Leopardi - Poesie
- CL 0440 - Leopardi - Poesie.
- CL 0458 - Manzoni - Adelchi, with Carlo D'Angelo.
- CL 0414 - Manzoni - Promessi sposi.
- CL 0416 - Manzoni - Il cinque maggio.
- CL 0441 - Mistici del '200.
- CL 0470 - Pascarella - Sonetti.
- CL 0417 - Pascoli - Poesie.
- CL 0420 - Saba - Poesie.
- CL 0415 - Shakespeare - Amleto.
- CL 0427 - Sonetti attraverso i secoli.
- CL 0443 - Gassman nel Mattatore prose varie.
- CL 0444 - Gassman nel Mattatore prose varie.
- CLV 0604 - Shakespeare - Otello.
- CLV 0607 - Irma la dolce.
- CLV 0609 - Gassman - Il Mattatore prose varie.