''L'amante di Gramigna'' (internationally released as ''The Bandit'') is a 1969

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

. For this film

Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the ''commedia all'Italiana'', starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Angela, the cousin and love in ...

was awarded as best actress at the

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Cast

Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor, including roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) and El Indio in Leone's '' For a Few Dollars More'' ( ...

: Gramigna *

: Gemma *

Luigi Pistilli Luigi Pistilli (19 July 192921 April 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen, and television. At one time Pistilli was one of Italy's most respected actors of stage, screen, and television. In theater, he was considered one of the country's ...

: Ramarro *

Ivo Garrani Ivo Garrani (6 February 1924 – 25 March 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor. In films since 1952, Garrani is possibly best known for his role as Prince Vajda in Mario Bava's '' Black Sunday'' (1960). Biography Born in Introdacqua, ...

: Baron Nardò * Emilia Radeva: mother of Gemma * Assen Milanov: the notary * Marian Dimitrov * Stizio Mazgalov * Stoienka Mutafova * Vassil Popoliev * Gianni Pulone * Peter Petrov Slabakov * Stoian Stoiciev * Ivan Dimitrov Penkov

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* 1969 films Italian drama films Films directed by Carlo Lizzani Films set in Sicily Films set in the 1860s Films shot in Bulgaria Films based on works by Giovanni Verga Films produced by Dino De Laurentiis 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub