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Massimo Girotti (18 May 1918 – 5 January 2003) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades. Born in
Mogliano Mogliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about south of Macerata. Mogliano rises on a hill at 313 m. on the sea level and halfway between the Sibillini ...
, in the
province of Macerata The province of Macerata ( it, provincia di Macerata) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province includes 55 comunes (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Mace ...
, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and playing polo. While studying engineering, he attracted the attention of Mario Soldati, who offered him a small part in the film '' Dora Nelson'' (1939), but it was not until later, in
Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ...
's '' La corona di ferro'' (''The Iron Crown'') (1941) and
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...
's '' Un Pilota ritorna'' (''A Pilot Returns'') (1942), that he began to make an impression as a serious actor. In 1943 came a turning point in his career when
Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
cast him opposite the torrid
Clara Calamai Clara Calamai (7 September 1909 – 21 September 1998) was an Italian actress. She was one of the most famous and popular Italian actresses in the 1930s and 1940s, sharing the limelight with actresses such as Alida Valli, Valentina Cortese, an ...
in ''
Ossessione ''Ossessione'' (, English: ''Obsession'') is a 1943 Italian film based on the 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist fi ...
'' (''Obsession''), an earlier adaptation of the same novel on which Hollywood's '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' is based. The film marked, in a sense, the birth of
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. Some of his notable post-
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films include ''
Caccia tragica ''Tragic Hunt'' (Italian: ''Caccia tragica'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi and Carla Del Poggio. It was part of the wave of postwar neorealist films. It was one of two produc ...
'' (''The Tragic Hunt'') (1946) by
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and '' In nome della legge'' (1949) (''In the Name of the Law'') by Pietro Germi. In 1950, he starred opposite
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in Michelangelo Antonioni's first full-length feature, ''
Cronaca di un amore ''Story of a Love Affair'' ( it, Cronaca di un amore) is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Massimo Girotti and Lucia Bosè. Despite some neorealist background, the film was not fully compliant with the contem ...
'' (''Story of a Love Affair'') (1950). In 1953, he played
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in an Italian
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known in the US as ''
Sins of Rome ''Sins of Rome'' ( it, Spartaco) is a 1953 historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus. The rights of film's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film ''S ...
'' and then, returned to work again for Visconti, in '' Senso'' (1954), giving perhaps the finest performance of his career. In the years which followed, he appeared in many mainly Italian films for directors such as Lizzani, Bolognini, Vittorio Cottafavi, Lattuada, but it was not until 1968 that he once again played a role worthy of his talents - that of the father in
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's ''
Teorema ''Teorema'', also known as ''Theorem'' ( UK), is a 1968 Italian allegorical film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Terence Stamp, Laura Betti, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti and Anne Wiazemsky. Pasolini's sixth film, it ...
'' (''Theorem'') with
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and
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. Two years later, Pasolini cast him as Creonte opposite
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in his ''
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'' (1969). In 1972, he was in
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's ''
Last Tango in Paris ''Last Tango in Paris'' ( it, Ultimo tango a Parigi; french: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently w ...
''. That same year he made a rare appearance in a horror film when he agreed to a supporting role in ''
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'' as a favor to its director
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. He continued to act in character roles for the next thirty years. Some of the films he appeared in have been notable, including
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's ''
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'' (1976) with Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau, the 1985 television miniseries '' Quo Vadis?'',
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's '' Il mostro'' (''The Monster'') (1994). He died in Rome of a heart attack after having just completed his last film,
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's ''
La Finestra di fronte ''Facing Windows'' (Italian language, Italian: ''La finestra di fronte'') is a 2003 Italy, Italian movie directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her husband Filippo (Filippo Nigro) have settled into life. They both h ...
'' (''Facing Windows'') (2003).


Selected filmography

*'' Dora Nelson'' (1939) .... Enrico * '' A Romantic Adventure'' (1940) .... Luciano *''
Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
'' (1941) .... Angeloti (uncredited) *'' La corona di ferro'' (''The Iron Crown'', 1941) .... Licinio & Arminio, suo figlio *''
Pirates of Malaya ''Pirates of Malaya'' (Italian: ''I pirati della Malesia'') is a 1941 Italian historical adventure film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai and Camillo Pilotto. It is based on Emilio Salgari's 1896 novel ''The ...
'' (1941) .... Tremal-Naik * ''
The Two Tigers ''The Two Tigers'' (original title: ''Le due tigri'') is the fourth adventure novel in the Sandokan series written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1904. Plot summary India, 1857. Just when Tremal-Naik's life was getting back to n ...
'' (1941) .... Tremal-Naik *'' The Brambilla Family Go on Holiday'' (1941) .... Marco Sassoli *'' Un Pilota ritorna'' (''A Pilot Returns'', 1942) .... Il tenente Gino Rossati * ''
Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street (Manhattan), 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street (Manhattan), ...
'' (1943) .... Tommaso Rossi *''
Ossessione ''Ossessione'' (, English: ''Obsession'') is a 1943 Italian film based on the 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist fi ...
'' (''Obsession'') (1943) .... Gino Costa *''Apparizione'' (1943) .... Franco *''
The Gates of Heaven ''The Gates of Heaven'' ( it, La porta del cielo) is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The film was made during the German occupation of Rome, with support from the Vatican. This and another film '' The Ten Commandments'' ...
'' (1945) .... Il giovane cieco *''
The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...
'' (1945) .... (segment "Ricordati di santificare le feste") *''La carne e l'anima'' (1945) .... Andrea *''
Un giorno nella vita ''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of ...
'' (1946) .... Luigi Monotti * ''
Desire Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires. They are seen as propositional attitudes towards conceivable states of aff ...
'' (1946) .... Nando Mancini *''Fatalità'' (1947) .... Vincenzo Masi *''
Caccia tragica ''Tragic Hunt'' (Italian: ''Caccia tragica'') is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and starring Vivi Gioi, Andrea Checchi and Carla Del Poggio. It was part of the wave of postwar neorealist films. It was one of two produc ...
'' (''Tragic Hunt'' 1947) .... Michele *''Shamed'' (1947) .... Rocco *''
Christmas at Camp 119 ''Christmas at Camp 119'' (Italian: ''Natale al campo 119'') is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Vittorio De Sica and Peppino De Filippo. A group of Italian prisoners of war being held c ...
'' (1947) .... Nane, il veneziano *'' Lost Youth'' (1948) .... Marcello Mariani *''
Difficult Years ''Difficult Years'' ( it, Anni difficili) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Umberto Spadaro, adapted from the 1946 short story ''Vecchio con gli stivali'' (''Old Man in Boots''), by the Sicilian author Vitaliano B ...
'' (1948) .... Giovanni *'' The Street Has Many Dreams'' (1948) .... Paolo Bertoni *'' In nome della legge'' (''In the Name of the Law'', 1949) .... Il pretore Guido Schiavi *'' Fabiola'' (1949) .... Sebastian * '' Altura'' (1949) .... Stanis Archena *'' Welcome, Reverend!'' (1950) *''
Cronaca di un amore ''Story of a Love Affair'' ( it, Cronaca di un amore) is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Massimo Girotti and Lucia Bosè. Despite some neorealist background, the film was not fully compliant with the contem ...
'' (''Story of a Love Affair'', 1950) .... Guido *''Land der Sehnsucht'' (1950) *'' Behind Closed Shutters'' (1951) .... Ingegnere Roberto *''
Fugitive in Trieste ''Fugitive in Trieste'' ( it, Clandestino a Trieste) is a 1951 Italian war-drama film directed by Guido Salvini and starring Doris Duranti, Jacques Sernas and Massimo Girotti. Plot Giulio (Jacques Sernas), an Italian Air Force officer is arrest ...
'' (1951) .... Il falso giornalista *''Duello senza onore'' (1951) .... Carlo *'' Rome 11:00'' (1952) .... Nando *'' Leathernose'' (1952) .... Le docteur Marchal *''Il segreto delle tre punte'' (1952) .... Massimo Del Colle *'' Il Tenente Giorgio'' (1952) .... Tenente G. Biserta *''
Sins of Rome ''Sins of Rome'' ( it, Spartaco) is a 1953 historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus. The rights of film's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film ''S ...
'' (''Spartaco'', 1953) .... Spartacus *''
At the Edge of the City ''At the Edge of the City'' ( it, Ai margini della metropoli) is a 1953 Italian crime film drama directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film stars Massimo Girotti, Marina Berti and Giulietta Masina. In Rome a young man is falsely accused of killing hi ...
'' (1953) .... Avv. Roberto Martini *''
Sul ponte dei sospiri ''Sul ponte dei sospiri'' is a 1953 Italian adventure film. Cast * Frank Latimore as Captain Vessillo * Maria Frau as Bianca Spada * Massimo Girotti as Marco Spada * Françoise Rosay as Dama di Sant'Agata * Eduardo Ciannelli as Inquisitore ...
'' (1953) .... Marco Spada *''
A Husband for Anna ''A Husband for Anna'' ( it, Un marito per Anna Zaccheo) is a 1953 Italian romance-drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Cast * Silvana Pampanini: Anna Zaccheo * Amedeo Nazzari: Dr. Illuminato * Massimo Girotti: Andrea Grazzi * Umbe ...
'' (1953) .... Andrea Grazzi *''
Torna! ''Torna!'' (i.e. "Come Back!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson. Plot Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Roberto Varesi * Yvonne Sanson as Susanna *Franco Fabrizi as ...
'' (1953) .... Dott. Guido Aureli *''
The Love of a Woman ''The Love of a Woman'' (French: ''L'amour d'une femme'', Italian: ''L'amore di una donna'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cinem ...
'' (1953) .... André Lorenzi *'' Senso'' (1954) .... Il marchese Roberto Ussoni *''
La tua donna ''La tua donna'' (i.e. "Your Woman") is a 1954 Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Giovanni Paolucci and starring Patricia Neal, Massimo Girotti and Lea Padovani."La tua donna (Your Woman)". ''Films in Review''. Vol. 34. National Bo ...
'' (1954) .... Sandro Ademari *''
Marguerite de la nuit ''Marguerite de la nuit'' (US title: ''Marguerite of the Night'') is a 1955 French language motion picture fantasy drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, and written by Ghislaine Autant-Lara (screenplay & dialogue) and Gabriel Arout (adaptation), b ...
'' (1955) .... Valentin *''I quattro del getto tonante'' (1955) .... Maggiore Montanari *''
Desperate Farewell ''Desperate Farewell'' ( it, Disperato addio) is a 1955 Italian melodrama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Girotti, Lise Bourdin and Andrea Checchi.Goble p.302 It is a medical drama based on a novel by Andrea Majocchi. ...
'' (1955) .... Dott. Andrea Pitti *''Dimentica il mio passato'' (1957) .... Carlos *''Saranno uomini'' (1957) .... Don Antonio *'' Souvenir d'Italie'' (1957) .... Ugo Parenti *'' La Bestia humana'' (1957) .... Pedro Sandoval *'' The Goddess of Love'' (1957) .... Prassitele *''
La trovatella di Pompei ''La trovatella di Pompei'' (i.e. "The foundling of Pompei") is a 1957 Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Massimo Girotti and Alessandra Panaro. Plot Pompeii. Maria, is a girl raised by the loving ...
'' (1957) .... Guglielmo Curti *''
The Road a Year Long ''The Road a Year Long'' ( it, La strada lunga un anno, sh, Cesta duga godinu dana) is a 1958 film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. A Yugoslavian-Italian co-production, it was Yugoslavia's first ever submission for the Academy Award for Best Fore ...
'' (1958) .... Chiacchiera (Naklapalo) *''
Herod the Great Herod I (; ; grc-gre, ; c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman Jewish client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his renov ...
'' (1959) .... Ottaviano / Augustus *''Asphalte'' (1959) .... Éric *''
Head of a Tyrant ''Head of a Tyrant'' or ''Judith and Holofernes'' (Italian:''Giuditta e Oloferne'') is a 1959 Italian-French historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.Parish p.53 It is part of t ...
'' (1959) .... Holophernes *''
Wolves of the Deep ''Wolves of the Deep'' ( it, Lupi nell'abisso) is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Silvio Amadio. It was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Comandante * Folco Lulli as Nostromo * Alberto Lupo ...
'' (1959) .... Comandante *''La cento chilometri'' (1959) .... Toccaceli *''Le notti dei Teddy Boys'' (1959) .... Constantinos Vater *'' The Cossacks'' (1960) .... Tsar Alexander II *''
Lettere di una novizia ''Lettere di una novizia'' (internationally released as ''Letters by a Novice'' and ''Rita'') is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is loosely based on the novel with the same title by Guido Piovene. The film was coproduce ...
'' (1960) .... Don Paolo Conti *' (1960) .... Orfeo *''Cavalcata selvaggia'' (1960) *''
Romolo e Remo ''Duel of the Titans'' ( it, Romolo e Remo, lit=Romulus and Remus) is a 1961 Italian / French film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, and Virna Lisi. The film is about twin brothers revolt against tyranny in pr ...
'' (1961) .... Re Tazio *'' Venere Imperiale'' (1962) .... Leclerc *''Mafia alla sbarra'' (1963) *' (1963) .... Pro-Consul Caius Cornelius Maximus *''
Marco the Magnificent ''La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo'' or ''Marco the Magnificent'' is a 1965 international co-production (Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Egypt, France, Italy) adventure film directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard. Raoul Levy committed ...
'' (1965) .... Nicolo, Marco's Father *''
Idoli controluce ''Idoli controluce'' is a 1965 Italian film directed by Enzo Battaglia. Cast *Omar Sivori as Himself *Massimo Girotti as Ugo Sanfelice * Valeria Ciangottini as Liliana *Joanna Shimkus as Alexandra * Riccardo Garrone as Arturo Baldi * Gaspare Zo ...
'' (1965) .... Ugo Sanfelice *''El misterioso señor Van Eyck'' (1966) *''La volpe e le camelie'' (1966) *'' The Witches'' (1967) .... Sportsman (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La") *''
Teorema ''Teorema'', also known as ''Theorem'' ( UK), is a 1968 Italian allegorical film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Terence Stamp, Laura Betti, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti and Anne Wiazemsky. Pasolini's sixth film, it ...
'' (1968) .... Paolo, the father *'' Listen, Let's Make Love'' (1968) .... Tassi *''Le sorelle'' (1969) .... Alex / Martha's husband *'' The Red Tent'' (1969) .... Romagna *''
Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...
'' (1969) .... King Kresus / Creonte *''
Baron Blood Baron Blood is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of Baron Blood, John Falsworth, first appeared in ''The Invaders'' #7 (July 1976). The second incarnation, Victor ...
'' (1972) .... Dr. Karl Hummel *''
Last Tango in Paris ''Last Tango in Paris'' ( it, Ultimo tango a Parigi; french: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently w ...
'' (1972) .... Marcel *''Il mio corpo con rabbia'' (1972) .... Gabriele *''Les voraces'' (1973) .... Olmi *'' Stateline Motel'' (1973) .... Fred Norton *''La coppia'' (1973) *'' The Kiss of Death'' (1974) .... Eugenio Dazzi *''
Cagliostro Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (, ; 2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (; in French usually referred to as Joseph Balsamo). Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician. ...
'' (1975) .... Giacomo Casanova *''
The Suspicious Death of a Minor ''The Suspicious Death of a Minor'' ( it, Morte sospetta di una minorenne), a.k.a. ''Too Young to Die'', is a 1975 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Sergio Martino. Plot summary Police detective Paolo Germi (Claudio Cassinelli) and the mys ...
'' (1975) .... Gaudenzio Pesce *'' Mark Shoots First'' (1975) .... Il Questore Spaini *'' The Innocent'' (1976) .... Count Stefano Egano *''
Monsieur Klein ''Monsieur Klein'' ( eng, "Mr. Klein") is a 1976 mystery drama film directed by Joseph Losey, produced by and starring Alain Delon in the title role. Set in Vichy France, the Kafkaesque narrative follows an apparently Gentile Parisian art dealer ...
'' (1976) .... Charles *''
And Agnes Chose to Die ''L'Agnese va a morire'', internationally released as ''And Agnes Chose to Die'', is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Renata Viganò which won the Viareggio Prize in 1949. Cast ...
'' (1976) .... Palita *''
Passion of Love ''Passion of Love'' ( it, Passione d'amore) is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola and was adapted from the 1869 novel '' Fosca'' by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and served as the ...
'' (1981) .... Colonel *''Art of Love'' (1983) .... Ovid *''
Quo Vadis ''Quō vādis?'' (, ) is a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you marching?". It is also commonly translated as "Where are you going?" or, poetically, "Whither goest thou?" The phrase originates from the Christian tradition regarding Saint Pete ...
'' (1985, TV Mini-Series) .... Aulus Plautius *''
The Berlin Affair ''The Berlin Affair'' ( it, Interno Berlinese) is a 1985 Italo-German film, directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally and Mio Takaki. Set in Berlin, 1938, it sees the wife of a rising Nazi diplomat fall in love wit ...
'' (1985) .... Werner Von Heiden *''
La Bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions ''quadri'', ''tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe G ...
'' (1988) .... Con la partecipazione di *''
Rebus A rebus () is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) ...
'' (1989) .... Conte Valery Du Terrail *''
La Révolution française ''La Révolution Française'' is a French rock opera by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Raymond Jeannot, book by Alain Boublil and Jean-Max Rivière, created in 1973. The show premiered at the Palais des Sports de Paris. Synopsis With the Frenc ...
'' (1989) .... L'envoyé du Pape (segment "Anées Lumière, Les") *''Dall'altra parte del mondo'' (1992) .... Aureliano *''L'amore dopo'' (1993) .... Ing. Staino *'' Il mostro'' (''The Monster'', 1994) .... Distinguished Resident *''Un bel dì vedremo'' (1997) .... Emilio Venditti *''Dionysios Solomos'' (2001) *''
La finestra di fronte ''Facing Windows'' (Italian language, Italian: ''La finestra di fronte'') is a 2003 Italy, Italian movie directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and her husband Filippo (Filippo Nigro) have settled into life. They both h ...
'' (''Facing Windows'', 2003) .... Simone / Davide Veroli (final film role)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Girotti, Massimo 1918 births 2003 deaths People from the Province of Macerata Italian male film actors David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Italian male water polo players 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors