Nino Crisman (1911–1983) was an Italian

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

. Crisman was born in the port city of

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

when it was still a part of the

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. Crisman made his film debut in 1939 during the Fascist era. He appeared as an actor in over thirty films, such as ''

El Greco Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...

'' (1966).Klossner p.123 From 1959 onwards he also began to produce films. He was married to the actress

Rossana Martini Rossana Martini (1 January 1926 – 2 February 1988) was an Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Born in Empoli, at 20 Martini won the first edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held in 1946, raising a great controversy by ...

Selected filmography

Actor

* '' Dora Nelson'' (1939) * ''

Backstage Backstage most commonly refers to backstage (theatre), also in motion picture and television production. Backstage may also refer to: Film and television * ''Back Stage'' (1969 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy * ''Back Stage'' (1942 fil ...

'' (1939) * ''

Department Store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Siege of the Alcazar ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' or ''L'Assedio dell'Alcazar'' is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the ''Mussolini Cup'' in Ve ...

'' (1940) * ''

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

'' (1941) * '' Malombra'' (1942) * ''

I Live as I Please ''I Live as I Please'' ( it, Voglio vivere così) is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Silvana Jachino and Luigi Almirante.Chiti & Poppi p.415 It was shot at the Titanus S ...

'' (1942) * '' Two Hearts'' (1943) * ''

Macario Against Zagomar ''Macario Against Zagomar'' (Italian: ''Macario contro Zagomar''; also known as ''Macario Against Fantomas'') is a 1944 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. Plot In Paris, the dreaded Zagomar kidnapped the ...

'' (1944) * ''

Turri il bandito ''Turri il bandito'' is a 1950 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Enzo Trapani. Plot Cast *Nino Crisman as Turri *Lilia Landi * Ermanno Randi * Dody Ristori *Massimo Sallusti *Vittorio Sanipoli *Amedeo Trilli Amedeo Trilli (9 ...

'' (1950) * ''

I'm the Capataz ''I'm the Capataz'' (Italian: ''Io sono il capataz'') is a 1951 Italian western-comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Renato Rascel, Silvana Pampanini and Marilyn Buferd. It was shot at the Incir-De Paolis Studios in Rome. The fi ...

'' (1951) * '' Angela'' (1955) * ''

Burning Fuse ''Burning Fuse'' (French: ''Le feu aux poudres'') is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The films sets we ...

'' (1957) * '' The Black Devil'' (1957) * ''

La vita agra ''La vita agra'', known in English-speaking countries as ''It's a Hard Life'', is a novel by Luciano Bianciardi published in 1962 by Rizzoli. It became a best-seller in Italy and it is considered one of the most important novels in contemporary ...

'' (1964) * ''

The Dirty Game ''The Dirty Game'' (german: Spione unter sich, french: Guerre secrète, it, La guerra segreta) is a 1965 anthology spy film starring Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan. Robert Ryan as American General Bruce is the link between three different spy stor ...

'' (1965) * ''

'' (1966)

Producer

* ''

Liolà ''Liolà'' () is an Italian stage play written by Luigi Pirandello in 1916, which takes place in 19th century Sicily. The original text was composed in the Sicilian dialect of Agrigento. The title character is a middle-aged single father by cho ...

'' (1963) * ''

'' (1964) * ''

Roma Bene ''Roma Bene'' is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger. Plot The classic scene of the upper middle-class in Rome: a duchess, the industrial husband and the many apparently respectable ...

'' (1971)

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television''. McFarland & Co., 2002.

External links

* 1911 births 1983 deaths Italian film producers Italian male film actors Mass media people from Trieste 20th-century Italian male actors Actors from Trieste {{Italy-actor-stub