Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (15 October 1930 – 1 June 2024) was a French actor. He appeared in over 150 films from 1960, and worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in

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’s '' The Hole'' (1960), and for a

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for playing the

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in the Italian

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'' (1971). He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the

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, where he served in the

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and the

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Early life

Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu was born in

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on 15 October 1930 to an

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family; his ancestors included economist

Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu (9 December 1843 in Saumur – 9 December 1916 in Paris) was a French economist, brother of Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, born at Saumur, Maine-et-Loire on 9 December 1843, and educated in Paris at th ...

, historian

Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (February 12, 1842 – June 16, 1912) was a French publicist and historian born at Lisieux, Calvados. He specialized in writing about the history of Russia. Biography In 1866 he published ''Une troup ...

, and architect

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. At the age of 17, he started working on an

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, and spent a year abroad in

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Military service

In 1953, Leroy served as a

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in the "18e régiment de chasseurs parachutistes" in the

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. He later became a reservist, and served in the

as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was awarded two decorations of the

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, a

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, and the

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for his service. He retired as a

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Acting career

Leroy made his acting debut in 1960, starring as Manu Borelli in

’s last movie, the

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

'' The Hole'', an adaptation of

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's 1957 book '' The Break''. His performance won international recognition, and he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor at the

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in 1962. In 1961, Leroy moved to

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; he subsequently met and became friends with film director

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and actress

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, the former of whom offered him a role in his film ''Leoni al sole''. In the same year, he also starred in

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's crime film ''Caccia all'uomo''. After settling permanently in Italy, he went on to starr in various films, such as

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's ''The Terrorist'' (1963),

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's ''Seven Golden Men'' (1965),

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's ''The Night Porter'' (1974) and

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's ''The Cat''. However, he also kept working in French productions, including

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's ''A Married Woman'' (1964) and

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's ''La Femme Nikita'' (1990). He also rose to prominence for his involvement in several TV fictions, most notably including

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's ''

'' (1971), where he starred as the Italian polymath, and

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's ''

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'' (1976), where he played the role of Yanez de Gomera. In 2007, he starred in

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's ''Mother of Tears'', the concluding installment of horror movie trilogy ''

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''; in 2019, he made his last film appearance in

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's ''La notte è piccola per noi''.

Personal life

Leroy married Italian journalist Silvia Tortora in 1990; the couple stayed together until her death on 10 January 2022. They had two children; Philippe and Michelle. He also had another child, actress

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, from a previous marriage. In his later life, Leroy took up

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as a hobby. He was a member of the parachuting division of the

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sports club, as well as a supporter of their football team. In 2010, during the Rome Parashow, he celebrated his 80th birthday by jumping out of a plane. In April 2011, at the age of 81, he spent 12 days in

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with Italian paratroopers as a special correspondent. Leroy died in Rome on 1 June 2024, at the age of 93.

Filmography

Film

* '' The Hole'' (1960) * ''Chaque minute compte'' (1960) * ''

Spotlight on a Murderer ''Spotlight on a Murderer'' (french: Pleins feux sur l'assassin ) is a 1961 French psychodrama/murder-mystery film directed by Georges Franju. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Arrow Films in August 2017 in the UK and USA regions in an open-ma ...

'' (1961) * ''Les filles sèment le vent'' (1961) * ''

The Italian Brigands ''I briganti italiani'' (internationally released as ''The Italian Brigands'' and ''Seduction of the South'') is a 1962 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Mario Camerini. It was shot in Cerreto Sannita.''Una passeggiata nella storia'', Di Lauro ...

'' (1961) * ''

Leoni al sole ''Leoni al sole'' is a 1961 Italian comedy drama film. It is the directorial debut of Vittorio Caprioli. In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. In 2008, it was restored and shown as part of the ret ...

'' (1961) * ''

Caccia all'uomo ''Caccia all'uomo'' (translation: "Manhunt") is a 1961 Italian crime-drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Eleonora Rossi Drago, Yvonne Furneaux and Umberto Orsini. Plot Commissioner Nardelli is charged with capturing the dangerous ...

'' (1961) * '' Careless'' (1962) * ''La loi des hommes'' (1962) * ''

Alone Against Rome ''Alone Against Rome'' ( it, Solo contro Roma, also known as ''Vengeance of the Gladiators'') is a 1962 peplum film directed by Luciano Ricci and starring Lang Jeffries and Rossana Podestà. Cast * Lang Jeffries as Brennus * Rossana Podest� ...

'' (1962) * ''

The Shortest Day ''The Shortest Day'' ( it, Il giorno più corto) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both Eu ...

'' (1962) * '' The Attic'' (1962) * ''

55 Days at Peking ''55 Days at Peking'' is a 1963 American epic historical war film dramatizing the siege of the foreign legations' compounds in Peking (now known as Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion, which took place in China from 1899 to 1901. It was produc ...

'' (1963) * ''Le Quatrième Sexe'' (1963) * '' The Terrorist'' (1963) * ''

Shivers in Summer ''Shivers in Summer'' ( it, Frenesia dell'estate) is a 1963 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring among others Vittorio Gassman. Cast * Vittorio Gassman - Captain Nardoni * Sandra Milo - Yvonne * Michèle Mercier - Gigi * ...

'' (1964) * ''Il treno del sabato'' (1964) * ''Love in Four Dimensions'' (1964, episode 3) * ''

White Voices ''White Voices'' ( it, Le voci bianche) is a 1964 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and Massimo Franciosa. It was screened out of competition at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paolo Ferrari as Meo * Sandra Milo as ...

'' (1964) * ''

Weeping for a Bandit ''Weeping for a Bandit'' ( es, Llanto por un bandido) is a 1964 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was Saura's first film in color. It was co-produced with France and Italy, and starred Italian Lea Massari and French-Italian Lino Ven ...

'' (1964) * ''

Castle of the Living Dead ''Castle of the Living Dead'' ( it, Il Castello dei Morti Vivi, french: Le Chateau des Morts Vivants) is a 1964 horror film directed by Warren Kiefer. It was released in English under the title ''Crypt of Horror''. It was Kiefer's first film a ...

'' (1964) * ''

A Married Woman ''A Married Woman'' (french: Une femme mariée) is a 1964 French drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, his eighth feature film. Plot Charlotte is a woman in her twenties, married to Pierre, an affluent man in his later thirties or forties. Pierr ...

'' (1964) * ''Amore facile'' (1964, episode 2) * ''

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'' (1964, episode 2) * ''Una storia di notte'' (1964) * ''

The Naked Hours ''The Naked Hours'' ( it, Le ore nude) is a 1964 Italian drama film directed by Marco Vicario and starring Keir Dullea and Rossana Podestà. It is based on the novel ''Appuntamento al mare'' by Alberto Moravia. Plot this sex-charged character st ...

'' (1964) * '' The Possessed'' (1965) * ''

Seven Golden Men ''Seven Golden Men'' ( it, Sette uomini d'oro) is a 1965 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Marco Vicario. A film about a bank heist, it follows a gang of men and one woman. It followed the same story line as '' Topkapi'', and has a seque ...

'' (1965) * ''

The Mandrake ''The Mandrake'' (Italian: ''La Mandragola'' ) is a satirical play by Italian Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. Although the five-act comedy was published in 1524 and first performed in the carnival season of 1526, Machiavelli likel ...

'' (1965) * ''

Seven Golden Men Strike Again ''Seven Golden Men Strike Again'' ( it, Il grande colpo dei sette uomini d'oro, lang-en, ''The Big Hit of the Seven Golden Men'') is a 1966 film directed by Marco Vicario. It is the sequel of ''Seven Golden Men''. Plot The Seven Golden Men ...

'' (1966) * ''

A Maiden for a Prince ''A Maiden for a Prince'' ( it, Una vergine per il principe) is a 1966 Italian comedy, starring Vittorio Gassman and Virna Lisi and based on the failed marriage between Margherita Farnese and Vincenzo Gonzaga. Cast *Vittorio Gassman - *Virna Li ...

'' (1966) * ''

The Almost Perfect Crime ''The Almost Perfect Crime'', also known as ''Delitto quasi perfetto'' and ''Imperfect Murder'', is a 1966 Italian crime-comedy film written and directed by Mario Camerini. Cast * Philippe Leroy: Paolo Respighi * Pamela Tiffin: Annie Robson ...

'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1966) * ''Che notte ragazzi!'' (1966) * ''Lo scandalo'' (1966) * ''Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore'' (1966) * ''

The Wild Eye ''The Wild Eye'' ( it, L'occhio selvaggio) is a 1967 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Cavara. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Philippe Leroy as Paolo * Delia Boccardo as Barbara Bates * Gabriele Tint ...

'' (1967) * ''La notte è fatta per... rubare'' (1968) * '' The Libertine'' (1968) * ''

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell ''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' is a 1968 Technicolor American comedy film starring Gina Lollobrigida, and directed by Melvin Frank, who co-wrote the original screenplay with Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller. The United Artists release was filmed a ...

'' (1968) * ''Ecce Homo'' (1968) * ''

Cuore di mamma ''Cuore di mamma'' (also known as ''Mother's Heart'') is a 1969 Italian comedy drama film directed by Salvatore Samperi. Cast * Philippe Leroy: Andrea Franti * Beba Loncar: Magda Franti * Carla Gravina: Lorenza Garroni * Yorgo Voyagis: Carlo * ...

'' (1969) * ''

His Day of Glory ''His Day of Glory'' ( it, La sua giornata di gloria) is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Bruno. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Carlo Cecchi - Claude * Maria Manuela Carrilho - Marguerite * ...

'' (1969) * ''

How, When and with Whom ''Come, quando, perché'', internationally released as ''How, When and with Whom'', is a 1969 Italian romance film written and directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It is the last film of Pietrangeli, who died drowning in the sea of Gaeta, while he was ...

'' (1969) * '' Unknown Woman'' (1969) * ''

The Laughing Woman ''The Laughing Woman'' (Latin: ''Femina ridens''), also known as ''The Frightened Woman'', is a 1969 Italian erotic thriller film directed by Piero Schivazappa. Plot Dr. Sayer, the director of a philanthropic foundation, spends his weekends at h ...

'' (1969) * '' Mr. Superinvisible'' (1970) * ''Senza via d'uscita'' (1970) * ''

Cross Current ''Cross Current'' ( it, Un omicidio perfetto a termine di legge/ ''A Perfect Murder According to Law''), ( es, Homicidio al límite de la ley), is a 1971 Italian-Spanish giallo film directed by Tonino Ricci, starring Ivan Rassimov and Rosanna Yann ...

'' (1971) * ''

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) * '' Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte'' (1971) * ''

Hector the Mighty ''Hector the Mighty'' ( it, Ettore lo fusto) is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. A parody of Homer's ''Iliad'' set in modern times, it is loosely based on the 1966 novel ''Le roi des Mirmidous'' by Henri Viard and Bernard ...

'' (1972) * ''

Panhandle 38 ''Panhandle 38'' (Italian: ''...e alla fine lo chiamarono Jerusalem l'implacabile'', also known as ''Padella calibro 38'' and ''Panhandle Calibre 38'') is a List of Italian films of 1972, 1972 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy-western film. The fil ...

'' (1972) * ''

Caliber 9 ''Caliber 9'' ( it, Milano calibro 9, lit=Milan caliber 9; also released as ''The Contract'') is a 1972 Italian noir-poliziottesco film written and directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gastone Moschin, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bouchet, Philippe L ...

'' (1972) * ''

Naked Girl Killed in the Park ''Naked Girl Killed in the Park'' ( it, Ragazza tutta nuda assassinata nel parco, es, Joven de buena familia sospechosa de asesinato) is a 1972 giallo film directed by Alfonso Brescia, co-written by Gianni Martucci and starring Robert Hoffmann ...

'' (1972) * ''

Gang War in Milan ''Gang War in Milan'' ( it, Milano rovente, lit=Scorching Hot Milan) is a 1973 Italian ''Poliziotteschi, poliziottesco'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi. Cast * Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Antonio Sabàto: Salvatore Cangemi * Philippe Leroy (actor), P ...

'' (1973) * '' The Black Hand'' (1973) * ''R.A.S.'' (1973) * ''

The Bloody Hands of the Law ''The Bloody Hands of the Law'' ( it, La mano spietata della legge) is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Klaus Kinski. Cast * Philippe Leroy – Commissario Gianni De Carmine * Tony Norton – D'Amico * Silvia ...

'' (1973) * ''

Long Lasting Days ''Long Lasting Days'' ( it, Una vita lunga un giorno) is a 1973 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Mino Reitano, Philippe Leroy and Ewa Aulin. Plot A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and ...

'' (1973) * ''Cebo para una adolescente'' (1974) * ''

The Night Porter ''The Night Porter'' ( it, Il portiere di notte) is a 1974 English-language Italian erotic psychological war drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, the film stars Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, with Philippe Leroy, Gabriel ...

'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

La svergognata ''La svergognata'' (''The shameless woman''), is a 1974 Italian erotic drama film directed by Giuliano Biagetti. It marked the film debut of Leonora Fani. Plot Fabio is a writer in full creative crisis, married to Silvia, a beautiful actress ...

'' (1974) * ''

Libera, My Love ''Libera, My Love'' ( it, Libera, amore mio...) is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Claudia Cardinale. Cast * Claudia Cardinale as Libera Valente * Bruno Cirino as Matteo Zanoni * Adolfo Celi as Libera's father ...

'' (1975) * ''La nuora giovane'' (1975) * '' Il Soldato di ventura'' (1976) * ''La linea del fiume'' (1976) * ''Puttana galera!'' (1976) * ''

Mannaja ''Mannaja'' (also known as ''A Man Called Blade'') is an Italian 1977 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Martino. The main role, Blade, is played by Maurizio Merli. Other central roles are played by John Steiner, Sonja Jeannine, Donald O' ...

'' (1977) * ''

Beyond Good and Evil ''Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future'' (german: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work ''Thus Spoke Zarath ...

'' (1977) * '' The Cat'' (1977) * '' La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!'' (1977) * ''Quella strana voglia d'amare'' (1977) * ''Gli ultimi angeli'' (1978) * '' Covert Action'' (1978) * ''

Courage - Let's Run ''Courage fuyons'' is a French romantic comedy film directed by Yves Robert. Plot Martin Belhomme is a coward since his birth, also home cowardice is passed from generation to generation. After a childhood spent in the tumult of the Occupation, ...

'' (1979) * ''

Il medium ''Il medium'' () is a 1980 Italian film directed by Silvio Amadio. Production ''Il medium'' was developed due to director Silvio Amadio's interest in the occult, which he learned through his friend Demofilo Fidani. Fidani was a filmmaker who promi ...

'' (1980) * ''

Qua la mano ''Qua la mano'' (also known as ''Give me five'') is a 1980 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. The film was a great commercial success, grossing over 11 billion lire; it was the first film to break through the wall of the te ...

'' (1980) * ''Tranquille donne di campagna'' (1980) * ''Bello di mamma'' (1980) * ''Peccato originale'' (1981) * ''

Il tango della gelosia ''Il tango della gelosia'' (''Tango of Jealousy'') is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. Plot Since her husband is distracted by his passion for horse racing, Lucia decides to make him jealous by pretending to be the lover of his bo ...

'' (1981) * ''Teste di quoio'' (1981) * ''

State buoni se potete ''State buoni se potete'' is a List of Italian films of 1983, 1983 Cinema of Italy, Italian Historical film, historical comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni. The film is loosely based on real life events of Saint Philip Neri, Fili ...

'' (1983) * ''Windsurf – Il vento nelle mani'' (1984) * ''

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 with ...

'' (1985) * ''Juke box'' (1985) * '' A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later'' (1986) * ''La donna del traghetto'' (1986) * ''Incidente di percorso'' (1986) * ''

Montecarlo Gran Casinò ''Montecarlo Gran Casinò'' (i.e. "Monaco Gran Casino") is a 1987 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Plot Misadventures of five Italians at the Monte Carlo Casino: a penniless playboy lives off money from an ugly billionaire to suppo ...

'' (1987) * ''Umi e'' (1988) * ''

Don Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

'' (1988) * ''Deux'' (1989) * ''Un uomo di razza'' (1989) * ''

Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre ''Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre'' is a 1989 French film, directed by Denis Amar, and starring Lambert Wilson and Claudia Cardinale. Supporting actor Robert Hirsch won a Best Supporting Actor award from the French Academy of Cinema for the film. Plot ...

'' (1989) * ''

La Femme Nikita La Femme Nikita may refer to: * ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), a 1990 French action film by Luc Besson, originally named "Nikita" * ''La Femme Nikita'' (TV series), a 1997–2001 TV series based on the film, also called "Nikita" * ''Nikita'' (TV se ...

'' (1990) * '' The Man Inside'' (1990) * '' L'Autrichienne'' (1990) * ''Il volo di Teo'' (1990) * ''Netchaïev est de retour'' (1991) * ''

The Return of Casanova ''The Return of Casanova'' (french: Le Retour de Casanova) is a 1992 French period drama film directed by Édouard Niermans, and based on Arthur Schnitzler's novella ''Casanova's Homecoming''. It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. ...

'' (1992) * ''Adelaide'' (1992) * ''Alibi perfetto'' (1992) * ''Berlin '39'' (1993) * ''

Mario and the Magician ''Mario and the Magician'' (german: Mario und der Zauberer) is a novella written by German author Thomas Mann in 1929. Plot summary The narrator describes a trip by his family to the fictional seaside town of Torre di Venere, Italy (a fictional ...

'' (1994) * ''

Io e il re ''Io e il re'' (''The King and Me'') is a List of Italian films of 1995, 1995 Cinema of Italy, Italian historical film, historical comedy drama film written and directed by Lucio Gaudino. It entered the Italian Panorama section at the 52nd Venice I ...

'' (1995) * '' In Love and War'' (1996) * ''L'ombre du pharaon'' (1996) * ''Cous-cous'' (1996) * ''Le déménagement'' (1997) * ''

The Fish in Love ''The Fish in Love'' ( it, Il pesce innamorato) is a 1999 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni, who also stars alongside Yamila Diaz. Pieraccioni stars as Arturo, a writer of children's books, and Diaz stars as Matilde, ...

'' (1999) * '' The Town Is Quiet'' (2000) * ''Un giudice di rispetto'' (2000) * ''Teste di cocco'' (2000) * ''

Vajont Vajont ( Western Friulian: ) is a valley in the area of Longarone, in the province of Pordenone, north-eastern Italy. History The municipality was founded in 1971 on the municipal territory of Maniago. It was built to rehome the people evacuated ...

'' (2001) * ''Apri gli occhi e... sogna'' (2002) * ''Joy – scherzi di gioia'' (2002) * ''The Accidental Detective'' (2003) * ''

Five Moons Square ''Five Moons Square'' ( it, Piazza delle Cinque Lune, also known as ''Five Moons Plaza'' and ''Piazza Of The Five Moons'') is a 2003 Italian political thriller film written and directed by Renzo Martinelli. It is inspired by the story of the kidn ...

'' (2003) * '' Le Cou de la girafe'' (2004) * ''

The Mother of Tears ''Mother of Tears'' ( it, La Terza madre, literally ''The Third Mother'') is a 2007 supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento, and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. Th ...

'' (2007) * '' The Rage'' (2008) * ''

Blood of the Losers ''Blood of the Losers'' ( it, Il sangue dei vinti, also known as ''The Blood of the Victims'') is a 2008 Italian war drama film directed by Michele Soavi. It is based on a book by Giampaolo Pansa. Plot Cast * Michele Placido as Franco Doglian ...

'' (2008) * ''

Le Premier Cercle ''Le Premier Cercle'' (, ''The First Circle''), also known as ''Inside Ring'' and ''The Dead List'' in English and as ''Ultimate Heist'' on USA video, is a 2009 French-language film by Laurent Tuel. It tells the story of Milo Malakian (Jean Reno) ...

'' (2009) * ''Nient'altro che noi'' (2009) * ''Vorrei averti qui'' (2010) * ''La strada di Paolo'' (2011) * ''Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti'' (2012) * ''Questione di Karma'' (2017) * ''Chi salverà le rose?'' (2017) * ''Una gita a Roma'' (2017) * ''Hotel Gagarin'' (2018) * ''La notte è piccola per noi'' (2019)

Television

* ''Le rouge et le noir'' (1961) * ''

'' (1971, 5 episodes) * ''

'' (1976, 6 episodes) * '' La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!'' (1977) * ''Giorno segreto'' (1978, 3 episodes) * ''I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe'' (1979, 4 episodes) * ''Sam & Sally'' (1980, 1 episode) * ''...e la vita continua'' (1984, 8 episodes) * ''Il corsaro'' (1985) * '' Quo Vadis?'' (1985, 2 episodes) * ''Kamikaze'' (1986) * ''Il generale'' (1987, 2 episodes) * '' Due assi per un turbo'' (1987, 12 episodes) * ''

Treasure Island in Outer Space ''Treasure Island in Outer Space'' ( it, L'isola del tesoro) is a 1987 Italian science fiction television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. Plot It is based on the 1883 novel ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson, setting the s ...

'' (1987, 5 episodes) * ''

Eurocops ''Eurocops'' is a European television crime TV-series produced between 1988 and 1992. It is a co-production between seven European TV stations in which each station produced a number of episodes which were then pooled, dubbed and otherwise adapt ...

'' (1991, 1 episode) * ''Due vite, un destino'' (1993) * ''

Commissaire Moulin ''Commissaire Moulin'' (English: Police Commissioner Moulin) is a French television series created by Paul Andréota and Claude Boissol and starring Yves Rénier as the title character, Commissaire Jean-Paul Moulin. The show started in 1976, was ...

'' (1993, 1 episode) * ''Lie Down with Lions'' (1994) * ''

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

'' (1995) * ''

Noi siamo angeli ''Noi siamo angeli'' (English: ''We are Angels'') is an Italian action comedy television series, starring Bud Spencer and Philip Michael Thomas. Cast *Bud Spencer: Bob / Father Orso *Philip Michael Thomas: Joe / Father Zaccaria *Kabir Bedi: Nap ...

'' (1997, 1 episode) * ''Nessuno escluso'' (1997) * ''Une femme d'honneur'' (1997–1999, 2 episodes) * ''Ritornare a volare'' (1998) * '' Navarro'' (1999, 1 episode) * ''Un maresciallo in gondola'' (2002) * ''Cinecittà'' (2003) * ''

Elisa di Rivombrosa ''Elisa di Rivombrosa'' is an Italian television series (partly inspired by the 1740 novel ''Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded'') about a love story in 18th century Italy between Fabrizio Ristori, a young Italian Count, and his mother's maid, Elisa. It ...

'' (2003–2004, 4 episodes) * ''

Father of Mercy ''Father of Mercy'' ( it, Don Gnocchi - L'angelo dei bimbi) is a 2004 Italian television movie directed by Cinzia Th. Torrini. The film is based on real life events of Roman Catholic priest and then Blessed Carlo Gnocchi. Plot The film describ ...

'' (2004) * '' Imperium: Saint Peter'' (2005) * ''

Don Matteo ''Don Matteo'' ( en, Father Matthew) is an Italian television series that has been airing on Rai 1, Italian national television's first channel, since 2000. History The protagonist of the series is Father Matteo (portrayed by Terence Hill), a ...

'' (2008–2009, 7 episodes) * '' Inspector Coliandro'' (2009, 1 episode) * ''

I Cesaroni ''I Cesaroni'' ("''The Cesaronis''") is an Italian television series produced between 2006 and 2014 by Publispei and Mediaset RTI, inspired by the Spanish series ''Los Serrano'' (produced by Globomedia and Telecinco). The series was broadcast in I ...

'' (2012, 1 episode) * ''Meraviglie'' (2018, 1 episode)

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