''Porzûs'' (also spelled ''Porzus'') is a

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historical war-drama film written and directed by

Renzo Martinelli Renzo Martinelli (born 1948) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than ten films since 1994. Selected filmography References External links * * 1948 births Living people Italian film directors People_from ...

. For his performance in this film

Lorenzo Crespi Lorenzo Crespi (born Vincenzo Leopizzi on 13 August 1971) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Messina, Crespi made his film debut in 1995, in Pappi Corsicato's ''Black Holes''. In 1998 he won the Globo d'oro for b ...

won the

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for best breakthrough actor, while

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was nominated for

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for best supporting actor.

Plot

One of the survivors of the

Porzûs massacre The Porzûs massacre ( it, eccidio di Porzûs, fur, ecidi di Purçûs, sl, pokol v Porčinju) was an intra-partisan massacre of the Italian resistance during late World War II, on 7 February 1945. It saw the killings of 17 partisans belonging to ...

, Storno, travels to

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to visit Geko, who did not see since the end of the war. The two recall all the dramatic events that have seen them protagonists between late 1944 and February 1945.

Cast

as Carlo Tofani "Geko" (young) *

as Carlo Tofani "Geko" (old) *

Lorenzo Flaherty Lorenzo Flaherty (born 24 November 1967) is an Italian actor. He is the son of an Irish father and an Italian mother. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1986. Selected filmography References External links * 1967 births ...

as Umberto Pautassi "Storno" (young) *

Gabriele Ferzetti Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Ferzetti's first leading role ...

as Umberto Pautassi "Storno" (old) *

Giuseppe Cederna Giuseppe Cederna (born 25 June 1957) is an Italian actor and author. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the journalist and politician Antonio Cederna and nephew of the writer and journalist Camilla Cederna, from his youth Cederna was at ...

as "Nullo" *

Giulia Boschi Giulia Boschi (born 17 December 1962) is an Italian film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Boschi is the daughter of the television presenter Aba Cercato. She made her film debut in 1984, in Francesca Comencini's ''Pianof ...

as Ada Zambon * Bruno Bilotta as "Dinamo" *

Massimo Bonetti Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director. Life and career Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's ''Bim Bum Bam''. Then, he obtained role ...

as "Gobbo" *

Lino Capolicchio Lino Capolicchio (21 August 1943 – 3 May 2022) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. He won a special David di Donatello acting award for his role in Vittorio de Sica's 1970 film, '' The Garden of the Finzi-Contini''. Capolicchio ...

as "Galvano" *

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as "Spaccaossi" * Salvatore Calaciura as "Africa" *

Victor Cavallo Victor Cavallo (birth name Vittorio Vitolo, 8 May 1947 in Rome – 21 January 2000 in Rome) was an Italian actor and underground writer. He started his acting career on stage in 1974, in cinema worked for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci a ...

as "Scabbia" *

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as Albina *

Pietro Ghislandi Pietro Ghislandi (born 19 April 1957 in Bergamo) is an Italian actor. History He was introduced to the public as a ventriloquist and was a finalist in the 1986/87 edition of the RaiUno program Fantastico 7 with his dummy Sergio. In 1985 he ...

as "Faccia-smorta"

References

External links

* 1990s war drama films Italian war drama films Films directed by Renzo Martinelli Films about Italian resistance movement Italian Campaign of World War II films 1997 drama films 1997 films Italian World War II films 1990s Italian films {{WWII-drama-film-stub