''Il terrorista'', internationally released as ''The Terrorist'', is a

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

war drama 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-gen ...

film directed by

Gianfranco De Bosio Gianfranco De Bosio (16 September 1924 – 2 May 2022) was an Italian film and theatre director. Filmography Cinema *''The Terrorist (1963 film), The Terrorist'' (1963) *''In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain'' (1971) Television *''Giorgio Dan ...

. It is inspired to real life events of the

Italian partisan The Italian resistance movement (the ''Resistenza italiana'' and ''la Resistenza'') is an umbrella term for the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social ...

Otello Pighin. The film entered the

24th Venice International Film Festival The 24th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1963. Jury * Arturo Lanocita (Italy) (head of jury) * Sergei Gerasimov (Soviet Union) * Lewis Jacobs (USA) * Hidemi Kon (Japan) * Claude Mauriac (Franc ...

, in which it won the Pasinetti Award.

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'' ( ...

: Renato Braschi * Philippe Leroy: Rodolfo Boscovich *

Tino Carraro Agostino Carraro (1 December 1910 – 12 January 1995) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Carraro started acting at young age in several amateur stage companies. Carraro then graduated at the , ...

: De Ceva "Smith" *

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...

: Anna Braschi *

Giulio Bosetti Giulio Bosetti (26 December 1930 – 24 December 2009) was an Italian actor and director. Career Giulio Bosetti appeared in film, on television and on stage over 30 times. In 1972, he narrated the television special ''La vita di Leonardo da Vi ...

: Ugo Ongaro *

Raffaella Carrà Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (), was an Italian singer, dancer, television presenter, actress and model. She was well known in Europe and Latin America as a result of her many ...

: Giuliana *

José Quaglio José Quaglio, real name Giuseppe Quaglio, (28 February 1926 – 8 January 2007), was an Italian actor and theater director. He has performed in some 50 films in Italy and has directed four. He acted in a dozen films in France. Filmography A ...

: Piero *

Carlo Bagno Carlo Bagno (21 March 1920 – 19 January 1990) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Lendinara, Rovigo, Bagno studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, graduating in 1941. Bagno was mainly active on ...

: Oscar Varino *

Franco Graziosi Franco Graziosi (10 July 1929 – 8 September 2021) was an Italian actor. Entering films in 1960, he made some 28 motion picture and television appearances between then and 2013. He appeared regularly in television mini-series throughout his car ...

: Aldrighi "Quadro"

References

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* 1963 films 1960s biographical drama films 1960s war drama films Italian biographical drama films Italian war drama films Italian Campaign of World War II films Films about Italian resistance movement Films scored by Piero Piccioni 1963 drama films Italian World War II films 1960s Italian films {{war-drama-film-stub