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Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian
actor
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, including roles in four Spaghetti Western
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films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone
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's ''A Fistful of Dollars
''A Fistful of Dollars'' ( it, Per un pugno di dollari, lit=For a Fistful of Dollars titled on-screen as ''Fistful of Dollars'') is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, ...
'' (1964) and El Indio in Leone's ''For a Few Dollars More
''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German ac ...
'' (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani (23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereg ...
's ''A Bullet for the General
''A Bullet for the General'' ( es, Quién sabe?; original title means "Who knows?", in the Spanish language), also known as ''El Chucho Quién Sabe?'', is a 1966 Cinema of Italy, Italian Zapata Western film directed by Damiano Damiani and starrin ...
'' (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's '' Face to Face'' (1967).
In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film '' Investigatio ...
– '' We Still Kill the Old Way'' (1967), '' Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970), '' The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (1971) and '' Todo modo'' (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are '' Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956), ''Le Doulos'' (1962), '' Le Samouraï'' (1 ...
's '' Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970), Giuliano Montaldo's '' Sacco & Vanzetti'' (1971) and Francesco Rosi's '' Christ Stopped at Eboli'' (1979).
Early life
Volonté was born inMilan
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but grew up in Turin
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. His father Mario was a fascist officer from Saronno
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(province of Varese
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), who in 1944 was in command of the Brigata Nera of Chivasso, near Turin. His mother, Carolina Bianchi, belonged to a wealthy Milanese industrial family and his younger brother Claudio was an actor as well. He went to Rome
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to train for an acting career at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, which he left in 1957. He had a brief career in television and acting in Shakespeare
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and Goldoni plays on the stage, before establishing his film career.
Career
Volonté made his debut in 1960 in '' Sotto dieci bandiere'', directed byDuilio Coletti
Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977.
Career
Born in Penne, Abruzzo, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the profess ...
. Just four years later, he played "Ramón Rojo" in ''A Fistful of Dollars
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'' (1964
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), and "El Indio" in ''For a Few Dollars More
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'' (1965
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), both for cash reasons as he did not consider either role serious. Both films were directed by the then-unknown Sergio Leone
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, and Volonté's roles in them would bring him his greatest recognition from American audiences. He played Carlo Levi in '' Christ Stopped at Eboli'' (1979), which was based on Levi's autobiographical account of his years in internal-exile in Aliano, Southern Italy
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, in the 1930s. Volonté played the memorable role of the Bandito-turned-guerrilla, El Chuncho, in ''A Bullet for the General
''A Bullet for the General'' ( es, Quién sabe?; original title means "Who knows?", in the Spanish language), also known as ''El Chucho Quién Sabe?'', is a 1966 Cinema of Italy, Italian Zapata Western film directed by Damiano Damiani and starrin ...
'' (1966).
Volonté's performances as memorable but neurotic characters, or as a gifted leader of brigands or revolutionaries, together with the unexpected, worldwide success of the films, gave him international fame. Volonté had already played comedies, including ''A cavallo della tigre
''A cavallo della tigre'' is an Italian film written and directed by Luigi Comencini in 1961. It was released as ''Jailbreak'' in the United Kingdom and ''On the Tiger's Back'' in the United States. In 2002 the film was remade. Giuseppe Mazzac ...
'' (1961
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), by Luigi Comencini
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In 1968, Volonté won a Silver Ribbon as best actor for '' A ciascuno il suo'', also directed by
* '' Under Ten Flags'' (1960, directed by
''The Guardian'' was an Italian , and confirmed his versatility in ''
L'armata Brancaleone
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'' (1966). However, he found his main dimension in dramatic roles for ''Banditi a Milano
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'' (1968
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), by Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
, ''Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina
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It depicts the daily life of a fictitious Italian daily newspaper, ''Il Giornale'' (The Journal). The n ...
'' (1972) by Marco Bellocchio
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Life and career
Born in Bobbio
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, '' La Classe operaia va in paradiso'' (1972) by his friend Elio Petri
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and '' Il sospetto'' (1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
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) by Francesco Maselli.
In 1968, Volonté won a Silver Ribbon as best actor for '' A ciascuno il suo'', also directed by Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film '' Investigatio ...
. Volonté received the same award for two other performances: Petri's '' Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto'' (1971 *
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, winner of an Academy Award
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as best foreign film), considered by many to be his finest; and in ''The Abyss
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'' (1989
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).
In 1983
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he won the award for Best Actor
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The term most often refers to th ...
at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival for '' La Mort de Mario Ricci''. Four years later, at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival
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, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor
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for '' Il caso Moro''. 1988 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection, remarkable play as a Renaissance physician in ''The Abyss
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'' by André Delvaux
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from Marguerite Yourcenar
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's famous novel. In 1990, Volonté was named Best European Actor for ''Porte aperte
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''. In 1991
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, at the Venice Film Festival
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, he won a Golden Lion for his career as a whole. Volonté played numerous roles outside Italy.
Personal life
Volonté was a strongpolitical activist
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and known for his pro-Communist
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leanings. In 1981, he helped Oreste Scalzone to flee from capture in Italy to Denmark
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. He was the partner of Italian actress Carla Gravina for almost 10 years after they met when they played ''Romeo and Juliet'' in a theatre production in 1960. The two had a daughter Giovanna, born in the early 1960s. Actress Angelica Ippolito was his companion from 1977 until his death in 1994.
Death
Volonté died from aheart attack
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at the age of 61 in 1994 at Florina
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, Greece, during the filming of ''Ulysses' Gaze
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'', directed by Theo Angelopoulos
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. Actor Erland Josephson replaced him in the role. Volonté's grave is in a small cemetery on the Sardinia
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n island of La Maddalena, according to his wishes.
Selected filmography
* '' Under Ten Flags'' (1960, directed by Duilio Coletti
Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977.
Career
Born in Penne, Abruzzo, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the profess ...
) as Samuel Braunstein
* '' Girl with a Suitcase'' (1961, directed by Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian film director, stage director and screenwriter.
Biography
During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlin ...
) as Piero Benotti
* ''Journey Beneath the Desert
''Journey Beneath the Desert'' ( it, Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta) is a 1961 adventure film based on the novel '' Atlantida'' by Pierre Benoit.
Cast
* Jean-Louis Trintignant - Pierre
* Haya Harareet - Queen Antinea
* Georges Rivièr ...
'' (1961, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
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) as Tarath
* '' Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'' (1961, directed by Vittorio Cottafavi) as Re di Sparta
* ''On the Tiger's Back
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'' (1961, Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian ) as Papaleo * ''
''The Guardian'' was an Italian ) as Papaleo * ''
A Man for Burning
''Un uomo da bruciare'' (internationally released as ''A Man for Burning'') is a 1962 Italian drama film. It is the first feature film directed by Valentino Orsini and Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
It entered the 1962 Venice Film Festival, in which ...
'' (1962, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and Valentino Orsini) as Salvatore
* '' The Four Days of Naples'' (1962, directed by Nanni Loy
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L ...
) as Stimolo (uncredited)
* ''Noche de verano'' (1963, directed by Jorge Grau) as Alberto Suárez
* ''Il terrorista
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'' (1963, directed by Gianfranco De Bosio) as Braschi, l'ingeniere
* ''A Fistful of Dollars
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'' (credited as "Johnny Wels") (1964, directed by Sergio Leone
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) as Ramón Rojo
* '' The Magnificent Cuckold'' (1965, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli
Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.
Biography
Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing m ...
) as The Councillor
* ''For a Few Dollars More
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'' (1965, directed by Sergio Leone
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) as El Indio
* ''Seasons of Our Love
''Seasons of Our Love'' ( it, Le stagioni del nostro amore) is a 1966 Italian drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. It was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
* Enrico Maria Salerno ... Vittorio Borghi
* Anouk A ...
'' (1966, directed by Florestano Vancini
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He directed over 20 films since 1960. His 1966 film '' Le stagioni del nostro amore'', starring Enrico Maria Salerno, was entered into ...
) as Leonardo Varzi
* '' Wake Up and Die'' (1966, directed by Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
) as Inspector Moroni
* ''L'armata Brancaleone
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'' (1966, directed by Mario Monicelli
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) as Teofilatto dei Leonzi
* ''La strega in amore
''La strega in amore'' (also known as ''The Witch'', ''The Witch in Love'' and ''Strange Obsession'') is a 1966 Italian drama-horror film directed by Damiano Damiani. It is based on the novel ''Aura'' by Carlos Fuentes.
Cast
* Richard Johnso ...
'' (1966, directed by Damiano Damiani
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) as Fabrizio
* ''A Gangstergirl
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A popular young writer cannot decide which direction his life should go in. S ...
'' (1966, directed by Frans Weisz
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)
* ''A Bullet for the General
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'' (1967, directed by Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani (23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereg ...
) as El Chuncho Munoz
* '' We Still Kill the Old Way'' (1967, directed by Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film '' Investigatio ...
) as Prof. Paolo Laurana
* ''Faccia a faccia
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'' (1967, directed by Sergio Sollima) as Professor Brad Fletcher
* '' The Seven Cervi Brothers'' (1968, directed by Gianni Puccini)
* '' Bandits in Milan'' (1968, directed by Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
) as Pietro 'Piero' Cavallero
* ' (1968, directed by )
* '' The Bandit'' (1969, directed by Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
) as Gramigna
* '' Under the Sign of Scorpio'' (1969, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani) as Renno
* '' Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970
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, directed by Elio Petri
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) as "Il Dottore", the Police Inspector
* ''Wind from the East
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'' (1970, directed by Jean-Luc Godard
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and the Dziga Vertov Group
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) as Le ranger nordiste
* '' Many Wars Ago'' (1970, directed by Francesco Rosi) as Lt. Ottolenghi
* '' Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
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) as Vogel
* '' Sacco e Vanzetti'' (1971, directed by Giuliano Montaldo) as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
* '' The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' (1977, directed by Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film '' Investigatio ...
) as Lulù Massa
* '' The Mattei Affair'' (1972, directed by Francesco Rosi) as Enrico Mattei
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* Plot (narrative), the story of a piece of fiction
Music
* ''The Plot'' (album), a 1976 album by jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava
* The Plot (band), a band formed in 2003
Other
* ''Plot ...
'' (1972, directed by Yves Boisset
Yves may refer to:
* Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France
* Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name
* ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona
* ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fren ...
) as Sadiel – un leader progresste maghrebin
* ''Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina
''Slap the Monster on Page One'' ( Italian: ''Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina'') is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio.
It depicts the daily life of a fictitious Italian daily newspaper, ''Il Giornale'' (The Journal). The n ...
'' (1972, directed by Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Bobbio
Bobbio ( Bobbiese: ; lij, Bêubbi; la, Bobium) is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emili ...
) as Bizanti
* ''Lucky Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (, ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. Luciano started his criminal career in the Five Points gang and was instrument ...
'' (1973, directed by Francesco Rosi) as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
* ''Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmolo ...
'' (1973, directed by Giuliano Montaldo) as Giordano Bruno
* '' The Suspect'' (1975, directed by Francesco Maselli) as Emilio
* '' Letters from Marusia'' (1976, directed by Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fic ...
) as Gregorio
* '' Todo modo'' (1976, directed by Elio Petri
Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film '' Investigatio ...
) as M.
* ''Io ho paura
''I Am Afraid'' ( it, Io ho paura, link=no) is an Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani.
Cast
*Gian Maria Volonté as Brigadeer Lodovico Graziano
* Mario Adorf as Judge Moser
*Erland Josephson as Judge Cancedda
* Angelica Ippol ...
'' (1977, directed by Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani (23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereg ...
) as Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
* '' Christ Stopped at Eboli'' (1979, directed by Francesco Rosi) as Carlo Levi
* '' Ogro'' (1979, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo) as Izarra
* ''Stark System'' (1980, directed by Armenia Balducci) as Stark
* ''The Lady of the Camellias
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1981, directed by Mauro Bolognini
Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter.
Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy ...
) as Plessis
* ' (1982, TV miniseries, directed by Mauro Bolognini
Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter.
Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy ...
) as Count Mosca
* '' La Mort de Mario Ricci'' (1983, directed by Claude Goretta) as Bernard Fontana
* '' Il caso Moro'' (1986, directed by Giuseppe Ferrara) as Aldo Moro
* ''Chronicle of a Death Foretold
''Chronicle of a Death Foretold'' ( es, Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by t ...
'' (1987, directed by Francesco Rosi) as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
* '' Un ragazzo di Calabria'' (1987, directed by Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian ) as Felice * ''
Giovanni Savastano: "Gian Maria Volonté. Recito dunque sono" Edizioni Clichy, 2018
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''The Guardian'' was an Italian ) as Felice * ''
The Abyss
''The Abyss'' is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery te ...
'' (1988, directed by André Delvaux
André Albert Auguste Delvaux (; 21 March 1926 – 4 October 2002) was a Belgian film director. He co-founded the film school INSAS in 1962 and is regarded as the founder of the Belgian national cinema. Adapting works by writers such as Joh ...
) as Zénon
* '' Pestalozzi's Mountain'' (1989, directed by Peter von Gunten) as Pestalozzi
* '' Tre colonne in cronaca'' (1990, directed by Carlo Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina.
In English-speaking ...
) as Alberto Landolfi
* '' Open Doors'' (1990, directed by Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director.
Early life
Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence wit ...
) as Judge Vito Di Francesco
* '' Una storia semplice'' (1991, directed by Emidio Greco
Emidio Greco (20 October 1938 – 22 December 2012) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1974 film '' Morel's Invention''.
Life and career
Born in Leporano, in the province of Taranto, Greco moved in Turin as ...
) as Carmelo Franzò
* ''Funes, a Great Love
''Funes, a Great Love'' ( es, Funes, un gran amor) is a 1993 Argentine musical drama film directed by Raúl de la Torre and starring Graciela Borges, Gian Maria Volonté, Pepe Soriano, Moria Casán and Andrea Del Boca. It is based on a novel by Hu ...
'' (1993, directed by Raúl de la Torre
Raúl de la Torre (19 February 1938, in Zárate – 19 March 2010, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director screenwriter and film producer.
He was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival for the film '' Pobre mariposa ...
) as Bergama
* ''Banderas, the Tyrant
''Banderas, the Tyrant'' ( es, Tirano Banderas, links=no) is a 1993 internationally co-produced film directed by José Luis García Sánchez. It is an adaptation of the 1926 novel ''Tirano Banderas'' by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán. It was prod ...
'' (1993, directed by José Luis García Sánchez) as Santos Banderas (final film role)
References
External links
* *Giovanni Savastano: "Gian Maria Volonté. Recito dunque sono" Edizioni Clichy, 2018
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