Acting
Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films. In 1948 he played in Riso amaro. It was with Luchino Visconti's company that Gassman achieved his mature successes, together with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Paola Borboni. He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio (A Streetcar Named Desire), as well as in Come vi piace (As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy, followed by rare works such as Seneca's Thyestes and Aeschylus's The Persians. In cinema, he worked frequently both in Italy and abroad. He met and fell in love with American actress Shelley Winters while she was touring Europe with fiancé Farley Granger. When Winters was forced to return to Hollywood to fulfill contractual obligations, he followed her there and married her. With his natural charisma and his fluency in English he scored a number of roles in Hollywood, including Rhapsody with Elizabeth Taylor and The Glass Wall before returning to Italy and the theatre. On 29 June 2000, Gassman died of a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Rome at the age of 77. He was buried at Campo Verano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Gassman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Film · 2022
Trintignant by Trintignant
Film · 2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Film · 2021
We Are Cinema
Film · 2021
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Film · 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Film · 2021
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Film · 2018
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Film · 2015
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
Film · 2015
Còmics
Series · 2015
Close Up
Film · 2012
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Film · 2012
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Film · 2010
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
Film · 2007
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Film · 2006
Speaking with Gassman
Film · 2005
Luchino Visconti
Film · 2002
La bomba
Film · 1999
The Dinner
Film · 1998
Desert of Fire
Film · 1997
Desert of Fire
Series · 1997
Sleepers
Film · 1996
Once a Year, Every Year
Film · 1994
In morte di Federico Fellini
Film · 1994
Abraham
Film · 1993
Abraham
Series · 1993
Quando eravamo repressi
Film · 1992
The Long Winter
Film · 1992
Rossini! Rossini!
Film · 1991
I'll Be Going Now
Film · 1991
1001 Nights
Film · 1990
The Palermo Connection
Film · 1990
The Amusements of Private Life
Film · 1990
Mortacci
Film · 1989
The Sleazy Uncle
Film · 1989
L'altro enigma
Film · 1988
The Family
Film · 1987
I picari
Film · 1987
To Be Hamlet
Film · 1985
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
Film · 1985
Power Of Evil
Film · 1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Series · 1985
Life Is a Bed of Roses
Film · 1983
Benvenuta
Film · 1983
André Delvaux directs Benvenuta
Film · 1983
Tempest
Film · 1982
Count Tacchia
Film · 1982
Di padre in figlio
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Sharky's Machine
Film · 1981
Hotel Room
Film · 1981
Il turno
Film · 1981
The Nude Bomb
Film · 1980
The Terrace
Film · 1980
I'm Photogenic
Film · 1980
Quintet
Film · 1979
Dear Father
Film · 1979
Two Pieces of Bread
Film · 1979
A Wedding
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
Lost Soul
Film · 1977
The New Monsters
Film · 1977
Edipo Re
Film · 1977
The Desert of the Tartars
Film · 1976
The Career of a Chambermaid
Film · 1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Film · 1976
Pure as a Lily
Film · 1976
The Apple of My Eye
Film · 1976
Babau
Series · 1976
Midnight Pleasures
Film · 1975
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Apostrophes
Series · 1975
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Film · 1974
Scent of a Woman
Film · 1974
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
La Tosca
Film · 1973
The Audience
Film · 1972
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?
Film · 1972
Without Family
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Scipio the African
Film · 1971
In the Name of the Italian People
Film · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Brancaleone at the Crusades
Film · 1970
Let's Have a Riot
Film · 1970
The Divorce
Film · 1970
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
Film · 1970
Twelve Plus One
Film · 1969
Where Are You Going All Naked?
Film · 1969
The Archangel
Film · 1969
Alibi
Film · 1969
The Prophet
Film · 1968
The Black Sheep
Film · 1968
Ghosts, Italian Style
Film · 1967
Woman Times Seven
Film · 1967
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Film · 1967
Catch As Catch Can
Film · 1967
For Love and Gold
Film · 1966
Pleasant Nights
Film · 1966
The Devil in Love
Film · 1966
A Maiden for the Prince
Film · 1965
I Knew Her Well
Film · 1965
The Dirty Game
Film · 1965
Snow Job
Film · 1965
Let's Talk About Women
Film · 1964
One Million Dollars
Film · 1964
Il gaucho
Film · 1964
Summer Frenzy
Film · 1964
Shakespeare secondo Gassman
Film · 1964
The Monsters
Film · 1963
Il successo
Film · 1963
The Eye of the Needle
Film · 1963
Il Sorpasso
Film · 1962
March on Rome
Film · 1962
Dark Soul
Film · 1962
Sex Can Be Difficult
Film · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Barabbas
Film · 1961
Ghosts of Rome
Film · 1961
A Difficult Life
Film · 1961
The Last Judgment
Film · 1961
Seduction Of The South
Film · 1961
Love and Larceny
Film · 1960
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Film · 1960
The Great War
Film · 1959
La cambiale
Film · 1959
The Miracle
Film · 1959
Fiasco in Milan
Film · 1959
Il mattatore
Series · 1959
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Film · 1958
Tempest
Film · 1958
The Love Specialist
Film · 1957
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Film · 1957
War and Peace
Film · 1956
The Violent Patriot
Film · 1956
Defend My Love
Film · 1956
Beautiful But Dangerous
Film · 1955
Amleto
Film · 1955
Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
Film · 1955
Rhapsody
Film · 1954
Mambo
Film · 1954
Cry of the Hunted
Film · 1953
The Glass Wall
Film · 1953
Sombrero
Film · 1953
The Dream of Zorro
Film · 1952
Girls Marked Danger
Film · 1952
Anna
Film · 1951
Black Crown
Film · 1951
Double Cross
Film · 1951
The Outlaws
Film · 1950
Streets of Sorrow
Film · 1950
Il leone di Amalfi
Film · 1950
Lo sparviero del Nilo
Film · 1950
Bitter Rice
Film · 1949
Lure of the Sila
Film · 1949
The Mysterious Rider
Film · 1948
L'ebreo errante
Film · 1948
Shamed
Film · 1947
The Captain's Daughter
Film · 1947
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Film · 1947
Daniele Cortis
Film · 1947
Incontro con Laura
Film · 1945