Vittorio Gassman — Actor (23)
Un italiano en la Argentina (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Il gaucho
director: Dino Risi actor: Vittorio Gassman / Amedeo Nazzari
other title: Il gaucho / Il Gaucho
Marco (Vittorio Gassman) es un agente de prensa que encabeza una delegación italiana que viaja a Buenos Aires para participar en el festival de cine del Mar del Plata. El grupo será recibido por un emigrante italiano que ha hecho fortuna con el comercio de carne vacuna. Pero Marco conocerá también la otra cara de la emigración italiana en Argentina de la mano de un viejo amigo, Stefano (Nino Manfredi).
Love and Larceny (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Il mattatore
other title: Il mattatore / Der Meistergauner
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
In the Name of the Italian People (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
In nome del popolo italiano
director: Dino Risi actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Vittorio Gassman
other title: In nome del popolo italiano / Abend ohne Alibi
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?
Dear Father (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Caro papà
director: Dino Risi actor: Vittorio Gassman / Aurore Clément
other title: Caro papà / Cher Papa
In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).
The Amusements of Private Life (1990) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I divertimenti della vita privata
other title: I divertimenti della vita privata / Les Amusements de la vie privée
Italian-French costume dramedy that takes place in France in the end of 18th Century during the French Revolution. It is "The Marriage of Figaro" meets "The Dangerous Liaisons" and it tells the story of two women, Mathilde Seurat, the actress and Julie Renard, the aristocratic wife and a mother (Delphine Forest plays both) with the same face who came from the different parts of society and at one point exchanged their identities and their lives. The movie also features Giancarlo Giannini and great Vittorio Gassman.
Midnight Pleasures (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere
other title: A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere / Eine Laus im Pelz
Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing witness that can prove Tina's innocence.
The Family (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La famiglia
director: Ettore Scola actor: Vittorio Gassman / Fanny Ardant
other title: La famiglia / Die Familie
"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And never once do we get out of the house, whose rooms provide the film's structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo couldn't really decide until it was too late.
The Palermo Connection (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dimenticare Palermo
director: Francesco Rosi actor: Jim Belushi / Mimi Rogers
other title: Dimenticare Palermo / Palermo vergessen
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.
Twelve Plus One (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
12 + 1
other title: Una su 13 / Zwölf plus eins
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
Let's Talk About Women (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Se permettete parliamo di donne
other title: Se permettete parliamo di donne / Frivole Spiele
Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and women in general.
The Glass Wall (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Glass Wall
other title: Il muro di vetro / Die gläserne Mauer
Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He needs to find an ex-G.I. named Tom whom he helped during the war, as Tom can prove Peter's right to legal entry into the United States. If he can't find Tom within 24 hours and prove his case, he will be branded a fugitive and will be permanently disqualified for U.S. citizenship.
Scipio the African (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Scipione detto anche l'Africano
other title: Scipione detto anche l'Africano / Escipión El africano
Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione?
other title: Che c'entriamo noi con la rivoluzione? / Bete, Amigo!
In the beginning of the 20th. century Italian actor Guido Guidi, more enthusiastic than talented, and his ensemble tour Texas. The mysterious and obviously rich Peppino Garibaldi gives them an offer, they can’t deny: For a large amount of dough they should play “Richard III.” in the Mexican town Vera Cruz.
But Peppino is not really interested in cultural affairs: He supports “La Revolución” and “General” Carasco, who utilizes the feastful premiere of “Richard III.” to raid Vera Cruz for Comandante Zapata. But shortly after the Mexican Army shows up with some canons in tow to sort things out.
Guidi and Padre Albino, Italian like him, succeed to flee and save Carasco accidentially from the firing squad. Whereas the latter coninues his revolutionary fight, Guidi and Albino start an odyssey through the struggling Mexico, which lets them fall one time in the hands of Carasco the other time in those of Herrera or even in the clutches of “hand-taking” bandidos.