Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Born: December 16, 1941
Died: January 7, 1994
in Cercola (Na)
Vittorio Mezzogiorno was an Italian actor. He became a star of the small screen by interpreting the Commissioner Davide Licata in the series La piovra which deals with the Mafia. In 1992, he played with his wife at the Teatro Stabile di Parma. This was to be his last appearances. He died of cancer in Milan at the age of 52.

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Golem, l'esprit de l'exil
Title: Golem, l'esprit de l'exil
Character: Le Maharal
Released: September 24, 1992
Type: Movie
An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the biblical Ruth) and her sisters, who are forced into exile after the death of their husbands. It is set in 1990s Paris, where the director was living in self-imposed exile following the ban on his 1982 documentary in Israel. The recurring theme of the film is migrations and unrooting, like the legendary Golem.
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Off Season
Title: Off Season
Character: Uncle Paul
Released: September 23, 1992
Type: Movie
The formerly great Swiss hotel which Valentin’s family owned when he was a boy has been emptied and is about to be torn down. He revisits the magical site’s empty halls and ballrooms.
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Reflections in a Dark Sky
Title: Reflections in a Dark Sky
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
In a sordid account of mutual charity, an alcoholic doctor tries to make a captive heroin addict kick her self-destructive behavior — and vice-versa.
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Scream of Stone
Title: Scream of Stone
Character: Roccia
Released: October 3, 1991
Type: Movie
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.
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The Conviction
Title: The Conviction
Character: Lorenzo Colajanni
Released: February 28, 1991
Type: Movie
A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innocence.
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Title: The Mahabharata
Character: Arjuna
Released: March 10, 1990
Type: TV
The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic based on the history of India, Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television. Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years' work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Indian epic is the story of all humanity.
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The Mahabharata
Title: The Mahabharata
Character: Arjuna
Released: January 24, 1990
Type: Movie
One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.
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The French Revolution
Title: The French Revolution
Character: Marat
Released: May 10, 1989
Type: Movie
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
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Contrainte par corps
Title: Contrainte par corps
Character: Kasta
Released: June 29, 1988
Type: Movie
A young Frenchwoman Claire, resting with her friend on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, becoms the victim of harassment by the local police commissioner Castes. Accused for disturbing public order, and then in the drug trade, she gets to the women's prison. Vacation turns into a nightmare ...
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Jenatsch
Title: Jenatsch
Character: Jörg Jenatsch
Released: June 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed the skeleton of Jörg Jenatsch, a revered freedom fighter who was mysteriously murdered in 1639. Initially disinterested, the journalist begins to uncover unflattering truths about the national hero and experiences visions in which he seems to be witnessing events that transpired over 300 years ago. As he obsessively pursues the investigation, his personal life and his grip on reality disintegrate, drawing him relentlessly toward the fatal carnival at which Jenatsch was killed.
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Fuegos
Title: Fuegos
Character: El Gringo
Released: March 11, 1987
Type: Movie
The action takes place at the turn of the century in a remote village in South America. Drunkard and brutal, a father reigns over a world of women whom he whips. For a long time, he imposed his "macho" law. But he created a flame of hatred in the heart of his eldest daughter, who organized the death of the tyrant...
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Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
Title: Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
Released: September 10, 1986
Type: Movie
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Mussolini and I
Title: Mussolini and I
Character: Sandro Pavolini
Released: April 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days as a terrorist to his alliance with Hitler to the betrayal of his son-in-law and untimely demise.
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The Bitch
Title: The Bitch
Character: Max Halimi
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: Movie
After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.
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Title: ...e la vita continua
Character: Saverio Betocchi
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: TV
Family drama that spans from the end of WWII to the eighties.
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Title: The Octopus
Character: Davide Licata
Released: March 11, 1984
Type: TV
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
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The Horsemen of the Storm
Title: The Horsemen of the Storm
Character: Gorian
Released: February 15, 1984
Type: Movie
Marie (Marlene Jobert) is a pretty female physician who attracts the strong romantic interest of two brothers during World War I in this uninspired drama by Gérard Vergez. The brothers meet her when she is on duty in Turkey -- one brother is stationed there and the other becomes her ambulance driver. Since Marie has just lost her husband in combat, she is not at first open to another relationship but finally begins an affair with the older brother. Jealousy rears its ugly head, and the younger and older brother start to compete for her favors. She is eventually separated from the two brothers after the oldest -- imprisoned for supposed sympathy with the Russians -- is sprung from jail. Marie is later imprisoned herself, and it will be a long time before she is able to find out the fate of those she knew during the days of combat, including the two brothers.
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The House of the Yellow Carpet
Title: The House of the Yellow Carpet
Character: Antonio
Released: September 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit begins a twisted a nightmare.
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A Hole in the Windshield
Title: A Hole in the Windshield
Character: Eugenio
Released: September 3, 1983
Type: Movie
A journalist meets a mysterious blonde. The meeting upsets his existence. Indeed, the man risks losing it completely.
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The Wounded Man
Title: The Wounded Man
Character: Jean Lerman
Released: May 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler and comes out of his shell, going 180 degrees into gay obsession. Though he has yet to physically approach the object of his affection, Henri builds up so much unrequited lust that it explodes with horrible results.
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The Moon in the Gutter
Title: The Moon in the Gutter
Character: Newton
Released: May 18, 1983
Type: Movie
A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
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The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Title: The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Character: Vittorio
Released: September 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Who is the mysterious stranger Cecilia met on the street? Why is he suspicious of everyone? She is happily married, has a lovely child and a good job: yet she decides to join him and to become his lover, sharing his destiny right up to its tragic conclusion.
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Car Crash
Title: Car Crash
Character: Nick
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
When successful racer Nick, with friend and business manager Paul are threatened off the racing circuit they call in a favor from a stock car mechanic who delivers more than they bargained for as he gives them the ultimate power car which he has spent years perfecting.
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Three Brothers
Title: Three Brothers
Character: Rocco Giuranna / Young Donato
Released: March 19, 1981
Type: Movie
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
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Arrivano i bersaglieri
Title: Arrivano i bersaglieri
Character: Alfonso
Released: October 29, 1980
Type: Movie
In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora's troops. After the armistice, the Italian soldier Alfonso killed a Pope's soldier, the son of Don Prospero. Then he sought refuge in the house of Don Prospero himself. There Costanza and Olimpia, respectively the wife and the daughter of Don Prospero, fall for him. Then Gustavo, who knew that Alfonso had killed Don Prospero's son arrived in the house... Some things are going to happen
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Desideria
Title: Desideria
Character: Erostrato
Released: September 3, 1980
Type: Movie
All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...
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Cafè Express
Title: Cafè Express
Character: Diodato Amitrano
Released: February 16, 1980
Type: Movie
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
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Speed Cross
Title: Speed Cross
Character: Nicola
Released: February 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Undercover cop Fabio Testi infiltrates the world of motocross racing.
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A Dangerous Toy
Title: A Dangerous Toy
Character: Sauro Civera
Released: February 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the friend who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge.
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Stunt Squad
Title: Stunt Squad
Character: Valli
Released: July 27, 1977
Type: Movie
Fed up with the murderous shenanigans of Valli’s protection racket, police chief Grifi assembles an ace team of stunt trained police officers to tackle the mob!
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Keep It To Yourself!
Title: Keep It To Yourself!
Character: Lupo
Released: November 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to hire a prostitute over the phone.
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La Orca
Title: La Orca
Released: June 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, where she is made to write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.
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Title: Extra
Character: Tom Hyers
Released: March 6, 1976
Type: TV
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Violent Milan
Title: Violent Milan
Character: Walter
Released: March 5, 1976
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves decides to hit the headquarters of Aspex. The police intervened and only two of the robbers managed to escape with the loot, while the other two are forced to take hostages to escape. The police started investigations but also the gang leader, the Cat, will be hunting the first two escaped with the loot to get money, and revenge for their escape.
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La Cecilia
Title: La Cecilia
Character: Luigi
Released: January 14, 1976
Type: Movie
At the end of the nineteenth century, Italian anarchists, ten men, one woman, libertarian, collectivist emigrate to Brazil to start a leaderless community, without hierarchy, without a boss without police, but not without conflict nor passion.
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Title: L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini
Character: Enzo Santelia
Released: November 23, 1975
Type: TV
Sicily 1812: the first liberal constitution shall put an end to the privileges of the feudal lords. Luca Corbara, sent by the Minister of Finance to control the landed properties, begins to suspect that the current Carini feud is made up of lands usurped more than two centuries before by the lover of the killed Baroness.
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Title: Il marsigliese
Character: Nino Sannataro
Released: September 28, 1975
Type: TV
As soon as Pierre Toriel arrives in Neaples, he causes a feud among local camorra men and Sicilian mobsters.
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Title: Diagnosi
Character: Dr. Silvestri
Released: January 7, 1975
Type: TV
1975 mini series