Actor: GIAN MARIA VOLONTE'
Gian Maria Volonté (1933 - 1994)
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- DirectorValerio ZurliniStarsClaudia CardinaleJacques PerrinLuciana AngiolilloA girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.****
- DirectorNanni LoyStarsRaffaele BarbatoCharles BelmontRegina BianchiThe film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans during World War II. During the four days in Naples, the revolt turns over in just a few hours. Neapolitans slung on rifles and guns or armed themselves with stones, house-objects, gasoline-bottles, anything and everything, anonymous and silent. Gennarino Capuozzo, a 10-year-old killed on a barricade while he was fighting against the invaders, is remembered as a hero.****
- DirectorValentino OrsiniPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsGian Maria VolontèDidi PeregoSpyros FokasPolitical activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker...****
First leading role for G.M. Volonté, whose character was loosely inspired to the real life of Salvatore Carnevale, a Sicilian trade unionist who sacrificed his life to fight against Mafia and defend peasant rights in the 50's Sicily. Not Taviani brothers' best effort, but still a brave, passionate, committed work. - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodGian Maria VolontèMarianne KochA wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.9/10
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodLee Van CleefGian Maria VolontèTwo bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.*****
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsGian Maria VolontèKlaus KinskiMartine BeswickA band of Mexican gunrunners employed by a revolutionary General accept an American mercenary into their gang, unaware of his true intentions.**** 1/2
- DirectorMario MonicelliStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakFolco LulliA group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.****
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèIrene PapasGabriele FerzettiA leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.****
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsGian Maria VolontèTomas MilianWilliam BergerA history professor has a chance meeting with an infamous outlaw and eventually assumes leadership of his gang.**** 1/2
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsGian Maria VolontèDon BackyRay LovelockA detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.*****
Brilliant and faithful reconstruction of the last heist committed by the 'Banda Cavallero' and their infamous getaway through Milan's streets in Fall 1967. Shot in an experimental and semi-documentary style by Carlo Lizzani (here at his best), the film is an unconventional, very intense and realistic crime drama filled with exciting action sequences, though not lacking in social commentary or psychological development of the characters.
I have no words to describe the greatness of Volonté playing the egomaniac lead bandit Pietro Cavallero, who used to rob banks as an act of rebellion. For this performance alone, he would deserve a monument!
'Banditi a Milano' is one of the many unfairly forgotten jewels from 60's Italian cinema. - DirectorGianni PucciniStarsGian Maria VolontèLisa GastoniCarla GravinaThe true story of seven Italian brothers, farmers and Catholic, who became Communist and fought for justice and freedom against Fascism. Shot in December 1943 in Reggio Emilia, they are the first and most famous heroes in the Italian "Resistenza" (resistance against German Fascism).****
- DirectorPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsGian Maria VolontèLucia BosèGiulio BrogiIn prehistoric times, a volcano erupts, resulting in loss a whole island under ash and lava. Survivors trying to convince a race (clan) to withdrawal, but something unexpected change their plans.6/10
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.10/10
One of the first Italian detective movies ever made. Political thriller but also psychological and surreal drama, it's probably the best in its genre. In a grotesque way, director and writer Elio Petri perfectly portrays the political and social contest in 70's Italy, period of violent civil demonstrations and heavy repression by authorities.
At the centre of the movie is a gorgeous Gian Maria Volonté, who plays the *beep* fascistoid and schizoid policeman ever seen on a screen. His omnipotence delirium is such that, after having committed a crime, intentionally leaves clues everywhere just to prove he's an untouchable citizen above suspicion. Volonté in his most intense and charismatic role!
The film is also remarkable for the original screenplay by Petri with Ugo Pirro and the amazing score by Ennio Morricone. - DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsAlain DelonBourvilGian Maria VolontèAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.****
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsMark FrechetteAlain CunyGian Maria VolontèOn the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.****
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèMariangela MelatoGino PerniceA conscientious factory worker becomes embroiled in political activism after accidentally cutting off his finger while working a machine.*****
A provocative and controversial 1971 movie written and directed by Elio Petri, better known for 'Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion', who distinguished himself by his socially and politically engaging cinema. This film is a bitter and satirical portrait of the hard working-class life in 60's-70's Italy , among exploitation of factory workers, inhuman conditions, continual strikes, political clashes, general hysteria and alienation.
In comparison with 'Investigation', 'The Working Class goes to Heaven' is less technical and aesthetic, but more sincere and realistic; the ironic and grotesque tones are still present, though.
Once again in a Petri's work, the music is composed and directed by Ennio Morricone and the leading actor is Gian Maria Volonté, who superbly plays another extreme character. In this case, a neurotic, passionate and logorrheic worker, on the border of madness, who is first a real stakhanovite, and then a rabid activist. - DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsGian Maria VolontèFabio GarribaCarla TatòA populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.**** 1/2
- DirectorGiuliano MontaldoStarsGian Maria VolontèHans Christian BlechMathieu CarrièreFleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial for heresy.****
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsGian Maria VolontèVincent GardeniaSilverio BlasiBiopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.*** 1/2
- DirectorFrancesco MaselliStarsGian Maria VolontèRenato SalvatoriFelice AndreasiFascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so Emilio is sent on a mission in the area of Turin, to put out of harm whistle-blowers.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèMarcello MastroianniMariangela MelatoParty leader and power broker M. is holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansing.9/10
"Todo modo para buscar la voluntad divina..."
Beyond the surface of a claustrophobic and dystopian political thriller, in 'Todo modo' (1976) we can find the harsh accusation that director Elio Petri made against the most important political party ever founded in Italy: the Democrazia Cristiana (DC). He put in evidence its ambiguous relationship with the Catholic Church and denounced the corruption and thirst for power of a party that had been ruling for over 30 years - from the 40's to the 70's.
Despite the dream-like narration, this visionary work offers an effective and substantially realistic vision of the dark side of my country. Maybe less solid than other masterpieces by the same director such as 'Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto' and 'La classe operaia va in paradiso', 'Todo modo' may be hard to follow because of the puzzling plot and the many metaphors. However, there's no doubt this is a great piece of art, a funny satire and one of the more illuminating political movies coming from Italy.
Unforgettable are the characters played by Volonté, Mastroianni and Ingrassia, as well as the solemn score by Morricone and the odd scenery by Dante Ferretti. Petri was a genius and a true classy filmmaker!
Freely adapted from Leonardo Sciascia's homonymous novel, the film was easily the main inspiration for Sorrentino's 'Il divo'. - DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsGian Maria VolontèErland JosephsonMario AdorfJourney into the fears of the escort agent Graziano, guilty of knowing too much.8/10
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsGian Maria VolontèPaolo BonacelliAlain CunyA doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.
- DirectorGianni AmelioStarsGian Maria VolontèEnnio FantastichiniRenato CarpentieriA principled judge faces a case that society demands capital punishment for.****
Palermo, 1937. A Fascist bureaucrat kills within a few hours the superior who sacked him, the colleague who replaced him and his own wife. Despite the capital punishment is almost certain, a liberal judge tries to save the accused (who's ironically in favour of the death penalty) and get a sentence of life imprisonment.
Intelligent courtroom drama that, without rhetoric, deals with the political interests behind the capital penalty and the corporate corruption in Fascist Italy. An immense (as usual) Volonté stands out among an excellent cast .
The movie was adapted from a Leonardo Sciascia's novel, based on an actual criminal trial. - DirectorFlorestano VanciniStarsEnrico Maria SalernoAnouk AiméeJacqueline SassardVittorio Borghi, a middle-aged journalist torn between young mistress and wife he no longer loves, returns to his hometown Mantua. There he remembers childhood in the era of fascism, war and ghost of another woman he never forgot.
- DirectorGiuliano MontaldoStarsGian Maria VolontèRiccardo CucciollaCyril CusackIn 1920s Boston, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are scrutinized for their anarchist beliefs while on trial for robbery and murder.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsGian Maria VolontèLuigi SquarzinaPeter BaldwinAn Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?8/10
- DirectorGiuseppe FerraraStarsGian Maria VolontèMattia SbragiaBruno ZaninThe story of the infamous 1978 kidnapping of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro by the left-wing terrorists from the Red Brigades.