Franco Citti
Franco Citti (born April 23, 1935 in Rome , † January 14, 2016 there ) was an Italian actor .
Life
Citti, whose family comes from the simplest of backgrounds in the Roman suburb, met the writer and later director Pier Paolo Pasolini through his brother Sergio in the 1950s . This put Citti in the lead role of his first film Accattone in 1961 . With a restless demeanor, deep-set eyes, high cheekbones and a tragic-sarcastic look, as well as a spontaneous and unaffected manner of speaking, he became a prime example of the “boy from the middle of life” sought and valued by Pasolini. Later, too, Pasolini, similar to Ninetto Davoli , came back to him again and again, so Citti again took on a leading role in Edipo Re (1967) and was seen in numerous supporting roles in other Pasolini films.
Citti, who was also seen on stage in a 1963 production of Carmelo Benes Salome, played several times in films by his brother Sergio and co-directed Cartoni animati (1997) with him .
Citti played in over 60 films, and since the 1970s in purely commercial works and international productions, including The Godfather . Since the 1980s he has been working increasingly for television. Critics often described the "intense physical and extraordinarily expressive" design of his roles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Accattone - Those who never ate their bread with tears (Accattone)
- 1962: Mamma Roma (Mamma Roma)
- 1962: Una vita violenta
- 1966: May they rest in peace (Requiescant)
- 1967: Edipo Re - Bed of Violence (Edipo re)
- 1968: Kill everyone and return alone (Ammazzali tutti e torna solo)
- 1968: Quintero - the ace of the underworld (La legge dei gangsters)
- 1968: Killing was her job (Seduto alla sua destra)
- 1970: Decameron (Il decamerone)
- 1970: Ostia (Ostia)
- 1972: Pasolini's maddened stories (I racconti di Canterbury)
- 1972: The Godfather (The Godfather)
- 1974: Erotic stories from 1001 nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte)
- 1976: The bloody games of the rich (Roma: l'altra faccia della violenza)
- 1976: Ice cold guys on hot stoves (Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore)
- 1976: The voice of death (Il gatto dagli occhi di gaida)
- 1977: Beach Whispers (Casotto)
- 1977: The Gangster Academy (La banda del trucido)
- 1979: La Luna (La luna)
- 1980: Hell trip to the afterlife (Eroina)
- 1990: The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather Part III)
- 1993: The bloody road to power (Potere e conflitto)
Web links
- Franco Citti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography at the Cineteca di Bologna (Italian)
- Franco Citti obituary. Obituary on TheGuardian.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ is often also given in 1938
- ^ Franco Citti: è morto l'attore scoperto da Pasolini. Sorrisi.com, January 14, 2016 (Italian, accessed January 15, 2016)
- ↑ Andrea Orbicciani, article Franco Citti , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998. pp. 133/134
- ↑ entry Franco Citti at MyMovies.it (Italian, accessed on 15 January 2016)
- ^ Franco Citti, Italian star of Godfather I and III, dies in Rome aged 80. TheGuardian.com , January 14, 2016 (English, accessed January 15, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Citti, Franco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 2016 |
| Place of death | Rome |