Gino Cervi

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Gino Cervi with Georges Simenon and Arnoldo Mondadori

Gino Cervi (born May 3, 1901 as Luigi Cervi in Bologna , † January 3, 1974 in Punta Ala ) was an Italian actor . In German-speaking countries he was best known for the Don Camillo films, in which he played the communist mayor Peppone at Fernandel's side . His sonorous bass voice has been heard as a dubbing voice in numerous films. He was married to Nini Gordini since 1928. Cervi is the father of director, screenwriter and producer Tonino Cervi and the grandfather of actress Valentina Cervi and producer Antonio Levis Cervi .

His German voice was Werner Lieven in most of the Don Camillo films .

Life

Cervi was the son of the theater critic Antonio Cervi , who first appeared as a stage actor in 1924, a year after the death of his father . He developed into one of the most popular theater actors in Italy. He found his first engagement in the troupe around Alda Borelli , after which he often changed and developed into the first leading actor, where he had founded his own company from 1935 together with Sergio Tofano and Evi Maltagliati . Cervi drove his stage career with great success up to the beginning of the 1960s.

In 1932 he had his first screen appearance in the film L'Armata azzurra . He became world-famous through three films by Italian director Alessandro Blasetti : Aldebaran (1935), Storms over Morreale ( Ettore Fieramosca , 1938) and The Mysterious Avenger ( Un 'Avventura di Salvator Rosa , 1940). After the Second World War , its popularity was boosted by the then new medium of television . In his first television roles he played the detective Jules Maigret based on the crime novels by Georges Simenon .

In addition to the Don Camillo films (1952-1965) he also appeared in the Italian-French political satire The Man with the Sash (1962) together with Fernandel, in which he also played a mayor, but this time a fascist .

Shortly after Fernandel died while filming the sixth Don Camillo film in 1971, Cervi retired from the film business. In 1974 he died of a pulmonary infarction . Gino Cervi found his final resting place on the Cimitero Flaminio in Rome .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1932: L'armata azzurra
  • 1937: Gli uomini sono ingrati
  • 1938: Storms over Morreale (Ettore Fieramosca)
  • 1940: The Mysterious Avenger (Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa)
  • 1941: The betrothed (I promessi sposi)
  • 1942: Lie of a summer night (4 passi fra le nuvole)
  • 1944: Foolish Quartet (Quartetto pazzo)
  • 1945: Signor Tavet's needs (Le miserie del Signor Travet)
  • 1946: Black Eagle (Aquila nera)
  • 1947: Storms of Passion (Furia)
  • 1948: Anna Karenina
  • 1948: Fabiola (Fabiola)
  • 1949: The bride cannot wait any longer (La sposa non può attendere)
  • 1950: Chronicle of a love (Cronaca di un amore)
  • 1950: Women without a name (Donne senza nome)
  • 1951: Woman for one night (Moglie per una notte)
  • 1951: OK Nero (OK Nerone)
  • 1951: The Forbidden Christ (Il Cristo proibito)
  • 1952: Don Camillo and Peppone (Le Petit monde de Don Camillo)
  • 1952: The Queen of Sheba (La regina di Saba)
  • 1953: The Adventures of the Three Musketeers (Les Trois mousquetaires)
  • 1953: Don Camillo's return (Le Retour de Don Camillo)
  • 1953: The great role (La signora senza camelie)
  • 1953: Nero - the fall of Rome (Nerone e Messalina)
  • 1953: Rome, Termini Station (Stazione Termini)
  • 1954: Magdalena - Diary of a Lost Woman (Maddalena)
  • 1954: Versailles - Kings and Women (Si Versailles m'était conté)
  • 1955: Bought happiness (Non c'è amore più grande)
  • 1955: Frou-Frou, the Parisian (Frou-Frou)
  • 1955: The great battle of Don Camillo (Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone)
  • 1955: The lifesaver (Il coraggio)
  • 1956: A delicate neck for the hangman (Beatrice Cenci)
  • 1955: The Lovers (Gli innamorati)
  • 1957: Focal Point Tangier (Agguato a Tangeri)
  • 1957: love and chatter (Amore e chiacchiere)
  • 1957: The Sheik's Son (Los amantes del desierto)
  • 1958: The adventures of little Rémi (Sans famille)
  • 1958: Holidays for the model boy (Le Grand chef)
  • 1958: Under the sign of Rome (Nel segno di Roma)
  • 1958: Naked Maja
  • 1959: Archimedes - the lion of Syracuse (L'assedio di Siracusa)
  • 1959: Black Chapel secret operation
  • 1960: mistress of the world
  • 1960: The long night of 43 (La lunga notte del '43)
  • 1961: The blackmailer calls (Un figlio d'oggi)
  • 1961: Hold the bomb, darling (Che gioia vivere)
  • 1961: Reverend Don Camillo (Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo)
  • 1961: Our fellow, the professor (Gli attendenti)
  • 1962: Ten Italians for one German (Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella))
  • 1962: Marriage in Sicilian (La smania addosso)
  • 1962: The man with the sash (Il cambio della guardia)
  • 1964: Becket
  • 1964: Full of heart and empty pockets (… e la donna creò l'uomo)
  • 1965: Comrade Don Camillo (Il compagno Don Camillo)
  • 1967: Maigret and the strangler of Montmartre (Maigret à Pigalle)
  • 1971: Don Camillo and the red-haired girl (unfinished) ( Don Camillo ei giovani d'oggi )
  • 1972: Fratello ladro

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Synchronous work Cervis
  2. ↑ Enrico Lancia, article Gino Cervi , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rom, Gremese 1998. pp. 119-121
  3. ↑ cimitericapitolini.it: Cimitero Flaminio - Prima Porta (Italian)
personal data
SURNAME Cervi, Gino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cervi, Luigi (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 3rd January 1974
Place of death Punta Ala , Italy