Giuseppe Cederna

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Giuseppe Cederna

Giuseppe Cederna (born May 25, 1957 in Rome ) is an Italian actor and writer .

Life

Cederna is the son of the politician Antonio Cederna and nephew of the author Giuseppina Cederna . In 1981 he made his debut in No Time for Miracles on the screen and in the following years switched between cinema roles and stage appearances. In the theater he was able to celebrate successes in plays such as Duri di cuore deboli di nervi , The Fever by Wallace Shawn or Chekhov's Der Kirschgarten , directed by Gabriele Lavia . His screen career is characterized by numerous ambitious but rarely financially successful works by young directors as well as engagements in big box office films by established game masters such as Mario Monicelli or Carlo Lizzani .

The melancholy-looking, cautious to fearful appearing Cederna, who could also be malicious and brutal in his interpretations, played several important roles under Gabriele Salvatores such as in the Oscar-winning Mediterraneo . He also achieved great fame through an advertisement for a biscuit brand filmed in 1983. After he had cut his cinema engagements in the 1990s and devoted himself to alpinism in addition to writing, Aspettando il sole (his portrayal in this work was praised) and the successful film double Maschi contro femmine are in his cinema work in later years and Femmine contro maschi from 2010 by Fausto Brizzi .

Cederna presents his literary work on reading tours with musical accompaniment; He is also in demand as an interpreter of foreign texts. Works for the radio and in the documentary field can also be found in his list of works. In 2015 he took part in performances of L'ultimo estate dell'Europa , in which he and Augusto Golin processed texts by soldiers, writers and writers from and about the First World War.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi, article Giuseppe Cederna , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998. p. 113
  2. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Cederna, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome