Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Trieste (born May 3, 1917 in Reggio Calabria , † January 25, 2003 in Rome ) was an Italian actor , director and screenwriter .
Life
Trieste first appeared as a writer of dramas and comedies; his first work “La frontiera” had its world premiere in July 1945 in Rome. In the following year, “Cronaca” was shown in Milan, an anticipation of the plays about the Roman Dolce Vita generation. In 1948 “NN” was finally released, the conclusion of the moral trilogy of post-war Italy. In the following years Trieste collaborated on scripts for Pietro Germi , Aldo Vergano and Claudio Gora and made his debut in 1952 (after a small appearance five years earlier) with his friend Federico Fellini in Die Bittere Liebe as an actor, which he did almost 130 years in the coming decades Roles as character actors remained arrested, including numerous trend-setting and successful films from also international production. He portrayed about the Bud Spencer film Flatfoot on the Nile to Signor Roberto and starred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather II in do not look now , and in The Sicilian Clan with. In the German-speaking world, he became known to a wide audience in particular through his embodiment of the character Beppo street sweeper in the Michael Ende book adaptation Momo .
In 1996 Trieste received the Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello for The Man Who Makes the Stars . In 1985 he had already received a silver ribbon for Heinrich IV .
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1952: Bitter Love (Lo sceicco bianco)
- 1952: where is freedom (Dov'è la libertà?)
- 1953: The Lust of Evil (Febbre di vivere)
- 1953: The Idlers (I vitelloni)
- 1954: An American in Rome (Un americano a Roma)
- 1956: A girl from Rome (Città di notte)
- 1957: In Another Land (A farewell to arms)
- 1957: A hero of our days (Un eroe di nostri tempi)
- 1960: The Swedes (Le svedesi)
- 1961: Hold the bomb, darling (Che gioia vivere)
- 1961: Divorce in Italian (Divorzio all'italiana)
- 1962: Marriage in Sicilian (La smania addosso)
- 1966: A question of honor (Una questione d'onore)
- 1966: Two coffins to order (A ciascuno il suo)
- 1967: Escalation (Escalation)
- 1967: Guaranteed Virgin (Assicurasi vergine)
- 1968: Accompanied by death (Gente d'onore)
- 1969: The clan of Sicilians (Le clan des Siciliens)
- 1970: The Countess and Her Colonel (The Adventures of Gerard)
- 1971: The stupid pranks of the rich (La folie des grandeurs)
- 1971: In Satan's bloodlust (Reazione a catena)
- 1972: Una cavalla tutta nuda
- 1972: Your pleasure is also my pleasure (Il tuo piacere è il mio)
- 1972: See Malta and Die (Pulp)
- 1973: When the gondolas are in mourning (Don't look now)
- 1974: The Godfather - Part II (The Godfather Part II)
- 1976: Love in Sicilian (Perdutamente tuo… mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe)
- 1979: Caligula (Io, Caligola)
- 1980: Flat foot on the Nile (Piedone d'Egitto)
- 1982: Giuseppe Verdi - An Italian Legend (Verdi)
- 1984: Heinrich IV. (Enrico IV)
- 1986: Momo
- 1986: the name of the rose
- 1988: Stradivarius
- 1990: The dark sun (Il sole buio)
- 1993: Battle of the Mafia - The story of Rosario Livatino (Il giudice ragazzino)
- 1995: The man who makes the stars (L'uomo delle stelle)
- 2000: Commissario Montalbano - Beyond Death (Il cane di terracotta)
Director
- 1956: Città di notte
- 1960: Il peccato degli anni verdi
Web links
- Leopoldo Trieste in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary in The Guardian January 30, 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ mymovies.it (Italian)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Trieste, Leopoldo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trieste, Leopold |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor, director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1917 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reggio Calabria |
DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 2003 |
Place of death | Rome |