Riccardo Cucciolla

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Riccardo Cucciolla in his film role as Nicola Sacco (1970/71)

Riccardo Cucciolla (born September 5, 1924 in Bari , † September 17, 1999 in Rome ) was an Italian film actor .

Life

After studying law , Cucciolla worked, among other things, from 1946 as a speaker in radio broadcasts, for dubbing and for documentaries . After numerous theater work, he was hired for supporting roles in several Italian films in the 1950s . His actual film career as an actor began in 1963 with a leading role in the Italian-Soviet war film Italiani brava gente . Prior to that, he was one of the most industrious actors in the young Italian television scene, with whom he remained connected in original material, theatrical films and series works until the 1980s. After engagements primarily in the film business during the 1970s, Cucciolla turned back to the stage more intensively in the following decade, where he also organized reading and recitation evenings, suggested dubbing and supported young directors with their (television) debut.

Internationally known Cucciolla in 1971 as a cast member of Nicola Sacco in, directed by Giuliano Montaldo turned political -, documentary and - legal drama Sacco e Vanzetti , for which he as at the 24th Film Festival in Cannes best actor award. Cucciolla was also engaged in other films with a socially critical background, none of which, however, reached the importance of Sacco and Vanzetti .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1953: A Sunday in Rome (La domenica della buona gente)
  • 1963: Italiani brava gente
  • 1966: Top Job (Ad ogni costo)
  • 1968: Murder on the Via Veneto (Roma come Chicago)
  • 1969: Naked over corpses (Una sull'altra)
  • 1969: Be nice to each other (La rivoluzione sessuale)
  • 1971: Sacco and Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti)
  • 1971: Let us consider the matter closed (No, il caso è felicemente risolto)
  • 1971: The case is closed: Forget it! (L'istruttoria è chiusa: dimentichi)
  • 1972: The Boss (Un Flic)
  • 1972: Violence - the fifth power in the state (La violenza: quinto potere)
  • 1973: Bonne Chance (Le Hasard et la violence)
  • 1973: The assassination of Matteotti (Il delitto Matteotti)
  • 1973: Paolo - the hot one (Paolo il caldo)
  • 1974: Borsalino & Co. (Borsalino and Co)
  • 1974: The Ruthless One (Par le sang des autres)
  • 1974: Wild Dogs (Cani arrabbiati)
  • 1975: It rains over Santiago (Il pleut sur Santiago)
  • 1976: Giacomino - A Child's Odyssey (La linea del fiume)
  • 1976: Stella - dedicated to a star (Dedicato a una stella)
  • 1976: The dead pave his way (Pronto ad uccidere)
  • 1977: Antonio Gramsci - The Years in Prison (Antonio Gramsci - I giorni del carcere)
  • 1982: Marco Polo
  • 1988: Inspector Lavardin: Deadly Riddle (Les Dossiers de l'inspecteur Lavardin: maux croisés) (TV movie)
  • 1989: Secret order strawberry vanilla (Vanille Fraise)
  • 1991: Pizza Colonia
  • 1997: Our little angel (Il nostro piccolo angelo) (TV movie)
  • 1999: Morte di una ragazza perbene (TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 222.
  2. ↑ Overview of Cucciolla's synchronized work
  3. ↑ Roberto Poppi, article Riccardo Cucciolla , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998. pp. 145/146
personal data
SURNAME Cucciolla, Riccardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Bari , Italy
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1999
Place of death Rome , Italy