Tano Cimarosa
Tano Cimarosa (actually Gaetano Cisco Cimarosa , born January 1, 1922 in Messina ; † May 24, 2008 ibid) was an Italian actor and film director .
Life
Cimarosa had been in the film business as an actor since 1955 and interpreted frequently, reliably and over a period of 40 years what he actually was: a Sicilian. In addition to comic characters, he also managed intense dramatic roles. He also appeared in films by important directors (such as "Agent Cariddi" in Ettore Scola Il commissario Pepe , the prison guard in Nanni Loy 's Detenuto in attesa di giudizio or the emigrants in Franco Brusati's Bread and Chocolate ; in later) Years several times with Giuseppe Tornatore ) as in genre dozen of goods. He himself occupied the director's chair three times and directed crime films , which, however, did not find their way to German-speaking countries.
Cimarosa's brothers Michele and Giovanni were also active as actors.
Filmography
- Director
- 1975: Il vizio ha le calze nere
- 1977: No alla violenza (also screenplay)
- 1981: Uomini di parola (also screenplay)
- Actor (selection)
- 1963: Marriage in Sicilian (Matrimonio all'Italiana)
- 1967: The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta)
- 1968: Django - the gun by the throat (Chiedi perdona a Dio ... non per me)
- 1968: Five Sons of Dogs (Cinque figli di cane)
- 1968: Burning Eagle commando (Comando suicida)
- 1969: The blue-eyed bandit (Barbagia (La società del malessere))
- 1969: The bounty killer pays the bill (La morte sull'alta collina)
- 1970: Law and Passion (La moglie più bella)
- 1970: Robin Hood and the demons of Satan (Una spada per Brando)
- 1972: Your will be done, Amigo (Così sia)
- 1973: Mamma mia è arrivato Così Sia
- 1972: The horror comes at night (Delirio caldo)
- 1974: Bread and Chocolate (Pane e cioccolata)
- 1974: SOS - The captain is crazy (Pasquale Cammarata capitano di fregata)
- 1974: Why did prosecutor Traini have to die? (Perché si uccide un magistrato?)
- 1974: The unbelievable adventures of the Italians in Russia (Una matta, matta, matta corsa in Russia)
- 1976: The rascal and the bull (Il trucido e lo sbirro)
- 1979: A man on his knees (Un uomo in ginocchio)
- 1988: Cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso)
- 1995: The man who makes the stars (L'uomo delle stelle)
- 2002: Due amici
- 2006: Don Matteo (TV series)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roberto Poppi, Article Tano Cimarosa , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998. p. 131
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 110
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cimarosa, Tano |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cisco, Gaetano; Cimarosa Gaetano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Messina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2008 |
| Place of death | Messina |