Vittorio Duse
Vittorio Duse (born March 21, 1916 in Loreto , † June 2, 2005 in Rome ) was an Italian actor and film director .
Life
Duse attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from 1939 to 1941 , which he left with a degree in acting and was initially hired for smaller roles until he achieved his breakthrough in 1943 with Luchino Visconti's Ossessione . In the following years he was seen in several major films before establishing himself as a character actor in numerous films, series and television productions. He always took longer breaks and acted in genre films as well as in more artistically important works. Between 1954 and 1957 he directed three films based on his own script , but they did not attract any particular attention.
Towards the end of his long career he was also active in several international productions. For his role in Love, Vengeance and Cappuccino , he won the jury award at the World Film Festival .
Filmography (selection)
presentation
- 1941: Il cavaliere senza nome
- 1942: Caravan (Una signora dell'Ovest)
- 1943: Obsession (Ossessione)
- 1946: The sun rises again (Il sole sorge ancora)
- 1948: Tragic Hunt (Caccia tragica)
- 1951: Attention, Banditi! (Attention! Banditi!)
- 1951: Io sono il Capataz
- 1966: May they rest in peace (Requiescant)
- 1967: The Stranger (Lo straniero)
- 1972: The Sicilian (Torino nera)
- 1977: The Rabid One (La belva col mitra)
- 1989: love, revenge, cappuccino (Queen of hearts)
- 1990: The Godfather III (The Godfather Part III)
- 2002: When in Rome
Director
- 1954: Ultima illusione
- 1955: Il nostro campione
- 1957: A vent'anni è semper festa (also as an actor)
Web links
- Vittorio Duse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 160/161
- ^ Palmarès du Festival des films du monde de Montréal - 1989
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duse, Vittorio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actor and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loreto |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2005 |
| Place of death | Rome |