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Gian Maria Volonté
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful…
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Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More. In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2024
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Rosi About Eboli
Movie Self
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2021
We Are Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Zénon the Rebel
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Forgotten Activism
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Spanish Western
Movie The Indian (archive footage)
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2005
Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Movie Thanks
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1995
Ulysses' Gaze
Movie In Memory Of
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1993
Banderas, the Tyrant
Movie Tirano Banderas
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1993
Funes, a Great Love
Movie El tano Bérgami
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1991
A Simple Story
Movie Carmelo Franzò
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1990
Open Doors
Movie Giudice Vito Di Francesco
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1990
Tre colonne in cronaca
Movie Alberto Landolfi
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1989
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Movie Pestalozzi
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1988
The Abyss
Movie Zenone
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1987
A Boy from Calabria
Movie Felice
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1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Movie Dr. Cristo Bedoya
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1986
The Moro Affair
Movie Aldo Moro
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1983
The Death of Mario Ricci
Movie Bernard Fontana
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1982
The Charterhouse of Parma
TV show Count Mosca
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1981
Lady of the Camelias
Movie Plessis
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1981
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
TV show Plessis
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1980
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
TV show Carlo Levi
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1980
Stark System
Movie Stark
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1979
Operation Ogre
Movie Izarra
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1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Movie Carlo Levi
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1978
Reflections on a Political Cinema
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1978
Ciné regards
TV show Self
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1977
I Am Afraid
Movie Brigadiere Ludovico Graziano
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1976
One Way or Another
Movie M.
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1975
Letters from Marusia
Movie Gregorio
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1975
The Suspect
Movie Emilio
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1974
Spécial cinéma
TV show Self
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1973
Giordano Bruno
Movie Giordano Bruno
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1973
Lucky Luciano
Movie Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
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1973
Festival dell’Unità 1972
Movie self
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1972
Reggio Calabria
Movie Director
