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Massimo Troisi
San Giorgio a Cremano
Massimo Troisi began his acting career in the theater and became famous for roles in television series. He is best known for his roles in his own film Ricomincio da tre (1981), a…
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Massimo Troisi began his acting career in the theater and became famous for roles in television series. He is best known for his roles in his own film Ricomincio da tre (1981), and in Michael Radford's The Postman (Il Postino) (1994). The filmmaker Ettore Scola has also made him one of his leading performers, with three consecutive works: Splendor, What time is it? and The Voyage of Captain Fracasse. Heart disease when he had to shoot The Postman. His doctor had advised him not to do the filming to have the operation. He decided to postpone the operation after the shooting, this film being close to his heart. He died of a heart attack, barely twelve hours after the end of filming. He was posthumously nominated for two Oscars and two Golden Globes.
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2024
Per sempre al Massimo
Movie
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2023
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Movie Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
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2023
Buon compleanno Massimo
Movie Himself (archive)
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2022
Il mio amico Massimo
Movie Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
- 2022
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2021
We Are Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
TV Story Superstar
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2009
La Smorfia - Prima Parte
Movie
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2009
La Smorfia - Terza Parte
Movie
- 2009
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2006
Effetto Smorfia
Movie
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1994
The Postman
Movie Mario Ruoppolo
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1991
I Thought It Was Love
Movie Tommaso
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1990
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Movie Pulcinella
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1989
What Time Is It?
Movie Michele
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1989
Splendor
Movie Luigi
More credits
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1987
The Ways of the Lord are Finite
Movie Camillo
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1987
Indietro tutta!
TV show Se stesso
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1987
Hotel Colonial
Movie Werner
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1984
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Movie Mario
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1983
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
Movie Elemento del coro
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1983
Sorry for the Delay
Movie Vincenzo
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1982
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous
Movie Massimo Troisi
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1982
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
Movie The corpse / Lights technician / Self
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1981
I'm Starting from Three
Movie Gaetano
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
