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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-11-25

Place of Birth

Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy

Luigi Vannucchi

Biography

Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Born in Caltanissetta, Vannucchi graduated at Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after entered the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman. In 1958 he entered the Giorgio Strehler's company. From early 60's he also was very active as television actor, often in negative roles, in successful TV-series as A come Andromeda and I promessi sposi. His film career was less prolific, but however it includes notable titles as Mikhail Kalatozov's The Red Tent, Joseph Losey's The Assassination of Trotsky and Roberto Rossellini's Anno uno (in which he played Alcide De Gasperi). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan

Days of Violence

Days of Violence

During the last months of the Civil War, Joe's brother is killed unjustly by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Joe decides to join a group of Southerners determined to resist till the end. Joe is considered an outlaw and a reward is posted for his capture. When the war ends, Joe returns to the farm where he used to work only to find Christine, the owner's daughter and his sweetheart, engaged to the hated Captain Clifford.

L'ammiraglio

L'ammiraglio

Vita di Dante

Vita di Dante

Part of a trilogy of “Famous Lives” conceived by Angelo Guglielmi, Vittorio Cottafavi's television series is a rigorous reconstruction of the biography of the great poet, alternating between fiction and documentary sequences.

I promessi sposi

I promessi sposi

A look at Alessandro Manzoni's novel and the tormented love story of Renzo and Lucia during the troubled years of Spanish rule in 17th-century Lombardy.

Su e giù

Su e giù

A movie divided in four episodes: the arrival of the husband makes the loves of his wife to hide in the next room; an husband invites a friend while his wife is not at home; a poor man dreams about having an adventure with a beautiful girl; an impoverished nobleman wins at gambling after taking the earring of the wife of a factory owner.

Qui squadra mobile

Qui squadra mobile

Qui squadra mobile is an Italian television series.

The Red Tent

The Red Tent

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

The Assassination of Trotsky

The Assassination of Trotsky

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

The Corsican Brothers

The Corsican Brothers

The Dumas story about Siamese twins separated at birth but who have a strong psychic link.

Il vizio assurdo

Il vizio assurdo

Storie Della Camorra

Storie Della Camorra

A come Andromeda

A come Andromeda

Set in 1973, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature"?

Johnny Yuma

Johnny Yuma

Infidelity, murder, and betrayal lies at the center of this violent Spaghetti western. A scheming wife does away with her husband, causing the man's heir to seek revenge. A number of double-crosses and bloody gun battles follow, eventually driving the woman to flee into the desert.

Lovers Like Us

Lovers Like Us

A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.