Sergio Tofano
Birthday: Born in 1883-08-20 in
Deathday: 1973-10-28
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Orgoglio e Pregiudizio
Character: Signor Bennet
The English countryside provides the backdrop for the story of the Bennet family, who are of modest social standing, and in particular for the second daughter, Elizabeth. Italian adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice"....
L'idiota
Character: Ljebedev
Italian televison adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same name. Although it is to all intents and purposes a television miniseries, the rhythm of the acting is typically theatrical: the long dialogues, the acting style and the actorly interpretation make it a true example of episodic television theatre....
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Times Gone By
Character: il nonno di Guido
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories....
L'avaro
Character: Arpagone
An adaptation of Molière's play....
La maschera e il volto
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A husband states that a possible betrayal of his wife, he would kill her without mercy. The case is that his hypothesis turns into a presumed reality....
Partner
Character: Professor Petrushka
The story of a young man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams....
Il cardinale Lambertini
Character: Canonico Peggi
Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna....
Napoleone
Character: Vignon
A historical farce about Napoleon....
Guilt Is Not Mine
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Carlo, a young doctor, occasionally meets Anna, the daughter of professor Valli. Carlo falls in love with Anna, who returns his feelings; but her father longs a brilliant marriage for her....
Le souffle de la liberté
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In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat....
House of Ricordi
Character: Cesarini Sforza
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi....
Paprika
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I sogni nel cassetto
Character: Lucia's Father
The difficulties of a young married couple, since the husband has to prepare for his examinations during his wife's pregnancy....
Il fidanzato di mia moglie
Character: giudice Torriani
Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but her wedding also ends....
Una famiglia impossibile
Character: Maggiordomo
A wealthy young woman falls in love with a radio singer without ever having seen him. She forces her strange family (forgetful father, mother with ideas of grandeur, three sisters with a passion for singing and another who takes care of abandoned children) to go to the EIAR headquarters to be able to meet him....
Follies of the Century
Character: Il barone Giorgio
An aging count courts a beautiful singer who is also wooed by his son-in-law....
I figli del marchese Lucera
Character: Vigna
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Anime in tumulto
Character: Perego
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Quarta pagina
Character: Professore zoologo
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Rugantino
Character: Michele Sacconi
A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice....
Il signore a doppio petto
Character: Bisacca
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The Constancy of Reason
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Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and family friend in love with Bruno's widowed mother Ivana — are an obstacle. His relationship with Lori, a beautiful and tormented young woman who has just returned from Milan, reshapes his convictions. Freely adapted from a minor novel by Vasco Pratolini....
Turbamento
Character: Antonio, il padre di Silvia
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The Head of the Family
Character: Amedeo, padre di Marco
A man is delighted to hear that his wife is pregnant and he begins to prepare for the wonders of fatherhood. As time progresses along, the family grows larger with each successive child and the father feels his importance in the family has been lessened with all the children. This man's quiet desperation to hold onto his position is an interesting lesson in the family dynamic and how everyone is an important part of the whole....
The Private Secretary
Character: L'usciere Otello
During hard times, a vivacious girl looks for an office job in the hope of landing a rich man.The director of the bank she works at flirts with her while not at first revealing his identity so she rejects him....
Puccini
Character: Giulio Ricordi
The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including an attractive, beautiful singer whom he drops for a small town girl, and a servant girl who commits suicide over him....
Lohengrin
Character: Giulio
The monotonous life of a bourgeois family is disturbed by the announcement of the imminent return from America of Mr. Lohengrin, who had left Italy years earlier, leaving behind the reputation of being an irresistible womanizer. Lohengrin's cousin, worried about the stability of his marriage, convinces some relatives who live in the countryside to welcome the dreaded guest into their home and then, to avoid meeting him, leaves. Meanwhile, in the country house everyone eagerly awaits Lohengrin, a...
Inventiamo l'amore
Character: Borghetti
A young man from the provinces who inherited a certain sum, decides to go to Rome to devote himself to the cinematographic activity....
Le sorprese del divorzio
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Il cavaliere del sogno
Character: Zingarelli
Luisa's dreams of love comes true in a hotel in the mountains....
If I Was Honest
Character: Vittorio, il maggiordomo
The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engineer. From the exchange of people derives a chain of misunderstandings and messes that ends out well....
Papà per una notte
Character: Edmondo Fontages
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Princess Cinderella
Character: Il dottore
Cinderella manages to marry the prince and move to the palace, where she is well-liked and loved by everyone. However, her evil stepsisters devise a way to get her kicked out....
La bella di Roma
Character: Agostino
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman....
Let's Have a Riot
Character: il vescovo
Episodes centering on different aspects of early-1970s Italian life, set in a television studio, a factory, a university, and a Catholic parish....
Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis
Character: Giuseppe Parini
Based on the epistolary work by Ugo Foscolo....
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
Character: Grandfather
Relatives brawl over the estate of a deceased grandmother who owned an insecticide factory.They stop at nothing, including bumping each other off....
La colonna infame
Character: Il presidente del senato
Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni....
The Operator
Character: tenore Alfredo Bàttigo
Two different couples on blind dates get mixed up when they pick the same location to meet....
Validità giorni dieci
Character: Maurizio
After finding a train ticket on the ground, the young Paolo decides to go by train to Venice, where he meets Clara, a beautiful girl....
Tonight at Eleven
Character: Colonnello Muffon
A comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically with a gangster....
Black City
Character: Il contente Pignatelli
A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector....
Giù il sipario
Character: Il capocomico, signor Cirillo
A playwright, a troop of actors, a director, and the playwright's uncle scheme against each other for their own interests regarding the success or failure of the play...
Porta un bacione a Firenze
Character: maggiordomo
After a difficult eye operation, Simonetta, an Italian-American girl, returns for a vacation in Florence, the home town of her family. Here he meets Alberto, a sculptor....
Eravamo 7 sorelle
Character: Antonio
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La guardia del corpo
Character: Avvocato
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Fabiola
Character: Fausto
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to being a Christian, is accused of the murder and sentenced to fight to the death in the arena....