Vittorio Fanfoni

Acting

Vittorio Fanfoni

Born — Died

1944-01-01 — 2016-06-12

Place of birth

Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Vittorio Fanfoni was born in 1944 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Deep Red (1975), The Last Round (1976), and The Decameron (1971).

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 57 titles

Trinity Is Still My Name poster
7.4

The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.

Trinity Is Still My Name

1971

Salon Kitty poster
5.6

In Nazi Germany, Kitty runs a brothel where the soldiers come to 'relax'. Recording devices have been installed by a power-hungry official who plans to use the information to blackmail and usurp Hitler. One of the girls discovers the ploy and, with the madam's help, takes on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

Salon Kitty

1976

Challenge to White Fang poster
6.1

Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the villainous Beauty Smith from claiming a recently discovered gold mine in 1899 Yukon, Canada.

Challenge to White Fang

1974

1900 poster
7.8

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

1900

1976

Deep Red poster
7.7

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help of a tenacious young reporter, he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods. The two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.

Deep Red

1975

The Canterbury Tales poster
6.1

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

The Canterbury Tales

1972

Conversation Piece poster
7.3

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

Conversation Piece

1974

Alfredo, Alfredo poster
6.3

Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.

Alfredo, Alfredo

1972

The Decameron poster
6.9

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.

The Decameron

1971

The Mattei Affair poster
7.5

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.

The Mattei Affair

1972

Beyond the Door poster
5.1

Jessica Barrett, wife and mother of two young children, begins to show signs of demonic possession while pregnant with her third child. As she seeks help from her husband and doctor, a mysterious man approaches her and seems to have some answers.

Beyond the Door

1974

The Cousin poster
5.4

Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.

The Cousin

1974

The Italian Connection poster
7.1

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.

The Italian Connection

1972

Who Saw Her Die? poster
6.3

Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are in over their heads as the body-count keeps rising.

Who Saw Her Die?

1972

When Love Is Lust poster
5.4

A decadent countess, middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of inhibitions. So she abandons her house and seeks refuge at her sister’s place. During her absence, her husband finds consolation in his mother in law’s arms.

When Love Is Lust

1973

Swept Away poster
7.4

A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on a desert island. Her capitalist beliefs and his communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, social roles are reversed and heated passions come alive.

Swept Away

1974

Puzzle poster
5.7

In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.

Puzzle

1974

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot poster
6.3

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

1975

The Last Woman poster
6.2

Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him with their baby son.

The Last Woman

1976

Adiós, Sabata poster
6.3

Under the brutal rule of local garrison leader Colonel Skimmel and European tyranny, a group of Mexican revolutionaries hires gunslinger Sabata to rob a transport of Austrian gold to buy weapons. But Colonel Skimmel has other plans, taking the gold for himself and blaming the revolutionaries. But no scheming colonel is going to keep Sabata from earning his pay.

Adiós, Sabata

1970

What Have You Done to Solange? poster
6.7

After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

What Have You Done to Solange?

1972

Holocaust 2000 poster
5.8

An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.

Holocaust 2000

1977

Long Live Robin Hood poster
6.6

John Lackland seizes the English throne, believing the rightful ruler, his brother Richard the Lionheart, to be dead. When he learns that Richard is being held captive by the German emperor and can be ransomed for a large sum of money, he refuses to pay and orders the messengers, including Sir Henry of Nottingham, to be killed. Sir Henry escapes to Sherwood Forest, which belongs to his estates. There he joins forces with a group of Anglo-Saxons and fights under the name Robin Hood against the regime of the king's traitors...

Long Live Robin Hood

1971

Ben & Charlie poster
5.1

Also known as Ben & Charlie. When Ben Bellow is released from prison, Charlie Logan is there waiting for him. Not to welcome him, but to tell him that he does not want to hear from him again. But his wish won't be granted as the the two men constantly forced to reconnect while still hating each other's guts...

Ben & Charlie

1972

Return of Sabata poster
5.9

A quick draw, master gunslinger traveling with a circus rides into a small town and helps the citizens free themselves from a crooked politician.

Return of Sabata

1971

Gun Moll poster
5.2

A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.

Gun Moll

1975

C.I.A. Secret Story poster
6.3

Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points out some of the more brutal aspects of the intelligence community from around the world. Wars are started, all facets of everyday life are controlled, innocent people are tortured needlessly and subjected to extreme violence.

C.I.A. Secret Story

1975

Web of the Spider poster
5.8

Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allan Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle

Web of the Spider

1971

Highway Racer poster
5.5

A hot-shot police officer has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary cop responsible for numerous large scale arrests.

Highway Racer

1977

Lucky Luciano poster
6.3

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.

Lucky Luciano

1973

The Unholy Four poster
6.4

A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.

The Unholy Four

1970

Eyeball poster
5.7

A group of American tourists is traveling through Spain when two of them are murdered by a mysterious serial killer who removes an eyeball from every one of its victims. The tour presses on as the murders continue, with the travelers and the police trying to deduce which one of them is the killer.

Eyeball

1975

Poker in Bed poster
4.4

A poker player on a losing streak meets a beautiful young woman. He's attracted to her, but she appears to be perfectly content with her boyfriend, a somewhat wussy writer. The gambler gets the idea that if he can get this woman into bed, it will change his luck at the gambling tables.

Poker in Bed

1974

I Am Afraid poster
7.2

During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence become clear.

I Am Afraid

1977

Midnight Pleasures poster
5.7

Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, revealed in the trial, seems to make obvious that she accidentally killed him during a fight. The lone female jury member compares her life to Tina's and, believing her to be innocent, sets out on her own to find a missing witness that can prove Tina's innocence.

Midnight Pleasures

1975

To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday poster
6.2

Count Fernando, called Didino, a shy and sexually repressed man, lives under the oedipal authority of countess Mafalda, his bloodsucking and over-controlling mother, until their family hires a new young maid that changes his life.

To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday

1974

The Master Touch poster
6.0

A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.

The Master Touch

1972

Una cavalla tutta nuda poster
3.1

The youngsters Folcacchio and Guffardo must bring an embassy to the Bishop of Volterra, and during the trip, the two boys meet the beautiful Gemmata. The woman is a poor peasant who is married to Nicholas. Folcacchio and Guffardo, to have a night of love with the girl, pretends to be magicians who can turn humans into beasts.

Una cavalla tutta nuda

1972

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity poster
5.7

This sequel to the popular spaghetti western "Clint the Stranger" was released four years after the success of the first film and essentially uses the same plot. George Martin returns as Clint (renamed Trinity in some countries), an ex-gunslinger desperately wanting to be forgiven and accepted by his family that he abandoned years earlier. One major differences in the plot when compared to the first film is the addition of Klaus Kinski as a ruthless bounty hunter. The bounty hunter tracks Clint down and forces him to return to his violent ways to protect himself and his family.

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity

1972

In the Name of the Father poster
6.4

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.

In the Name of the Father

1971

Kill Django...Kill First poster
7.0

Johnny fights the banker Burton, who tries to acquire with the help of the strange bandit Martinez, in an unlawful way, all the gold mines in the nearer environment.

Kill Django...Kill First

1971

Legend of the Sea Wolf poster
3.9

Italian production of Jack London's well-known, often filmed tale. Gentleman is forced to work in a seal-hunt ship ruled by a tyrannical captain. Violence rules but soon he learns to interact with the captain, just to find a thinking (and ill) man.

Legend of the Sea Wolf

1975

Vendetta at Dawn poster
5.2

George Benton returns from school to his brother Jonathan's farm as a doctor and marries his fiancé Lory, but happiness doesn't last long. The Fargas brothers provide a bloodbath at the ranch and are able to divert suspicion from themselves onto a gang of passing outlaws, but one of the family has survived the massacre and knows who the actual killers are.

Vendetta at Dawn

1971

The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun poster
10.0

A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg

The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun

1974

Trastevere poster
6.8

A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter.

Trastevere

1971

Il lumacone poster
5.1

A struggling chef and a kind-hearted thief form an unlikely bond on the streets of Rome, finding hope and a chance to rebuild their lives together.

Il lumacone

1974

The Handsome Devil poster
4.2

Deep South Italian seventies. The performing and penniless sales representative "Tano" Avallone, fell in love with the beautiful Mariangela, sixteen-year-old daughter of the widowed lawyer "Totonno" Fortis Pantaleo. In order to approach the girl, he enters the graces of the professional, posing as his childhood friend and saying he is willing to eliminate the elderly Donna Mercedes, mother of these, so that he can inherit the substances. Guest of the family, Tano finds himself involved in a whirlwind of feminine attentions, including the free-range governess Immaculate, unnecessarily coveted by the lawyer, and the servant Sisina, desired by the parish priest.

The Handsome Devil

1974

Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman poster
6.0

Year 1000. At the death of King Henry, Stefano Cunningam seized with the power of power making himself crowned king of England and Scotland. Ten years later, a young Norman, Ivanhoe, returning home from the Holy Land where he fought, finds the nation prey to the violence and cruelty of Stephen and his acolytes. Conducted in prison for his opposition to the usurper, Ivanhoe learns from York, former advisor to King Henry, also held prisoner, that the "Norman sword", symbol of the power of the king of England and Scotland is not in the hands of Stefano, but is guarded by a Scottish clan loyal to the dynasty of Henry.

Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman

1971

The Kiss poster
3.5

Countess Elena marries the charming Guido Rambaldi, only for him to be seduced by dancer Nara during their Venice honeymoon.

The Kiss

1974

The Exorciccio poster
6.0

A satire on the American film "The Exorcist," but with an Italian twist.

The Exorciccio

1975

Macho Killers poster
4.3

El Macho is forced to impersonate a dead outlaw killed while stealing a gold shipment. With the help of Kelly he’s able to locate Hidalgo and his outlaw gang.

Macho Killers

1977

Ante Up poster
5.2

In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house of tolerance.

Ante Up

1974

How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

How Colonel Buttiglione Became a General

1974

St. Michael Had a Rooster poster
6.7

Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.

St. Michael Had a Rooster

1972

Creeping Death poster
5.8

A man comes to a western town willing to discover the perpetrators of the robbery of a bank, where a significant amount of gold disappeared and witnesses were cruelly murdered. One of the thieves is now getting rid of the accomplices, using some deadly snakes that only seem to obey him.

Creeping Death

1972

Tre donne - La sciantosa poster
7.5

La Sciantosa is part of a project created by writer/director Alfredo Gianetti for the Italian TV. The objective was to portrait a hundred years of Italian history through three movies, all of them with Anna Magnani. The other two are "1943: un incontro" and "L'autmobile". In this first movie, La Magnani is Flora Torres, a "sciantosa" (kind of a small stage diva) who is forgotten during the WWI, living only to remember her past glory. One day she receives a letter to present herself to the high command. There, Flora is called to go to the front and entertain the troops. Along with her maid Cristina, Flora goes to the front. There they are welcomed by the young private Tonino (Massimo Ranieri). Flora starts to act like a prima donna, making absurd demands to everyone. But when she is about to present herself, the vision of the wounded soldiers makes her change her way

Tre donne - La sciantosa

1971

Occhio Alla Vedova! poster
6.7

Concetta Li Cause, deprived of her husband Oreste by the Mafia, is coveted by Bologna Marcello and Charles postman. Besides the two, there are other suitors because the widow is rich; but Cosa Nostra deploys its resources to prevent the woman from finding a new partner.

Occhio Alla Vedova!

1976