Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Acting

Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Born 1941-12-16 · Cercola (Na)

Vittorio Mezzogiorno was an Italian actor. He became a star of the small screen by interpreting the Commissioner Davide Licata in the series La piovra which deals with the Mafia. In 1992, he played with his wife at the Teatro Stabile di Parma. This was to be his last appearances. He died of cancer in Milan at the age of 52. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Mezzogiorno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The French Revolution poster
7.5

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.

The French Revolution

1989

The Wounded Man poster
5.7

A fleeting encounter in a train station draws a withdrawn young man into a shadowy world of desire and danger. As obsession deepens, innocence destroyed, and an irreversible transformation begins.

The Wounded Man

1983

The Conviction poster
5.5

A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innocence.

The Conviction

1991

Fuegos poster
8.0

The action takes place at the turn of the century in a remote village in South America. Drunkard and brutal, a father reigns over a world of women whom he whips. For a long time, he imposed his "macho" law. But he created a flame of hatred in the heart of his eldest daughter, who organized the death of the tyrant...

Fuegos

1987

La Orca poster
5.3

A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, where she is made to write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.

La Orca

1976

Off Season poster
4.8

The formerly great Swiss hotel which Valentin’s family owned when he was a boy has been emptied and is about to be torn down. He revisits the magical site’s empty halls and ballrooms.

Off Season

1992

The Moon in the Gutter poster
5.7

A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.

The Moon in the Gutter

1983

Scream of Stone poster
6.3

A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.

Scream of Stone

1991

The Mahabharata poster
7.1

Jealousy and hatred is what separates the Pandavas and Kauravas. The Kauravas fear the Pandavas are after the throne of their father. Yudhishthira of the Pandavas gets told by the deity, Krishna, that he will become king. A war is inevitable.

The Mahabharata

1990

A Dangerous Toy poster
7.0

A meek accountant buys himself a gun and finds out he's a natural marksman. After the friend who introduced him to shooting is killed by gangsters, he seeks revenge.

A Dangerous Toy

1979

Café Express poster
7.1

An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.

Café Express

1980

Speed Cross poster
3.7

Undercover cop Fabio Testi infiltrates the world of motocross racing.

Speed Cross

1980

Contrainte par corps poster
4.3

A young Frenchwoman Claire, resting with her friend on an island in the Mediterranean Sea, becoms the victim of harassment by the local police commissioner Castes. Accused for disturbing public order, and then in the drug trade, she gets to the women's prison. Vacation turns into a nightmare ...

Contrainte par corps

1988

Stunt Squad poster
6.2

Fed up with the murderous shenanigans of Valli’s protection racket, police chief Grifi assembles an ace team of stunt trained police officers to tackle the mob!

Stunt Squad

1977

The Bitch poster
5.1

After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.

The Bitch

1984

Desideria poster
3.1

All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...

Desideria

1980

Keep It To Yourself! poster
5.6

Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to hire a prostitute over the phone.

Keep It To Yourself!

1976

Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville poster
NR

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Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville

1986

No artwork available
NR

"The phlegmatic inspector Adam Quill must investigate at Vladimir Stroganoff’s dance company after a murder committed under mysterious circumstances.

Delitto sulle punte

1977

Jenatsch poster
5.3

A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed the skeleton of Jörg Jenatsch, a revered freedom fighter who was mysteriously murdered in 1639. Initially disinterested, the journalist begins to uncover unflattering truths about the national hero and experiences visions in which he seems to be witnessing events that transpired over 300 years ago. As he obsessively pursues the investigation, his personal life and his grip on reality disintegrate, drawing him relentlessly toward the fatal carnival at which Jenatsch was killed.

Jenatsch

1987

Reflections in a Dark Sky poster
4.7

In a sordid account of mutual charity, an alcoholic doctor tries to make a captive heroin addict kick her self-destructive behavior — and vice-versa.

Reflections in a Dark Sky

1991

Golem, the Spirit of Exile poster
5.0

An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement and exile, this film tells the story of a woman (similar to the biblical Ruth) and her sisters, who are forced into exile after the death of their husbands. It is set in 1990s Paris, where the director was living in self-imposed exile following the ban on his 1982 documentary in Israel. The recurring theme of the film is migrations and unrooting, like the legendary Golem.

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

1992

Arrivano i bersaglieri poster
6.2

In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora's troops. After the armistice, the Italian soldier Alfonso killed a Pope's soldier, the son of Don Prospero. Then he sought refuge in the house of Don Prospero himself. There Costanza and Olimpia, respectively the wife and the daughter of Don Prospero, fall for him. Then Gustavo, who knew that Alfonso had killed Don Prospero's son arrived in the house... Some things are going to happen

Arrivano i bersaglieri

1980

Three Brothers poster
6.3

In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.

Three Brothers

1981