Acting
Luigi Vannucchi
Born — Died
1930-11-25 — 1978-08-29
Place of birth
Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
23 titles
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 Gas…
Known for
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Le donne del Tenente Sheridan
1965
6.1Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
The Red Tent
1969
6.8A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967
7.2A 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.
I promessi sposi
1967
6.6A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
Lovers Like Us
1975
5.3A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
Film credits
1970s · 4 titles
6.6A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
Lovers Like Us
1975
5.3A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
5.3Rossellini’s biopic of the postwar Christian Democrat leader, Alcide De Gaspari, who was responsible for keeping the Communists out of power in the years that followed the fall of fascism.
Year One
1974
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Il vizio assurdo
1978
1960s · 11 titles
6.1Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
The Red Tent
1969
6.8A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967
5.8Two devils from Hell are sent to Earth to cause trouble. Belfagor and his faithful sidekick Adramalek must start a war between Rome and Florence in 1478.
The Devil in Love
1966
6.2Infidelity, 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.
Johnny Yuma
1966
5.8During 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.
Days of Violence
1967
4.6A journalist and secretary get involved in espionage.
Tiffany Memorandum
1967
6.2The Dumas story about Siamese twins separated at birth but who have a strong psychic link.
The Corsican Brothers
1961
6.6A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.
Pleasant Nights
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
L'ammiraglio
1965
7.0Italian drama written and directed by Brunello Rondi.
Domani non siamo piu' qui
1967
9.0A 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.
Su e giù
1965
1950s · 2 titles
Vittorio Gassman brings Dumas's "Kean - Genius and Debauchery," adapted by Sartre, to television. Edmund Kean is a hugely popular and theatrical 19th-century English actor who is, however, addicted to vice and deeply in debt. He competes with the Prince of Wales, his partner in debauchery, for the wife of the Danish ambassador.
Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
1955
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Amleto
1955
Series credits
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Le donne del Tenente Sheridan
1965
7.2A 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.
I promessi sposi
1967
9.0Part 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.
Vita di Dante
1965
6.4Set 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"?
A come Andromeda
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Storie Della Camorra
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NRQui squadra mobile is an Italian television series.
Qui squadra mobile
1973