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Vittorio Gassman has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s. 5 rank in the Top 10%, led by Big Deal on Madonna Street.
1975
Comedy · Drama
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli
Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.
Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.
Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli
as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca
Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.
Dir. Giuseppe De Santis · With Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman
as Brancaleone Da Norcia
After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.
Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Sandro Dori
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?
Dir. Dino Risi · With Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani
"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And never once do we get out of the house, whose rooms provide the film's structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo couldn't really decide until it was too late.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli
as il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
A comedy film composed of 14 episodes. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963. 1. The Finch of Val Padouan (Ettore Scola) - 2. Tantum ergo (Dino Risi) - 3. Hitchhiking (Mario Monicelli) - 4. Kidnapping of a Beloved Person (Ettore Scola) - 5. First Aid (Mario Monicelli) - 6. Big Boy to His Little Mother (Dino Risi) - 7. Model Citizen (Ettore Scola) - 8. Pornodiva (Dino Risi) - 9. Like a Queen (Ettore Scola) - 10. Inn! (Ettore Scola) - 11. Without Words (Dino Risi) - 12. The Funeral Oration (Ettore Scola)
Dir. Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola · With Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi
as Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
The usual gang of robbers are hired by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will hinder the success of the operation.
Dir. Nanni Loy · With Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale
Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. They discuss about their past, present and future.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
Dir. King Vidor · With Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Dir. Burt Reynolds · With Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Henry Silva
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