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Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

Italian actor (1933-1994)
April 9, 1933 (December 6, 1994)

Open Doors

V.O.: Porte aperte
It. 1990. Court drama by Gianni Amelio with Gian Maria Volonté, Ennio Fantastichini, Renzo Giovampietro. In 1937, in Palermo, a courageous judge searches for extenuating circumstances that could save a murderer from execution.
Runtime: 108 min.
Bel. 1988. History by André Delvaux with Gian Maria Volonté, Sami Frey, Mathieu Carrière. In the sixteenth century, a doctor wanted by the Inquisition returns to his hometown of Bruges under an assumed name.
Runtime: 110 min.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

V.O.: Cronaca di una morte annunciata
It. 1987. Mores drama by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté, Ornella Muti, Rupert Everett. In Colombia, a doctor remembers the circumstances of his best friend's death, who was killed for a matter of honour in front of the village population.
Runtime: 109 min.

L'Affaire Aldo Moro

V.O.: Il Caso Moro
It. 1986. History by Giuseppe Ferrara with Gian Maria Volonté, Margarita Lozano, Mattia Sbragia. Evoking the kidnapping in Rome in 1978 of the leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Italy by the Red Brigades.
Runtime: 117 min.
Suis. 1983. Mores drama by Claude Goretta with Gian Maria Volonté, Magali Noël, Heinz Bennent. A television reporter visits a Swiss village for an interview and tries to shed light on the circumstances surrounding the death of an Italian labourer.
Runtime: 100 min.

La Dame aux camélias

V.O.: La Vera Storia della signora delle camelie
Runtime: 115 min.

The Christ Stopped at Eboli

V.O.: Cristo si è Fermato a Eboli
Runtime: 152 min.

Ogro

V.O.: Operacion Ogro
Runtime: 115 min.

Un Juge en danger

V.O.: Io ho paura
Runtime: 120 min.
Runtime: 120 min.

Actes de Marusia

V.O.: Actas de Marusia
Mex. 1975. Social drama by Miguel Littin with Gian Maria Volonté, Diana Bracho, Claudio Obregon. In 1907, in Chile, a mining village is the victim of a brutal repression following workers' conflicts.
Runtime: 111 min.
It. 1973. Biography by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté, Rod Steiger, Charles Siragusa. In 1946, an American police officer tries to gather evidence against one of the leaders of the American mob, who has been deported to his native Italy.
Runtime: 110 min.

Viol en première page

V.O.: Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina
It. 1972. Social drama by Marco Bellocchio with Gian Maria Volonté, Laura Betti, Fabio Garriba. In the middle of an election period in Milan, the editor of a right-wing newspaper takes advantage of a news item to make the left unlikeable.
Runtime: 86 min.

The French Conspiracy

V.O.: L'Attentat
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Yves Boisset with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Gian Maria Volonté. A journalist, involved in a plot against a political leader against his will, threatens to reveal everything to the police.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Mattei Affair

V.O.: Il Caso Mattei
It. 1972. Biography by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin. Recall of the main stages of the career of the Italian industrialist Enrico Mattei, who died accidentally on October 27, 1962.
Runtime: 116 min.

Sacco et Vanzetti

V.O.: Sacco & Vanzetti
It. 1971. Social drama by Giuliano Montaldo with Riccardo Cucciolla, Gian Maria Volonté, Cyril Cusack. In Boston in 1920, two Italian immigrants are accused of participating in a holdup.
Runtime: 119 min.

The Working Class Goes to Heaven

V.O.: La Classe Operaia va in Paradiso
It. 1971. Social drama by Elio Petri with Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato, Salvo Randone. A man who works excessively hard at his job begins to challenge employer standards after an accident.
Runtime: 115 min.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

V.O.: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
It. 1970. Crime drama by Elio Petri with Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio. A police officer who is guilty of murder believes that he can go unpunished.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Bourvil, Alain Delon, Yves Montand. A police officer sets a trap for three criminals who have just succeeded in a jewel heist.
Runtime: 140 min.

Many Wars Ago

V.O.: Uomini contro
It. 1970. War drama by Francesco Rosi with Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volonté. During World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.
Runtime: 101 min.

Vent d'est

V.O.: Vento dell'Este
It. 1969. Essay film by Jean-Luc Godard with Gian Maria Volonté, Anne Wiazemsky.
Runtime: 92 min.

Sous le signe du scorpion

V.O.: Sotto il Segno dello Scorpione
It. 1969. Drama by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Gian Maria Volonté, Lucia Bosè, Giulio Brogi. After surviving a volcanic eruption, young men kidnap women from a nearby island in order to found a new society.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Violent Four

V.O.: Banditi a Milano
It. 1968. Crime drama by Carlo Lizzani with Gian Maria Volonté, Tomas Milian, Don Backy. Four bandits carry out a hold-up in a bank and are chased by the police.
Runtime: 99 min.

We Still Kill the Old Way

V.O.: A Ciascuno il suo
It. 1967. Social drama by Elio Petri with Gian Maria Volonté, Irène Papas, Gabriele Ferzetti.
Runtime: 99 min.
It. 1967. Psychological drama by Giorgio Bontempi with Gian Maria Volonté, Mireille Darc, Giampiero Albertini. The romantic and professional life of a reporter in charge of covering political events in Europe.
Runtime: 85 min.

Face to Face

V.O.: Faccia a faccia
It. 1967. Western by Sergio Sollima with Gian Maria Volonté, Tomas Milian, William Berger. During a stay in Texas, a university professor meets a bandit and upon contact with him, becomes crooked himself.
Runtime: 92 min.

A Bullet for the General

V.O.: Quién sabe?
It. 1967. Western by Damiano Damiani with Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick. In the pay of a revolutionary general, Mexican arms dealers accept an American mercenary into their gang, without suspecting his motives.
Runtime: 118 min.

Wake Up and Die

V.O.: Svegliati e uccidi
It. 1966. Crime drama by Carlo Lizzani with Robert Hoffmann, Lisa Gastoni, Gian Maria Volonté. A modest worker decides to live the high life and gets more and more involved in crime.
Runtime: 122 min.

For a Few Dollars More

V.O.: Per qualche dollaro in più
It. 1965. Western by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté. Two bounty hunters set out to find a criminal who escaped from prison.
Runtime: 132 min.

A Fistful of Dollars

V.O.: Per un pugno di dollari
It. 1964. Western by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Antonio Prieto. An adventurer is caught up in a fight between two rival gangs in a village on the Mexican border.
Runtime: 99 min.

Un Homme à brûler

V.O.: Un Uomo da bruciare
It. 1964. Social drama by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Gian Maria Volonté, Didi Perego, Spyros Fokas. A Sicilian returns from the continent to defend his compatriots exploited by the Mafia.
Runtime: 92 min.

Le Terroriste

V.O.: Il terrorista
It. 1963. War drama by Gianfranco de Bosio with Gian Maria Volonté, Giulio Bosetti, Philippe Leroy. Under the German occupation, Italian partisans engage in acts of sabotage.
Runtime: 105 min.

Girl With a Suitcase

V.O.: La Ragazza con la Valigia
It. 1961. Psychological drama by Valerio Zurlini with Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Romolo Valli. Discovering that his brother has behaved badly towards a singer, a teenager tries to help the young woman and becomes attached to her.
Runtime: 120 min.

Corde raide

V.O.: À cheval sur le tigre
It. 1961. Satire by Luigi Comencini with Nino Manfredi, Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Adorf. The misadventures of a mild-mannered prisoner drawn into a plot to escape.

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