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Massimo Girotti

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003)
May 18, 1918 (January 5, 2003)

Facing Window

V.O.: La Finestra di fronte
It. 2003. Sentimental drama by Ferzan Ozpetek with Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova. A young mother who is attracted to her neighbor is led to know him better with the help of an old man with amnesia whom she has taken in.

The Monster

V.O.: Il Mostro
It. 1994. Police comedy by Roberto Benigni with Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Michel Blanc.
Runtime: 112 min.

French Revolution: Years of Hope

V.O.: La Révolution française - Les Années lumière
Fr. 1989. History by Robert Enrico with Jean-François Balmer, Klaus Maria Brandauer, François Cluzet. A portrayal of the facts surrounding the French Revolution, from 1789 to the summer of 1792.
Runtime: 170 min.
Fr. 1983. Drama by Jacques Deray with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nicole Courcel, Bernard Haller. In a communist country, a university student is subjected to a police examination because of his faith in God.
Runtime: 90 min.

Passion d'amour

V.O.: Passione d'amore
It. 1980. Sentimental drama by Ettore Scola with Bernard Giraudeau, Valeria d'Obici, Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1976. Social drama by Joseph Losey with Alain Delon, Michael Lonsdale, Juliet Berto. A man who takes advantage of the German Occupation to get rich tries to prove that he is not a Jew.
Runtime: 122 min.

The Innocent

V.O.: L'Innocente
It. 1976. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill. In 1900, a count with libertarian tendencies is troubled when he learns that his wife is expecting a child after a passing affair.
Runtime: 129 min.

The Ultimatum

V.O.: Mark il poliziotto spara per primo
It. 1975. Crime drama by Stelvio Massi with Franco Gasparri, Lee J. Cobb, Massimo Girotti. A police officer tries to neutralize a criminal lunatic who is threatening to detonate bombs in the city of Genoa.

The Suspicious Death of a Minor

V.O.: Morte sospetta di una minorenne
It. 1975. Crime drama by Sergio Martino with Claudio Cassinelli, Massimo Girotti, Mel Ferrer. A police detective investigates the activities of a criminal organization specializing in kidnapping.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Voracious Ones

V.O.: Les Voraces
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Sergio Gobbi with Helmut Berger, Françoise Fabian, Paul Meurisse. After a robbery in a casino, a young man is blackmailed.
Runtime: 95 min.

Last Tango in Paris

V.O.: Ultimo Tango a Parigi
It. 1972. Psychological drama by Bernardo Bertolucci with Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud. A middle-aged man, reeling from his wife's suicide, has an affair with a young girl he met by chance.
Runtime: 125 min.

Baron Blood

V.O.: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga
It. 1971. Horror by Mario Bava with Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti. A young Austrian aristocrat revives a bloodthirsty ancestor using magical incantations.
Runtime: 96 min.

Médée

V.O.: Medea
It. 1969. Poetic drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Gentile, Laurent Terzieff. Setting out to find the Golden Fleece, Jason returns to his country with Medea, with whom he will have two children and then abandon ten years later.
Runtime: 110 min.

Les Deux Soeurs

V.O.: Le Sorelle
It. 1969. Psychological drama by Roberto Malenotti with Nathalie Delon, Susan Strasberg, Massimo Girotti.
Runtime: 93 min.

Theorem

V.O.: Teorema
It. 1968. Poetic drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini with Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti. A young stranger crosses paths with a bourgeois family in Milan and seduces each member.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Witches

V.O.: Le Streghe
It. 1966. Comedy by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica with Silvana Mangano, Toto, Alberto Sordi. The misadventures of five Italian women from different conditions.
Runtime: 121 min.

Marco the Magnificient

V.O.: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
It. 1964. Adventures by Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard with Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles. The extraordinary tribulations of a Venetian on his way to China.
Runtime: 122 min.

Imperial Venus

V.O.: Venere imperiale
It. 1962. History by Jean Delannoy with Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Raymond Pellegrin. The gallant adventures of Paulette, one of Napoleon's sisters.
Runtime: 122 min.

Gold for the Caesars

V.O.: Oro per i Cesari
Runtime: 85 min.

Le Géant de Thessalie

V.O.: I Giganti della Tessaglia
Runtime: 90 min.

The Cossacks

V.O.: I Cosacchi
It. 1960. Adventures by Viktor Tourjansky, Giorgio Rivalta with Edmund Purdom, John Drew Barrymore, Giorgia Moll. Raised in Russia, the son of a rebellious Cossack chief tries to get his father to make peace with Tsar Alexander II.
Runtime: 114 min.

Head of a Tyrant

V.O.: Giuditta e Oloferne
It. 1959. Biblical drama by Fernando Cerchio with Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey, Renato Baldini. Judith succeeds in seducing and suppressing a tyrant holding Jews in subservience.
Runtime: 89 min.

Les Loups dans l'abîme

V.O.: Lupi nell'abisso
It. 1959. Drama by Silvio Amadio with Folco Lulli, Massimo Girotti, Horst Frank. In a torpedoed submarine, the rescue system allows for the salvation of one man only.
Runtime: 100 min.

Herod the Great

V.O.: Erode il Grande
It. 1958. History by Viktor Tourjansky with Edmund Purdom, Sylvia Lopez, Massimo Girotti. The tyrannical reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea.
Runtime: 93 min.

Asphalt

V.O.: Asphalte
Fr. 1958. Sentimental drama by Hervé Bromberger with Françoise Arnoul, Massimo Girotti, Jean-Paul Vignon. The wife of a rich industrialist reconnects with her childhood friends.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Goddess of Love

V.O.: La Venere di Cheronea
It. 1957. History by Viktor Tourjansky with Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas, Belinda Lee. A Greek sculptor, jealous that his young model has fallen in love with a Macedonian soldier, denounces him and has him arrested.
Runtime: 69 min.
It. 1956. Melodrama by Raffaello Matarazzo with Silvana Pampanini, Massimo Girotti, Irène Papas. The sad life of a young woman who entered into a loveless marriage.
Runtime: 86 min.

La Mère et l'enfant

V.O.: Disperato addio
It. 1955. Melodrama by Lionello de Felice with Lise Bourdin, Massimo Girotti, Andrea Checchi. A woman leaves her husband, whom she believes to be unfaithful.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1955. Drama by Claude Autant-Lara with Michèle Morgan, Yves Montand, Jean-François Calvé. In Paris, a descendant of Faust meets a shady character who offers him the chance to renew the pact his grandfather once made.
Runtime: 125 min.
It. 1954. Sentimental drama by Luchino Visconti with Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti. A Venetian countess falls in love with an adventurer who takes money from her.
Runtime: 117 min.

Un Mari pour Anna

V.O.: Un Marito per Anna Zaccheo
It. 1954. Melodrama by Giuseppe De Santis with Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Massimo Girotti. A young girl marries a sailor against her parents' wishes.
Fr. 1953. Psychological drama by Jean Grémillon with Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Marc Cassot. A young doctor sacrifices her love for her vocation.
Runtime: 105 min.

Sins of Rome

V.O.: Spartaco
It. 1952. Adventures by Riccardo Freda with Massimo Girotti, Yves Vincent, Ludmilla Tchérina. Spartacus uplifts the slaves that he leads under the walls of Rome.
Runtime: 98 min.

Cour martiale

V.O.: Il Segreto delle tre punte
It. 1952. Adventures by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia with Massimo Girotti, Tamara Lees, Roldano Lupi. A man borrows the identity of a dead man and is accused of conspiracy.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1952. Drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe, Jean Debucourt. Disfigured during the wars of the Empire and forced to wear a leather mask, a handsome country gentleman throws himself headlong into love affairs.
Runtime: 92 min.

Behind Closed Shutters

V.O.: Persiane chiuse
It. 1951. Mores drama by Luigi Comencini with Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Giulietta Masina. A young girl wants to save her sister from prostitution.
Runtime: 90 min.

Chronique d'un amour

V.O.: Cronaca di un amore
It. 1950. Crime drama by Michelangelo Antonioni with Lucia Bosè, Massimo Girotti, Ferdinando Sarmi. After discovering compromising photos of his wife, a rich Milanese industrialist commissions a private detective to investigate the young woman's past.
Runtime: 98 min.

Au nom de la loi

V.O.: In Nome della Legge
It. 1949. Mores drama by Pietro Germi with Massimo Girotti, Charles Vanel, Jone Salinas. A young judge is sent to a region where the mafia reigns.

Woman Trouble

V.O.: Molti Sogni per le strade
Runtime: 84 min.

Les Années difficiles

V.O.: Anni difficili
It. 1948. Social drama by Luigi Zampa with Umberto Spadaro, Massimo Girotti, Ave Ninchi. Fascism disrupts the life of an Italian family.
Runtime: 113 min.

Chasse tragique

V.O.: Caccia tragica
It. 1947. Social drama by Giuseppe De Santis with Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Vivi Gioi. Bandits seize money intended for a farmers' cooperative.
Runtime: 89 min.

Jeunesse perdue

V.O.: Gioventù perduta
It. 1947. Social drama by Pietro Germi with Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Jacques Sernas. The son of a university professor becomes the leader of a gang of criminals.
Runtime: 80 min.

Un Jour dans la vie

V.O.: Un giorno nella vita

Le Baiser fatal

V.O.: Fatalita
It. 1945. Drama by Giorgio Bianchi with Maria Michi, Massimo Girotti, Amedeo Nazzari. Happy in her marriage, a woman is gradually seduced by her husband's associate.
Runtime: 78 min.
It. 1943. Dramatic comedy by Carmine Gallone with Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani, Massimo Girotti. Arriving to join his brother in New York, a young Italian becomes a boxer.
Runtime: 80 min.

Les Amants diaboliques

V.O.: Ossessione
It. 1942. Mores drama by Luchino Visconti with Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Juan de Landa. A woman encourages her lover to murder her husband.
Runtime: 126 min.

The Iron Crown

V.O.: La Corona di ferro
Runtime: 90 min.

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