Carla Gravina
Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1993. Born in Gemona, Gravina made her film debut at fifteen years old, in Alberto Lattuada's Guendalina. Very active in films and on television series, both in comedic and dramatic roles, from the late 1970s she gradually focused her activities on stage and in political activism, being a PCI deputy between 1980 and 1983. During her career Gravina won a number of international awards, including the Best Actress Award for her performance in Alessandro Blasetti's Love and Chatter at the 1958 Locarno International Film Festival, the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ettore Scola's La terrazza at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and the award for Best Actress for Margarethe von Trotta's The Long Silence at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival.
A Bullet for the General
as RosarioEl Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias'...
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The Antichrist
as Ippolita OderisiAn Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a...
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
as NicolettaBest friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks...
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Without Apparent Motive
as Jocelyne RoccaA series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in...
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The Inheritor
as Liza RocquencourtAfter his father is killed in a plane crash, Bart Cordell returns back home to France to claim...
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Tony Arzenta
as SandraA mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and...
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Boomerang
as MurielA reformed gangster turns to his old associates for help after his son kills a police officer.
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The Terrace
as CarlaEight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a...
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Everybody Go Home!
as Silvia ModenaWhen Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to...
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The Pisciotta Case
as GemmaThe magistrate, Scauri, inquires into the mysterious poisoning death of Gaspare Pisciotta, the...
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Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as CelestePolicarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de...
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The Violent Four
as AnnaA detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
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The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Verina, moglie di Aldo CerviThe story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism...
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The Lady of Monza
as Caterina da MedaA true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna...
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Mother's Heart
as Lorenza GarroneA mute mother stands by idly as her young children radicalise as a result of a society that...
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Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as SelfA complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who...
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Esterina
as EsterinaEsterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along...
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Hail the Artist
as uncreditedMarcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials....
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Alfredo, Alfredo
as CarolinaAlfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he...
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Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
as uncreditedClaudia, Rita, and Caterina are three friends who live in a conservative Italian town and lead...
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First Love
as BettyUgo meets the 18-year-old Renata in the hostel where she is staying. He falls in love with and...
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A Day for Lionhearts
as MariucciaSeptember the 8th 1943, Rome, day of the armistice. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while...
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Days of Inspector Ambrosio
as Tullia BandelliA few days before Inspector Ambrosio's holiday, a bank robbery takes place opposite his house.
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Five Branded Women
as MiraFive Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished...
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Guendalina
as Amica di Guendalina (uncredited)Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a...
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And Now My Love
as Sarah's Italian GirlfriendThe movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The...
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The Long Silence
as Dr. Carla AldrovandiCarla Aldrovandi, a gynecologist, and her husband Marco Canova, a magistrate live on the front...
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The Invisible Woman
as DelfinaDrama about the fading relationship between a professor and his wife. Based upon a short story...
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Il gioco della verità
as Anna IncoronatoIn the slums of Naples, a prostitute, when questioned by police about the death of one of her...
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Love and Chatter
as Maria FurlaniMaria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the...
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Mother and Daughter
as MotherIn a wealthy Italian home, the daughter of the family is trying to cut her mother's apron...
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Sierra Maestra
as CarlaAn Italian journalist is arrested in Venezuela by the military, accused of being a...
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Orient Express
as HélèneA six-part French tv series first broadcast in 1979, each episode of Orient Express focuses on a...
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The Brothers Karamazov
as Katerina IvànovnaItalian adaptation of Dostoevskys famous novel.
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Madame Bovary
as Emma BovaryItalian adaptation of the novel by Gustave Flaubert, starring Carla Gravina and Paolo Bonacelli...
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