Lamberto Maggiorani

Born: 1909-08-28

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lamberto Maggiorani (28 August 1909; Rome – 22 April 1983; Rome) was an Italian actor notable for his portrayal of Antonio Ricci in Ladri di Biciclette ("Bicycle Thieves"). He was a factory worker (he worked as a turner) and non-professional actor at the time he was cast in this film. After he became famous by his performance in Ladri di Biciclette, he also found himself being unemployed and this forced him to become a full-time actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Lamberto Maggiorani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Bicycle Thieves

as Antonio
Released: 1948-07-21

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome....

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Don Camillo's Last Round

as un cittadino democristiano
Released: 1955-09-29

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to...

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Mamma Roma

as Sick Man
Released: 1962-09-22

After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has...

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Umberto D.

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-20

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest...

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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

as Bandito
Released: 1956-12-21

Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is...

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Ro.Go.Pa.G.

as Man in the Tableau-Vivant (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Released: 1963-02-19

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.

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Attention! Bandits!

as Marco
Released: 1951-11-10

During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a...

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The Last Judgment

as Poor man
Released: 1961-10-26

The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by...

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A Tale of Five Cities

as uncredited
Released: 1951-03-01

An Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is...

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Anna

as malato ferito allo stomaco
Released: 1951-12-20

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as...

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Ostia

as Padre di Monica
Released: 1970-03-11

Two anarchistic brothers live by petty thievery and try to recover from their Catholic...

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Vacation with a Gangster

as galeotto
Released: 1952-03-22

A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner...

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Lo scocciatore

as Via Padova portiere
Released: 1953-11-18

A bored civil servant accepts an invitation to visit a glamorous young lady. When she doesn't...

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Crazy Sea

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-13

A pretty woman approaching middle age rents out rooms in a small Italian town. An aging sailor...

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Santa Lucia Luntana...

as uncredited
Released: 1951-01-01

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Salvate mia figlia

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-01

A farmer steals some jewelry, desperately looking for money to allow his sick daughter to be...

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