List of the best Vittorio Gassman movies: Big Deal on Madonna Street(1958), Scent of a Woman(1975), Brancaleone at the Crusades(1971), Love and Larceny(1960), Fiasco in Milan(1959), The Glass Wall(1953), The Tiger and the Pussycat(1967), The Sleazy Uncle(1989), Cry of the Hunted(1953), Life Is a Bed of Roses(1983), Black Soul(1962), The Great War(1959) ... ...
Comedy
Italy
1958
91 Minutes
Peppe il pantera
Vittorio Gassman Marcello Mastroianni Totò Renato Salvatori Rossana Rory Carla Gravina
thief safecracker spinster police officer maid charming hilarious madcap italy street apartment rome tunnel heist mishaps crime romance quest 1950s
A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1975
102 Minutes
Il capitano Fausto Consolo
Vittorio Gassman Alessandro Momo Agostina Belli Moira Orfei Franco Ricci
captain blind person aide soldier old flame father figure cheeky emotional uplifting turin, italy naples, italy train genoa rome blindness suicide nostalgia train travel mentorship adventure
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. The captain, Fausto, who wants no pity, brooks no disagreement, and charges into every ... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy|Algeria
1971
129 Minutes
Brancaleone da Norcia
Vittorio Gassman Adolfo Celi Stefania Sandrelli Gigi Proietti Gianrico Tedeschi Beba Loncar
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.
Comedy
Italy|France
1960
94 Minutes
Gerardo Latini
Vittorio Gassman Anna Maria Ferrero Dorian Gray Peppino De Filippo Mario Carotenuto Alberto Bonucci Fosco Giachetti Luigi Pavese Linda Sini Aldo Bufi Landi
con artist girlfriend actor cellmate friend amusing charming outlandish crafty italy prison vaudeville show acting theft impersonation crime con game relationships love adventure
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
Comedy, Drama
Italy|France
1959
104 Minutes
Peppe er pantera
Vittorio Gassman Renato Salvatori Claudia Cardinale Riccardo Garrone Gianni Bonagura Nino Manfredi Gastone Moschin Tiberio Murgia Carlo Pisacane Mario Feliciani Gina Amendola
The usual gang of robbers in engaged by a thief from Milan to steal a suitcase full of money, but troubles will menace the success of the operation.
Drama
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Peter Kaban
Vittorio Gassman Gloria Grahame Ann Robinson Douglas Spencer Robin Raymond Jerry Paris Elizabeth Slifer Richard Reeves Joe Turkel Michael Fox Kathleen Freeman
illegal alien veteran fugitive factory worker inspector jazz musician melodramatic intricate patriotic new york city immigration postwar america fresh start fugitives escape quest 1950s
Peter, a WW II 'displaced person' about to be deported jumps ship in New York harbor in an effort to find an ex-G.I named Tom whom he helped during the war and can prove Peter's right to ... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy
1967
105 Minutes
Francesco Vincenzini
Vittorio Gassman Ann-Margret Eleanor Parker Fiorenzo Fiorentini Antonella Steni Caterina Boratto Eleonora Brown Nino Segurini
Comedy-drama about a middle-aged Italian businessman Vittorio Gassman who is married to Eleanor Parker and is innocently introduced one day to a schoolgirl with pigtails named Carolina. ... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy
1989
105 Minutes
Uncle Luca
Vittorio Gassman Giancarlo Giannini Andréa Ferréol Kim Rossi-Stuart Beatrice Palme Simona Cavallari Stefania Sandrelli
old man middle-aged man business owner poet mistress bohemian amusing frenetic heartwarming italy apartment hospital mismatched duo life lessons love interest family lifestyle changes illness love underdog
A businessman has trouble reuniting with his roguish con artist uncle, especially when the uncle propositions school age girls and comes on to the nephew's mistress.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
78 Minutes
Jory
Vittorio Gassman Barry Sullivan Polly Bergen William Conrad Mary Zavian Robert Burton Harry Shannon Jonathan Colt
A fugitive is pursued by a lawman who is obsessed with his capture.
Fantasy
France
1983
110 Minutes
Vittorio Gassman Ruggero Raimondi Geraldine Chaplin Fanny Ardant Pierre Arditi Sabine Azéma Robert Manuel Martine Kelly André Dussollier Samson Fainsilber Veronique Silver
count friend principal child american teacher quirky profound passionate castle ardennes, france relationships world war i education utopia brainwashing growing up love quest 1910s
Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest. After the war he uses it to start a utopian society by ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1962
97 Minutes
Adriano Zucchelli
Vittorio Gassman Nadja Tiller Annette Vadim Yvonne Sanson Tony Brown Rina Braido Giuliano Cocuzzoli Daniela Igliozzi
The owner of a small zoo uses the animals to kill his enemies.
Comedy, War, Drama
1959
118 Minutes
Giovanni Busacca
Vittorio Gassman Alberto Sordi Silvana Mangano Folco Lulli Bernard Blier Romolo Valli
Two reluctant soldiers (Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi) in World War II Italy are mistaken for heroes after their unit is wiped out in battle.
Drama
Italy
1949
107 Minutes
Silvana Mangano Vittorio Gassman Doris Dowling Raf Vallone Checco Rissone Nico Pepe Maria Grazia Francia Mariemma Bardi Adriana Sivieri Lia Corelli Dedi Ristori
criminal lover peasant soldier dark sultry emotional gripping italy train rice field the past crime romance on the run wealth labor transformation escape 1940s
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
Romance
USA
1954
115 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Vittorio Gassman John Ericson Louis Calhern Michael Chekhov Barbara Bates Richard Hageman Richard Lupino Celia Lovsky Stuart Whitman Madge Blake
millionaire heiress student violinist love interest pianist emotional melodramatic france villa music conservatory switzerland zurich love triangle music betrayal love love rivalry rise
Spoiled heiress Louise Durant (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) decides to leave the comfort of her father's estate in southern France to study piano at the Music Conservatory in Zurich, despite ... See full summary »
Romance
Italy|France
1955
103 Minutes
Prince Sergei
Gina Lollobrigida Vittorio Gassman Robert Alda Anne Vernon Tamara Lees
Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to ... See full summary »
Comedy
1974
124 Minutes
Gianni Perego
Nino Manfredi Vittorio Gassman Stefania Sandrelli Stefano Satta Flores Giovanna Ralli Aldo Fabrizi Marcella Michelangeli Livia Cerini
idealists lawman writer nurse inspiring profound patriotic tense italy trattoria rome world war ii italy friendship maturing growing up 1970s
Ettore Scola's exploration of political and social change in postwar Italy, spanning 30 years of World War II buddies.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1961
105 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Vittorio Gassman Sandra Milo Sophia Loren Lilla Brignone Tino Buazzelli Claudio Catania Enzo Cerusico Alberto De Amicis Eduardo De Filippo Evelyn Stewart
Romance
1970
95 Minutes
Mario Beretti
Sharon Tate Orson Welles Vittorio Gassman Vittorio De Sica Terry-Thomas Gregoire Aslan Mylène Demongeot John Steiner
young man beautiful woman stranger heir love interest amusing madcap london antique shop new york city rome paris search inheritance road trip romance money adventure quest love
Interested parties search London, Paris and Rome for an antique chair, one of a set, stuffed with a family fortune.
Comedy
USA
1982
145 Minutes
Alonzo
John Cassavetes Gena Rowlands Susan Sarandon Vittorio Gassman Raul Julia Molly Ringwald Sam Robards Paul Stewart Jackie Gayle Anthony Holland Jerry Hardin
architect wife lover daughter hermit amusing offbeat new york city athens, greece island midlife crisis romance stranded family dysfunction infidelity island life discovery transformation 1980s
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek ... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy|France
1991
90 Minutes
Marquis
Delphine Forest Christophe Malavoy Giancarlo Giannini Vittorio Gassman
Sci-Fi
USA
1979
117 Minutes
Saint Christopher
Paul Newman Bibi Andersson Fernando Rey Vittorio Gassman Brigitte Fossey Nina van Pallandt David Langton Craig Richard Nelson
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.
Comedy, Drama
1978
125 Minutes
Luigi Corelli
Carol Burnett Desi Arnaz Jr. Amy Stryker Vittorio Gassman Geraldine Chaplin Mia Farrow Paul Dooley Lillian Gish Lauren Hutton John Cromwell Pat McCormick
Friends and family of the bride (Amy Stryker) and groom (Desi Arnaz Jr.) carry on at a mansion before, during and after the ceremony.
Comedy
1972
114 Minutes
Principe Donati
Enzo Jannacci Ugo Tognazzi Claudia Cardinale Vittorio Gassman Michel Piccoli Alain Cuny Daniele Dublino Sigelfrido Rossi
Drama
USA
1991
100 Minutes
Il Principe
James Belushi Mimi Rogers Joss Ackland Philippe Noiret Vittorio Gassman Carolina Rosi Harry Davis Marco Leonardi Ronald Yamamoto Marino Mase Vyto Ruginis
Story of a 1940s photographer who specializes in crime and is not getting involved until this time.
Comedy
Italy|France|USA
1967
99 Minutes
Cenci
Shirley MacLaine Peter Sellers Rossano Brazzi Elspeth March Vittorio Gassman Robert Morley Catherine Samie Judith Magre Clinton Greyn Lex Barker Elsa Martinelli
woman amusing dark emotional united states life story marriage discovery 1960s
Seven portraits of different types of women.
Documentary
Italy
2010
88 Minutes
Agostina Belli Sergio Castellitto Dino De Laurentiis Anna Galiena Alessandro Gassman Vittorio Gassman Franco Giacobini Giancarlo Giannini Roberto Herlitzka Carlo Lizzani Enrico Lucherini
Venice Film Fest to honor Vittorio Gassman ROME -- The Venice Film Festival said Wednesday it would honor iconic Italian actor Vittorio Gassman with a special tribute on the tenth ... See full summary »
Drama
1952
97 Minutes
Michele
Silvana Pampanini Eleonora Rossi Drago Sophia Loren Tamara Lees Marc Lawrence Vittorio Gassman Barbara Florian Ettore Manni
A white slaver (Marc Lawrence) based in an Italian seaport stages marathon dance contests to lure young women into his prostitution ring.