Augusto Di Giovanni
Acting
Biography
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Known For
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife and his children killed by smallpox.
Il leone di Amalfi
Imputato, alzatevi!
Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse.
The Children Are Watching Us
In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.
A che servono questi quattrini?
Marquis Eduardo Parascandolo, after having squandered all his possessions for not having cared about his finances, spends his time professing to some young people his philosophy of life.
San Giovanni decollato
Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want him to marry her.
It Happened at the Police Station
Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish.
Outlaw Girl
Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.
Good night… lawyer!
A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tries to escape from her jealous husband. Fascinated by the beauty of the unexpected guest, the lawyer is determined to conquer her, in vain. But when the woman leaves, she discovers that she has been stolen some money.
It Happened in the Penitentiary
A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.
Filmography
as Anselmo Novelli
as Rossini
as Avv. difensore
as Don Gennaro
as Bandini
as Don Formoso
as Rag. Capienza (uncredited)
as The lawyer
as The guard at Royal Palace
as Brigadier
as cavalier Brambilla
as Michele
as Ernesto Di Gennaro
as Il commendatore (uncredited)
as Il maggiordomo
as Giacomo
as Un dignitario di corte
as Ferdinando De Rosa
as Marco Calafato
as Asdrubale
as Don Peppino Esposito
as De Torres
as Antonio Ghislanzoni