Enzo Cannavale
Acting
Biography
Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including Cinema Paradiso, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990. He was awarded the Nastro d’Argento for Best Supporting Actor in 32 dicembre (December 32nd) by Luciano De Crescenzo. Source: Article "Enzo Cannavale" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: April 5, 1928
Place of Birth: Castellammare di Stabia, Campania, Italy
Known For
Christmas at the Cupiello House
Luca Cupiello lives with the wife Concetta, the son Tommasino, and a brother, Pasquale. The son is wild, living by gimmicks and stealing from his uncle; the daughter Ninuccia does not get along with her husband Nicolino and plans to run away with her lover Vittorio; the wife tries to hide her family's troubles from her husband. Luca, who silently suffers the family situation, takes refuge in setting up the Nativity scene.
Cinema Paradiso
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Il sindaco del rione Sanità
Antonio Barracano is an old Camorra member who administers justice according to his own unique criteria. Magnanimous and tough, severe and affectionate, he is recognized as the 'mayor' by all the dispossessed of the Sanità district. His particular brand of justice towards the poor leads him to sacrifice his own life in order to solve the financial problems of Rafiluccio and Rita, a couple expecting a child and overwhelmed by debt.
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
Pasquale Grifone, who lives in Naples with his family, receives in a dream the visit of Dante Alighieri. The poet suggests to the man, clouded by the fumes of alcohol, four numbers to play.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.
Il medico dei pazzi
The Four Days of Naples
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
The Treasure of San Gennaro
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli.
Le vie del Signore sono finite
Set in Italy during the 1920s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Rosa, a mature mother of several children, is concerned that her beloved husband Don Peppino is losing interest in her, and does his best to provoke some jealousy in him. She is a masterful cook, and if her romantic charms are fading, her culinary skills are not. By one means and another, and after some amusing confrontations, she succeeds in keeping her husband from taking her for granted and harmony is restored.
Filmography
as Fortunato
as Prete
as Sciallero
as Armandino
as Il cannibale
as Don Peppino
as il sindacalista
as Guglielmo
as Porter
as Lawyer
as Il prete
as Don Antonio
as Spaccafico
as padre di Teresa
as Paolo
as Alfonso Caputo
as Papà di Camillo
as Cav. Ferrini
as Adelmo Turati
as 'Madame Bovary' Director
as Blind Man
as Ermenegildo Esposito
as Vincenzo
as Ghitler
as Sposito
as Galeazzo Musolesi
as Michele
as Il Ladro
as Raffaele Fefè
as avvocato Generoso Gallina
as Spermatozoo, matto n. 5
as Vincenzo Quagliarulo
as Don Bottazzi
as Giuseppe Zerboni
as bidello Vinicio
as Padre adottivo di Amelia
as Antonio Martinelli
as Gaetano
as Don Totonno
as don Peppino
as prete
as Enzo Ercolani
as Caputo
as Giuseppe Marchini
as l'uomo che ride
as Custode
as Caruso
as Gennarino's Friend
as Salvatore Esposito
as Ernesto
as The Guru
as Salvatore Esposito
as Caputo
as Pasqualin
as Salamore
as Sergeant Nicola Capece
as Sempronia
as Commissario Angelini
as Giuseppe
as Maresciallo Pasquale Esposito
as Bracalone da Napoli
as Salvatore Siniscalchi
as Osvaldo
as Lolò
as Simone
as Peppino
as Inspector Caputo
as Gennarino
as Salvatore Sperato
as Peppino
as Caputo
as Vincenzo
as Alfredo's Lawyer
as Nicola Cafiero, detto "Sciancato"
as Oste
as Quinto
as Straccaletto
as agente Tognon
as Mortaretto
as Luigi Angrisani
as Paziente 'sano' della clinica
as Gennarino
as Commissario Clementi
as Greengrocer
as Valerio
as Gennarino
as Porter in Capocabana Hotel
as Waiter
as Gaetano
as Don Raffaele Console
as Rafele Capece
as Partigiano
as Il pescivendolo