Florinda Bolkan
Acting
Biography
Florinda Bolkan is a retired Brazilian actress and model. Bolkan acted with the Beatle Ringo Starr in her first film, "Candy". She worked in more than forty films, mainly in Italy. She was directed by Vittorio de Sica in Una Breve Vacanza. Under Elio Petri's direction, she made "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion". Enrico Maria Salerno directed her in "Anonimo Veneziano". She worked with Jean-Louis Trintignant, John Cassavetes, and Annie Girardot.
Born: February 15, 1941
Place of Birth: Uruburetama, Ceará, Brazil
Known For
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
The Octopus
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Don't Torture a Duckling
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
The Anonymous Venetian
Without mentioning the reason, Venetian musician Enrico invites his ex-wife Valeria to visit him, and her heart is broken again during their last days together.
The Damned
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
Soap and Water
A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers.
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
The Last Valley
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.
If Only
Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.
Filmography
as Archduchess Sophie
as Olga
as Carol Hammond (archive footage)
as Magistrato
as Mirta Valenti
as Eleonora
as Kalantan
as Mãe Ana
as Mme Labronsky
as Sheila Altman
as Giulia
as La baronne
as suor Helena
as Giovanna Bellocchi
as Samantha
as Margherita
as Bianca di Falco
as Mrs. D'Arc
as Stella
as Antônia Fidalgo / Jurema Matos
as Lina Benetti
as Hélène
as Olga Camastra
as Wilma
as Manuela Aranda
as Angela Monti
as Sister Cristina
as Walpurga
as Loredana Davoli
as Sophie
as Lola Montez
as Alice Campos / Alice Cespi
as Flavia Gaetani
as Flora Danieli
as Clara Mataro
as Giulia Bonanni
as Anna
as Maciara
as Helena
as Claudia Ridolfi
as Gennet
as Self
as Carol Hammond
as Erica
as Augusta Terzi
as Valeria
as Rossana Sciortino
as Olga
as Vera Fontana
as Florinda
as Nina
as Joni Adamo
as Greta
as Lolita