Franco Giacobini
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Franco Giacobini.
Born: March 15, 1926
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For
La Dolce Vita
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
On the Tiger's Back
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée's lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.
The Two Marshals
September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles.
Totò diabolicus
The marquis Galeazzo di Torre Alta is murdered by a mysterious killer who calls himself Diabolicus. His heirs are his three brothers and a sister, but all of them, with the exception of Monsignor Antonino di Torre Alta, are killed by Diabolicus. The police are unable to solve the case, but when Antonino gives his inheritance to Pasquale Bonocore, illegitimate son of his father and Pasquale is in prison and therefore can't be the killer, all the clues are in the hand of the police.
The Fourth Wall
Marco Baroni spent four years in an English school. When he returns to Rome, the behavior of his family members finds him unprepared: his father, mother and sister Marzia have changed so much that they have not been recognized. He is deeply troubled by their immoral behavior.
Cronache del '22
Five different episodes unfold against the backdrop of Italian historical and political events in 1922. In the first, in the aftermath of the March on Rome, two scoundrels speculate on the event. In the second, a punitive expedition enters the home of a socialist deputy. In the third, the fascists rob a countess. In the fourth, a disgraced marshal incriminates a fascist Camorra member. In the fifth, there is the story of an encounter at the seaside.
The Fascist
1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort an opponent of the regime to Rome in the hope of be promoted — still oblivious as ever to the forthcoming fall of the regime.
The Mercenary
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.
Gli onorevoli
Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.
Lo smemorato di Collegno
A man is hospitalized in a neurological clinic, suffering from amnesia. After seeing his photo in the newspaper, Mrs. Ballerini realizes that he is her husband and brings him home; then Mrs. Polacich recognizes him as her husband.
Filmography
as Anziano
as il barone Orfeo della Torre
as Fugitive #1
as Marito di Simona
as Maresciallo
as Priest
as Inspector Delon
as Teacher
as Padre de jed, Aparicito
as L'uomo chi mangia la terra
as Boemondo
as Mechanic
as Roberto
as Luca
as Pepote
as Facchetti
as Don Nicola, barbiere
as Marshal
as Romoletto
as Juan
as Franco, il barbiere
as Fähnrich
as Francisco
as Kociss
as Doctor (segment "Una boccata di fumo")
as Michele
as il segretario De Angelis
as The Lawyer Ovidio (segment "Società calcistica, La")
as Vicebrigadiere Licata
as Un galeotti
as un giornalista
as Sergente maggiore (uncredited)
as Alberto
as Collector
as Aurelio
as Giornalista
as Commissar
as Dottor Santoro
as Carlo Alberghetti
as Liberati
as commissario
as Basilio Meneghetti, il ladro di galline
as Medico del carcere
as Rustichello
as ufficiale pagatore
as Telemachus (Telemaco)
as Militare a Rocca Sabina
as Intervistatore Tv
as Journalist at the Telephone (uncredited)
as Il secondo play boy
as Tifoso bar sport
as Funzionario RAI