Mario Passante
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Desiderio 'e sole
Nights of Cabiria
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
La Strada
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Black City
A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector.
The Widower
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
Black Sunday
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
The Traffic Policeman
An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman but the traffic in the big city creates innumerous problems for the poor guy.
The Swindle
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
The Gold of Naples
A tribute to Naples, this film presents six episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster, a pizza seller losing her husband’s ring, a child's funeral, a gambler beaten by a kid, a prostitute's unusual wedding, and a "wisdom seller" offering advice.
Neapolitan Turk
Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.
Filmography
as cliente dell'albergo
as Naval Constructor
as Le restaurateur
as commerciante fascista
as Un membro della banda di Don Cicillo
as Sacristan (uncredited)
as Sacristan (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...") (uncredited)
as Il ministro Razzullo
as Brooks' friend
as il comm. Marinetti
as Night Club Manager
as Don Ciccio
as impiegato dell'agenzia di collocamento
as Nikita - Coachman
as Comm. Lambertoni
as Uncle of Amleto
as Inspecteur
as altro impresario
as Michele Capasso
as Avvocato dei Fornaciari
as Capitano dei gendarmi
as Tiburzio (uncredited)
as Conman
as The German sergeant
as Il padre di Antonio
as Commendatore lawyer
as Il commissario
as Re Ferdinando I
as Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori")
as Bartolomeo, lover of Silvana
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter
as amico de Sonia
as Passeggero dell'autobus
as Commendator Mocchetti
as impresario Vitale
as Padrone del teatrino
as Don Pietro Imbornone
as Peppino