Mario Pisu
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 21, 1910
Place of Birth: Montecchio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Known For
Nero Wolfe
Arms of the Avenger
Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.
8½
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
The Organizer
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.
Morire gratis
A young artist, living and working in Rome, drives his car for a long trip to Paris. Into the car also his last work, a sculpture. During the trip he meets Michelle, young french woman. The artist in Paris hopes to sell his sculpture.
Why
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Swiden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?
Juliet of the Spirits
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.
Il diavolo in convento
March 1945: an air raid destroys a fishing village. The homeless are hosted by Brother Angelo in the convent of San Fruttuoso in Camogli: years pass but the houses are not rebuilt and when the prior dies, the convent is sold to the rich engineer Milone, determined to transform it into a holiday complex. To prevent the homeless from ending up on the streets, Brother Angelo devises every possible expedient, even a fake miracle while waiting for San Fruttuoso to perform a real one.
Io sono il capataz
The young Uguccione is mistaken for Rascelito Villa called "C6", a dangerous revolutionary, and then immediately sent to Parazuela where he leads the insurrectionist troops.
Professor, My Son
During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.
Filmography
as Phil
as The Vicar
as Leonida Bottacin
as Ministro
as capo della polizia
as Mario Mauri
as Count Orsani
as Attorney General
as Principe Lorenzo Banchieri
as Protti
as (uncredited)
as Gabrielli
as Psichiatra
as Marisa and Silvia's father
as Otis Jarrell
as King Ferdinand of Naples
as Giovanni
as Samuel Pickwick
as (uncredited)
as Patrick O'Hara
as Avv. Giulio Cesare
as Barone Renato Santambrogio
as Vargas
as il medico condotto
as Vicino
as Paolo
as padre di Dino
as Winner of the 'Capranica'
as The Lawyer (segment "2 'Il Lavoro', episode 2")
as Adjutant Renzo
as Giorgio (Giulietta's husband)
as Il medico
as Eusebio Pimperval
as Manager
as L'impresario
as Mario Mezzabotta
as Count of Tequel
as Angelo
as avvocato Dell'Orso
as gerarca
as principe Voronzoff
as Sacerdote
as signor Paolo Palazzi
as Tolomeo
as Delle Piane
as Hurtado
as Sergio (uncredited)
as Padre Claudio
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Ettore Giraldi
as Rimondino
as Alberto Randoni
as Giorgio Di Sauro (voice)
as Cecè
as Franco Marino
as Gianni Casati