Nando Bruno
Acting
Biography
Nando Bruno was born on October 6, 1895, died April 11, 1963 (age 67) in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and writer,
Born: October 6, 1895
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Known For
Bicycle Thieves
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
Rome, Open City
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.
The Band of Honest Men
Italy, mid '60s. Three guys from a poor neighbourhood try to get rich by printing fake money using the fact that one of them works as a typographer. The story unravels around their embarrassed efforts to spend the money, their little family issues and ends with a surprise.
Life Begins Anew
A compelling portrayal of postwar Rome
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.
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.
Flesh Will Surrender
Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...
Love and Larceny
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.
The Lucky Five
Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow?
To Live in Peace
An American prisoner, hidden by some Umbrian farmers, meets, drunk, with a German soldier who is also drunk. The two believe that the war is over and embrace each other emotionally. But it is not so and soon the cannon will thunder. Uncle Tigna, who was hiding the prisoner and two of his companions, will fall victim to the Nazis.
Filmography
as L'oste
as Buccieri
as cognato di Otello
as Paolo Rossi
as Restaurant Owner
as Michele
as l'oncle d'Alberto
as Nando
as Comm. Proietti
as L'ubriaco
as Cesare
as Sor Vincenzo
as L'americano
as Maresciallo Clemente
as Papà ferrari
as Giuseppe
as Maresciallo Denti (uncredited)
as Amedeo
as Annibale
as Il sacrestano
as portiere
as Carabinieres' Marshal
as Commissario Antoni
as Sor Augusto
as Tassista
as Legionario
as Italo
as il commissario di polizia
as Ami de Robert
as Railway Worker
as Tommassini
as Battista
as signor Venturi
as Autista taxi
as Don Violante
as Riccardo
as Saletti
as Romolo Cicerchia, il vetturino
as Beato, the innkeeper
as Parboni
as Armando Proietti
as Venturi
as il brigadiere
as Gigi
as (uncredited)
as Il commissario
as guida turistica di Roma
as Checco Tremelloni
as Pasquale Bianchi
as Antonio
as Political Secretary
as Il ladro
as Angeloni
as Brunetti
as Agostino the Sexton
as Scorcelletti, il camionista
as Augusto Pallotta
as Il "piccolo gigante"
as Francesco