Il MattatorernThe Sir Laurence Olivier of Italy
Vittorio Gassman studied theatre in his youth and was quite a good basketball player. He debuted on stage in 1943 and soon felt home in all classical theatre works. Since 1946 he also worked at the movies and his first big role there was the criminal in "Riso amaro (1949)". This fixed him to his main parts: The ambigous gentleman inflicting pain a ...  show all 

Il MattatorernThe Sir Laurence Olivier of Italy
Vittorio Gassman studied theatre in his youth and was quite a good basketball player. He debuted on stage in 1943 and soon felt home in all classical theatre works. Since 1946 he also worked at the movies and his first big role there was the criminal in "Riso amaro (1949)". This fixed him to his main parts: The ambigous gentleman inflicting pain and pleasure at the same time. He also participated in the Italian comedies and in American movies but the latter with only minor success. As a homage to his passion for the theatre he directed a cinema version of the play "Kean (1956)".
Father of Alessandro Gassman, with Juliette Mayniel in 1965.
Gassmann, Vittorio
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