Massimo Troisi
Massimo Troisi began his acting career in the theater and became famous for roles in television series. He is best known for his roles in his own film Ricomincio da tre (1981), and in Michael Radford's The Postman (Il Postino) (1994). The filmmaker Ettore Scola has also made him one of his leading performers, with three consecutive works: Splendor, What time is it? and The Voyage of Captain Fracasse. Heart disease when he had to shoot The Postman. His doctor had advised him not to do the filming to have the operation. He decided to postpone the operation after the shooting, this film being close to his heart. He died of a heart attack, barely twelve hours after the end of filming. He was posthumously nominated for two Oscars and two Golden Globes.
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- 2024 ·Per sempre al Massimoas
- 2023 ·Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Meas Sé stesso (filmati d'archivio)
- 2023 ·Buon compleanno Massimoas Himself (archive)
- 2022 ·Il mio amico Massimoas Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
- 2022 ·I magnifici 4 della risataas
- 2021 ·We Are Cinemaas Self (archive footage)
- 2020 ·TV Story Superstaras Self (archive footage)
- 2009 ·La Smorfia - Prima Parteas
- 2009 ·La Smorfia - Terza Parteas
- 2009 ·La Smorfia - Seconda Parteas
- 1994 ·The Postmanas Mario Ruoppolo
- 1991 ·I Thought It Was Loveas Tommaso
- 1990 ·The Voyage of Captain Fracassaas Pulcinella
- 1989 ·What Time Is It?as Michele
- 1989 ·Splendoras Luigi
- 1987 ·Le vie del Signore sono finiteas Camillo
- 1987 ·Hotel Colonialas Werner
- 1984 ·Nothing Left to Do But Cryas Mario
- 1983 ·FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'as Elemento del coro
- 1983 ·Sorry for the Delayas Vincenzo
- 1982 ·No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervousas Massimo Troisi
- 1982 ·Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!as The corpse / Lights technician / Himself
- 1981 ·I'm Starting from Threeas Gaetano
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self