Gian Maria Volonté
Birthday: 1933-04-09
Place of Birth: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Biography: Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More. In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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For a Few Dollars More
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Journey Beneath the Desert
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Le Cercle Rouge
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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Rosi About Eboli
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Christ Stopped at Eboli
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Hercules and the Captive Women
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Open Doors
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A Bullet for the General
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The Witch
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The Mattei Affair
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The Moro Affair
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Face to Face
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The Abyss
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Operation Ogre
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Giordano Bruno
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The Four Days of Naples
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Sacco & Vanzetti
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Slap the Monster on Page One
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One Way or Another
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Lady of the Camelias
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Girl with a Suitcase
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We Still Kill the Old Way
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The Working Class Goes to Heaven
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The Violent Four
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I Am Afraid
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A Boy from Calabria
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Many Wars Ago
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Lucky Luciano
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On the Tiger's Back
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A Simple Story
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The Suspect
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Seasons of Our Love
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The Assassination
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The Death of Mario Ricci
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The Bandit
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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The Magnificent Cuckold
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The Seven Cervi Brothers
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The Terrorist
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Banderas, the Tyrant
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A Man for Burning
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Pestalozzi's Mountain
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Apollon: una fabbrica occupata
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La tenda in piazza
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Summit
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Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
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Stark System
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The Felling of the Forest
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Summer Night
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Wind from the East
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Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
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A Gangstergirl
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Letters from Marusia
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Tre colonne in cronaca
Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. ...
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Forgotten Activism
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Under the Sign of Scorpio
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Funes, a Great Love
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Under Ten Flags
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Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
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Un attore contro - Gian Maria Volonté
A portrait of the famous italian actor and political activist Gian Maria Volonté....
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A Fistful of Dollars
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For Love and Gold
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Zénon the Rebel
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La strada più lunga
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Spanish Western
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Reflections on a Political Cinema
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Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
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Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring ...
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