Lamberto Maggiorani
Birthday: 1909-08-28
Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lamberto Maggiorani (28 August 1909; Rome – 22 April 1983; Rome) was an Italian actor notable for his portrayal of Antonio Ricci in Ladri di Biciclette ("Bicycle Thieves"). He was a factory worker (he worked as a turner) and non-professional actor at the time he was cast in this film. After he became famous by his performance in Ladri di Biciclette, he also found himself being unemployed and this forced him to become a full-time actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lamberto Maggiorani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bicycle Thieves
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. Howeve...
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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained...
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Attention! Bandits!
During the winter of 1944, the partisans stationed in the Ligurian Apennines must go to a factory in...
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Mamma Roma
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved e...
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Ostia
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Ro.Go.Pa.G.
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Lo scocciatore
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Crazy Sea
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A Tale of Five Cities
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Anna
The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't cho...
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Umberto D.
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The Last Judgment
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Salvate mia figlia
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Don Camillo's Last Round
Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart hi...
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Vacation with a Gangster
A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and s...
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday ...
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