An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island. Read More »
Tag Archives: Gian Maria Volonté
The Moro Affair AKA Il caso Moro (1986) Giuseppe Ferrara, Gian Maria Volontè, Mattia Sbragia, Bruno Zanin
On March 16th 1978, the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, the former Italian Prime Minister Read More »
Tre colonne in cronaca (1990) Carlo Vanzina, Gian Maria Volontè, Massimo Dapporto, Sergio Castellitto
Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. Read More »
Lucky Luciano (1973) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi
Director Francesco Rosi returns to his recurring theme of the connections between legal Read More »
East Wind AKA Le vent d’est (1970) Groupe Dziga Vertov, Jean-Luc Godard, Gian Maria Volontè, Anne Wiazemsky, Cristiana Tullio-Altan
Wind From the East is a product of Jean-Luc Godard’s involvement Read More »
Many Wars Ago AKA Uomini contro (1970) Francesco Rosi, Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè
In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland Read More »
The Red Circle AKA Le cercle rouge (1970) Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè
On the eve of his release after five years imprisoned, the thief Corey is contacted by one guard Read More »
Operation Ogre AKA Ogro (1979) Gillo Pontecorvo, Gian Maria Volontè, Ángela Molina, Saverio Marconi
As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Read More »
Face to Face AKA Faccia a faccia (1967) Sergio Sollima, Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian, William Berger
History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Soloman Bennett’s outlaw gang. Read More »
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice
Lulù is a real hard worker. For this reason he is loved by the masters and hated by his own colleagues. Read More »
Funes a Great Love (1993) Raúl de la Torre, Graciela Borges, Gian Maria Volontè, Pepe Soriano
The film is set in a Tango Salon doubling as a brothel and illegal gambling den Read More »
The Violent Four (1968) Carlo Lizzani, Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian, Margaret Lee
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers. Read More »
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987) Francesco Rosi, Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volonté
A small village in Latin America. Santiago have been knife in the morning. It surprise nobody. Read More »
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971) Giuliano Montaldo, Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack
In 1920, the anarchist Italian immigrants Niccola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) Read More »
The Mattei Affair (1972) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranco Ombuen
Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis Read More »