Luigi Vannucchi

Acting

Luigi Vannucchi

Born November 25, 1930 · Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy

Died August 29, 1978 · aged 47

Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Born in Caltanissetta, Vannucchi graduated at Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after entered the theatrical company of Vittorio Gassman. In 1958 he entered the Giorgio Strehler's company. From early 60's he also was very active as television actor, often in nega…

Known For

The Assassination of TrotskyThe Assassination of Trotsky · 1972
The Assassination of Trotsky
5.31972
MovieDramaHistory
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
Lovers Like UsLovers Like Us · 1975
Lovers Like Us
6.61975
MovieRomanceComedy
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
The Red TentThe Red Tent · 1969
The Red Tent
6.11969
MovieAdventureDrama
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
The Corsican BrothersThe Corsican Brothers · 1961
The Corsican Brothers
6.31961
MovieAdventureAction
The Dumas story about Siamese twins separated at birth but who have a strong psychic link.
Su e giùSu e giù · 1965
Su e giù
9.01965
MovieComedy
A movie divided in four episodes: the arrival of the husband makes the loves of his wife to hide in the next room; an husband invites a friend while his wife is not at home; a poor man dreams about having an adventure with a beautiful girl; an impoverished nobleman wins at gambling after taking the earring of the wife of a factory owner.
Days of ViolenceDays of Violence · 1967
Days of Violence
5.81967
MovieWestern
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe's brother is killed unjustly by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Joe decides to join a group of Southerners determined to resist till the end. Joe is considered an outlaw and a reward is posted for his capture. When the war ends, Joe returns to the farm where he used to work only to find Christine, the owner's daughter and his sweetheart, engaged to the hated Captain Clifford.
L'ammiraglioL'ammiraglio · 1965
L'ammiraglio
1965
MovieDramaHistory
Pleasant NightsPleasant Nights · 1966
Pleasant Nights
6.61966
MovieComedy
A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.

Movies

The Assassination of TrotskyThe Assassination of Trotsky · 1972
The Assassination of Trotsky
5.31972
MovieDramaHistory
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
Lovers Like UsLovers Like Us · 1975
Lovers Like Us
6.61975
MovieRomanceComedy
A young Frenchwoman fleeing her Italian fiancé in Caracas thrusts herself and those around her into madcap events.
The Red TentThe Red Tent · 1969
The Red Tent
6.11969
MovieAdventureDrama
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
The Corsican BrothersThe Corsican Brothers · 1961
The Corsican Brothers
6.31961
MovieAdventureAction
The Dumas story about Siamese twins separated at birth but who have a strong psychic link.
Su e giùSu e giù · 1965
Su e giù
9.01965
MovieComedy
A movie divided in four episodes: the arrival of the husband makes the loves of his wife to hide in the next room; an husband invites a friend while his wife is not at home; a poor man dreams about having an adventure with a beautiful girl; an impoverished nobleman wins at gambling after taking the earring of the wife of a factory owner.
Days of ViolenceDays of Violence · 1967
Days of Violence
5.81967
MovieWestern
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe's brother is killed unjustly by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Joe decides to join a group of Southerners determined to resist till the end. Joe is considered an outlaw and a reward is posted for his capture. When the war ends, Joe returns to the farm where he used to work only to find Christine, the owner's daughter and his sweetheart, engaged to the hated Captain Clifford.
L'ammiraglioL'ammiraglio · 1965
L'ammiraglio
1965
MovieDramaHistory
Pleasant NightsPleasant Nights · 1966
Pleasant Nights
6.61966
MovieComedy
A trilogy of comedic tales set in the Middle Ages.
Il vizio assurdoIl vizio assurdo · 1978
Il vizio assurdo
1978
Movie
The Tiger and the PussycatThe Tiger and the Pussycat · 1967
The Tiger and the Pussycat
6.91967
MovieDramaComedy
A middle-aged businessman finds himself in thirst for romance adventure, and it seems that a proper partner is not far away.
Johnny YumaJohnny Yuma · 1966
Johnny Yuma
6.21966
MovieActionDrama
Infidelity, murder, and betrayal lies at the center of this violent Spaghetti western. A scheming wife does away with her husband, causing the man's heir to seek revenge. A number of double-crosses and bloody gun battles follow, eventually driving the woman to flee into the desert.
The Devil in LoveThe Devil in Love · 1966
The Devil in Love
5.81966
MovieComedy
Two devils from Hell are sent to Earth to cause trouble. Belfagor and his faithful sidekick Adramalek must start a war between Rome and Florence in 1478.
Tiffany MemorandumTiffany Memorandum · 1967
Tiffany Memorandum
4.61967
MovieComedyAction
A journalist and secretary get involved in espionage.
Year OneYear One · 1974
Year One
5.21974
MovieDramaHistory
Rossellini’s biopic of the postwar Christian Democrat leader, Alcide De Gaspari, who was responsible for keeping the Communists out of power in the years that followed the fall of fascism.
AmletoAmleto · 1955
Amleto
7.81955
MovieDrama
Kean - Genio e sregolatezzaKean - Genio e sregolatezza · 1955
Kean - Genio e sregolatezza
1955
MovieComedyDrama
Vittorio Gassman brings Dumas's "Kean - Genius and Debauchery," adapted by Sartre, to television. Edmund Kean is a hugely popular and theatrical 19th-century English actor who is, however, addicted to vice and deeply in debt. He competes with the Prince of Wales, his partner in debauchery, for the wife of the Danish ambassador.
Domani non siamo piu' quiDomani non siamo piu' qui · 1967
Domani non siamo piu' qui
7.01967
MovieDrama
Italian drama written and directed by Brunello Rondi.

TV Shows

Le donne del Tenente SheridanLe donne del Tenente Sheridan · 1965
Le donne del Tenente Sheridan
6.01965
SeriesCrime
Vita di DanteVita di Dante · 1965
Vita di Dante
9.01965
SeriesDrama
Part of a trilogy of “Famous Lives” conceived by Angelo Guglielmi, Vittorio Cottafavi's television series is a rigorous reconstruction of the biography of the great poet, alternating between fiction and documentary sequences.
Qui squadra mobileQui squadra mobile · 1973
Qui squadra mobile
1973
SeriesCrimeMystery
Qui squadra mobile is an Italian television series.
A come AndromedaA come Andromeda · 1972
A come Andromeda
6.41972
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in 1973, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature"?
I promessi sposiI promessi sposi · 1967
I promessi sposi
7.31967
Series
A look at Alessandro Manzoni's novel and the tormented love story of Renzo and Lucia during the troubled years of Spanish rule in 17th-century Lombardy.