Michele Placido is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film Ernesto. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series La piovra (1984–2001). Placido's directorial debut, Pummarò, was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara.
Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor, widely regarded as one of the best actors in cinema history. Remembered for his versatility as an interpreter, his outspoken left-wing leanings and fiery temper on and off-screen, he is most famous for his roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El Chuncho Munoz in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1966) and Professor Brad Fletcher in Sergio Sollima's Face to Face (1967).
Fists in the Pocket is a 1965 Italian psychological drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, his directorial debut. A dark satire of family and social values, the film centers on a young man suffering from epilepsy who plots the murders of his dysfunctional family.
Marco Bellocchio is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Massimo Girotti was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades.
Giovanni "Ninetto" Davoli is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films.
The Nastro d'Argento for Best Director is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists, the national association of Italian film critics.
Alessandro Haber is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
Maya Sansa is an Italian actress.
Andrea Di Stefano is an Italian actor and film director.
Marino Masè was an Italian actor who appeared in more than 70 films.
Maurizio Ponzi is an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinema critic.
Paolo Graziosi was an Italian stage and film actor.
Filippo Timi is an Italian actor, director and writer.
Silvano Tranquilli was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978".
Alessio Gelsini Torresi is an Italian cinematographer, sometimes credited as Alessio Gelsini.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Edoardo Purgatori a.k.a. Edoardo Hendrik is an actor.
Anita Kravos is an Italian actress. Her acting credits include Alza la testa, Raise Your Head and The Great Beauty.
