Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 – 5 November 1979) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Oliv ...
. Although he emerged as a star during the
Fascist era, Nazzari's popularity continued well into the
post-war years.
Early career
Amedeo Nazzari was born as Amedeo Carlo Leone Buffa in
Cagliari
Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...
,
Sardinia
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,
Kingdom of Italy
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, in 1907 and he later adopted as his professional name the name of his maternal grandfather, Amedeo Nazzari, a magistrate who had been the president of the
Court of Appeal
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of
Vicenza
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in
Veneto
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and later took the same position in Cagliari. Although Amedeo eventually moved to Rome, he always retained a slight trace of his native Sardinian accent. While Nazzari was keen on gaining film contracts much of his early experience was in the theatre. He entered a contest organised by
Twentieth Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...
to find an Italian actor to fill the boots of the recently deceased screen star
Rudolph Valentino
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor who starred in several well-known sile ...
, but lost out to
Alberto Rabagliati
Alberto Rabagliati (27 June 1906 – 8 March 1974) was an Italian jazz singer.
Early career
Alberto Rabagliati was born in Milan in 1906 and was the son of a Piedmontese couple: his father Leandro Valentino Rabagliati and his mother Delfina B ...
. He was rejected after
screen test
A screen test is a method of determining the suitability of an actor or actress for performing on film or in a particular role. It is typically a secondary or later stage in the audition process. The performer is generally given a scene, or sel ...
s by Italian professionals, who found him too tall, thin and thought he had a too gloomy expression.
Nazzari made his debut in ''
Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1935), following a recommendation from
Elsa Merlini. His first read role came with the 1936 film ''
Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mob ...
'', and he followed it up with ''
The Castiglioni Brothers
''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (Italian: ''I fratelli Castiglioni'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Camillo Pilotto, Ugo Ceseri and Amedeo Nazzari. It was based on a play of the same t ...
'' (1937). His breakthrough came with the 1938 film ''
Luciano Serra, Pilot
''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' () is a 1938 Italian war drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Germana Paolieri and Roberto Villa.
It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in August 1938, where it was awarde ...
'' (1938) where he played a
First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
veteran who returns to fight for Italy during the
Abyssinian War. Nazzari was transformed into a
matinee idol, the most bankable star of Italian cinema. Following the film, Nazzari was invited to join the
Fascist Party by
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
, but declined saying "Thank You Duce! I would prefer not to concern myself with politics, occupied as I am with more pressing artistic commitments".
Stardom
Despite declining to join the Fascist party, Nazzari, along with a handful of other actors such as
Fosco Giachetti
Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor.
Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist ...
, was considered one of exemplary male heroes. Most of his film roles from this point present him as a
masculine
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(often military) figure. His emergence as a star coincided with a major drive by the Italian government to rebuild the country's film industry which had declined since its heyday in the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
.
This policy involved large-scale government funding of films and the construction of the massive
Cinecittà
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constru ...
studio complex in Rome. The number of films produced each year climbed rapidly, with Nazzari a particularly prolific actor (making six films in 1939 and eight in 1941).
[Gundle p.191] During the era he worked with some of the leading Italian actresses including
Alida Valli
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, span ...
,
Lilia Silvi,
Luisa Ferida
Luisa Ferida, real surname Manfrini (18 March 1914 – 30 April 1945), was an Italian stage and film actress. She was considered a diva in Italian cinema during 1935 to 1945 and was the highest paid movie star of that period. The actress was ...
,
Mariella Lotti,
Assia Noris
Anastasia Nikolaevna von Gerzfeld (, sometimes transliterated as Anastassia von Hertzfeld; 16 February 1912 – 27 January 1998), known professionally as Assia Noris, was a Russian-Italian film actress.
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Noris ...
,
Vera Carmi and
Clara Calamai, often more than once.
Nazzari was almost always cast as a straightforward hero, and he closely protected his public persona to avoid any negative roles. An exception was the historical comedy-drama film ''
The Jester's Supper'' (1942) in which he plays a loutish figure. Nazzari made four films with
Alida Valli
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, span ...
, including ''
Unjustified Absence'' (1939).
Following Italy's entry into the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
in 1940, he combined romances and comedies, with occasional more propagandistic productions. Amongst the more political was ''
Bengasi'' (1942), an anti-British war film set in
Libya
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. Nazzari portrays an Italian patriot who masquerades as a collaborator with the British occupiers of
Bengazi in order to steal their battle plans. It was the only time he featured alongside the other great male star of the era, Fosco Giachetti.
Later career

Star of Italian cinema during the 1940s and 1950s. He made several melodramas with
Raffaello Matarazzo
Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker.
Life
Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films ...
, such as ''
Catene'' in 1949. Nazzari played Alberto Lazzari in
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...
's
Nights of Cabiria
''Nights of Cabiria'' () is a 1957 drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The film features Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a sex worker living in Rome. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzari. The film is ba ...
. He died in 1979 in Rome.
Awards
*
David di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...
Special David, for a life dedicated to cinema with passionate professionalism and extraordinary success.
*
Venice Film Festival
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Best Actor in the Year of Count Volpi's Concession for , 1941
*
Nastro d'Argento
The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...
Best Actor for ''
Il bandito'', 1947
Selected filmography
*''
Cavalry
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'' (1936) as Umberto Solaro
*''
Ginevra degli Almieri'' (1936) as Antonio Rondinelli
* ''
Tomb of the Angels'' (1937) as Pietro
*''
The Castiglioni Brothers
''The Castiglioni Brothers'' (Italian: ''I fratelli Castiglioni'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Corrado D'Errico and starring Camillo Pilotto, Ugo Ceseri and Amedeo Nazzari. It was based on a play of the same t ...
'' (1937) as Fulvio Castiglioni
* ''
The Count of Brechard'' (1938) as Francesco di Bréchard
*''
Luciano Serra, Pilot
''Luciano Serra, Pilot'' () is a 1938 Italian war drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Germana Paolieri and Roberto Villa.
It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in August 1938, where it was awarde ...
'' (1938) as Luciano Serra
* (1938) as Gerardo di Jersay
*''
The House of Shame'' (1938) as Giulio
* (1939) as Rocco Moretti
*''
Unjustified Absence'' (1939) as Doctor Carlo Cristiani
* (1939) as Jack Morison / Inspector General Garner
* ''
The Night of Tricks'' (1939) as Capatosta
* (1940) as Gianni / Hans
* ''
One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (1940) as Woods
* ''
Beyond Love'' (1940) as Pietro Mirilli
* ''
Then We'll Get a Divorce'' (1940) as Phil Gilder
* ''
Big Shoes'' (1940) as Stefano Di Marco
* (1940) as Pietro Lanfranchi
* (1940) as Pietro Lanfranchi
*''
Caravaggio
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'' (1941) as Michelangelo Merisi, the "Caravaggio"
* (1941) as Fabio Regoli
* ''
Scampolo
''Scampolo'' is a 1958 German film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Romy Schneider, Paul Hubschmid, and Georg Thomalla. Schneider plays the title role.
Plot
Scampolo is a young, poor girl who lives on the island of Ischia. She falls ...
'' (1941) as Tito Sacchi
* (1941) as Bernardino Visconti
* (1941) as Franco Gádori
* ''
The Last Dance'' (1941) as Professor Stefano Boronkay
* (1942) as Paolo Wronski
*''
The Jester's Supper'' (1942) as Neri Chiaramontesi
*''
Bengasi'' (1942) as Filippo Colleoni
*''
Sleeping Beauty
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'' (1942) as Salvatore "Sulfur black"
* ''
Fedora
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'' (1942) as Loris Ipanov / Ivan Petrovic
* ''
The Taming of the Shrew
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'' (1942) as Petruccio
*' (1942) as Massimo Doriot
* ''
Happy Days
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'' (1942) as Michele
* ''
Men of the Mountain'' (1943) as Lieutenant Andrea Fontana
* ''
Harlem
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'' (1943) as Amedeo Rossi
* ''
Apparition'' (1943) as Amedeo Nazzari
* (1963)
* (1944) as Rodolfo Morigi
*''
The Ten Commandments'' (1945) (segment —Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife)
*''
Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) as Captain De Palma
*''
The Bandit'' (1946) as Ernesto
*''Malacarne'' (1946) as Zù Bastiano
* (1947) as Gaetano Donizetti
*''
When the Angels Sleep
''When the Angels Sleep'' () is a 1947 Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Ricardo Gascón and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Maria Eugénia. In Italian the film's title is '' Quando gli angeli dormono''.Lancia p.102-03
Cast
* Amed ...
'' (1947) as Blin
* (1947) as Renato Salesi
*''
The Captain's Daughter'' (1947) as Pugaciov, Tsar Piotr III
*''
Unexpected Conflict'' (1948) as Damian, the butler
* (1948)
* (1949) as Don Juan de Serrallonga
* (1949) as Vitaliano Lamberti
* (1949) as Count Carlo di Valfreda
*''
The Wolf of the Sila'' (1949) as Rocco Barra
*''Marmolada'' (1950)
*''
Torment'' (1950) as Carlo Guarnieri
*''
Chains
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'' (1950) as Guglielmo Aniello
* ''
The Merry Widower
''The Merry Widower'' () is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 392 The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach.
It is not to be confused with the 1908 ...
'' (1950) as Professor De Carlo
*''
Alina'' (1950) as Giovanni
*''
Barrier to the North'' (1950) as Major Mauri
* ''
Women and Brigands'' (1950) as Michele Pezza (Brother Devil)
*''
Il Brigante Musolino'' (1950) as
Beppe Musolino (a character inspired by Italian brigand
Giuseppe Musolino)
* ''
Brief Rapture'' (1951) as Francesco Leverrier, Police Inspector
*''
Double Cross'' (1951) as Pietro Vanzetti
*''
Last Meeting'' (1951) as Piero Castelli
*''
Nobody's Children'' (1951) as Guido Canali
*''
Volver a la vida'' (1951)
* (1952) as Franco Santinelli
*''
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (French: ''Nous sommes tous des assassins'', Italian: ''Siamo tutti assassini'') is a 1952 French-Italian crime drama film written and directed by André Cayatte and starring Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin and Cla ...
'' (1952) as Doctor Detouche (Italian version)
*''
Barefoot Savage'' (1952) as Riccardo Sartori
*''
The City Stands Trial
''The City Stands Trial'' () is a 1952 Italian crime film, crime drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini and Paolo Stoppa. It is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo Trial, Cuocolo murders and the strugg ...
'' (1952) as Prosecutor Antonio Spicacci
*''
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo
''The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' () is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Pietro Germi.
Plot
In 1863 a company of Italian Bersaglieri commanded by Captain Giordani, as part of the repression of banditry, was charged with freeing ...
'' (1952) as Capt. Giordani
*''
In Olden Days'' (1952) as Andrea Fabbri (segment )
*''
The Flame'' (1952) as Colonel Felt
*''
Who is Without Sin'' (1952) as Stefano Brunot
*''
The World Condemns Them'' (1953) as Paolo Martelli
*''
A Husband for Anna'' (1953) as Doctor Illuminato
*''
I Always Loved You'' (1953) as Massimo
*''
Pietà per chi cade'' (1954) as Carlo Savelli
*''
Torna!
''Torna!'' (i.e. "Come Back!") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film that was directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson.
Plot
Roberto, who has been estranged from his family, presumably because of his illegitim ...
'' (1954) - Roberto Varesi
* (1954) as Jacques Barnaud
*''
Appassionatamente
''Appassionatamente'' (i.e. "Passionately") is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Myriam Bru. It is loosely based on the drama play ''La Dame de Saint-Tropez'' by Auguste Anicet- ...
'' (1954) as Andrea Morandi
*''
Proibito'' (1954) as Costantino Corraine
*''
The White Angel'' (1955) as Engineer Guido Carani
*''
L'ultimo amante'' (1955) as Cesare Monti
*''
The Intruder'' (1956) as Carlo Conti
*''
Nights of Cabiria
''Nights of Cabiria'' () is a 1957 drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The film features Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a sex worker living in Rome. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzari. The film is ba ...
'' (1957) as Alberto Lazzari
* (1957) as Michel de Caroli
*''
Anna of Brooklyn'' (1958) as Ciccone
*''
The Sky Burns'' (1958) as Carlo Casati
*''
Melancholic Autumn'' (1958) as Andrea, merchant captain
*''
The Naked Maja'' (1958) as Prime Minister
Manuel Godoy
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos (12 May 1767 – 4 October 1851), 1st ''Prince of the Peace'', 1st ''Duke of Alcudia'', 1st ''Duke of Sueca'', 1st ''Baron of Mascalbó'', was the First Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Spain from ...
*''
Policarpo'' (1959) as The Carabiniere (uncredited)
*''
World of Miracles
''World of Miracles'' () is a 1959 Italian melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano.
Plot
Laura and Marco are two young lovers who act for a theater company. But one day Marco, having come into conflict with her father, who is an old actor, le ...
'' (1959) as the presenter at the press conference
*''
Labyrinth
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'' (1959) as Professor De Lattre
* (1959) as Coronel
*''
Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) as the State Secretary
*''
Carthage in Flames
''Carthage in Flames'' () is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Pierre Brasseur, José Suárez, Daniel Gélin and Anne Heywood. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were desi ...
'' (1959)
* (1960) as Salvatore Acierno
*''
Journey Beneath the Desert'' (1961) as Tamal
*''Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile'' (1961) as Amenophis IV
*''
The Best of Enemies'' (1961) as Maj. Fornari
*''
The Corsican Brothers'' (1961) as Orlandi
*' (1962)
* (1962) as Ruiz / André Leboeuf
* (1962) as General Hugo
*''
Street of Temptation'' (1962) as Gentleman in a silk suit
*''
The Shortest Day
''The Shortest Day'' () is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both European and American cinem ...
'' (1963) as Squinting soldier with abacus
*''
Shivers in Summer'' (1964) as Count Marcello della Pietra
* (1964) as Max Branzeri
*''
Il Gaucho'' (1964) as Marucchelli
* (1965) as Livio Bertana
* (1966) as François Derroux
*''
The Poppy Is Also a Flower'' (1966) as Captain Di Nonno
*''
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow'' (1967) as Bardo Baretti
*''
The Column
''The Column'' () is a 1968 Romanian historical film directed by Mircea Drăgan. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The action starts n ...
'' (1968) as Emperor Trajan
*''
The Sicilian Clan'' (1969) as Tony Nicosia
*''
The Valachi Papers'' (1972) as Gaetano Reina
*''
A Matter of Time'' (1976) as Tewfik
*''
Derrick
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'' (season 3, episode 14: ; 1976) as Dr. Pinaldi
* (1977) as Himself
References
Bibliography
*''Amedeo Nazzari'' written by Piero Pruzzo and Enrico Lancia. Collana "Le stelle filanti", Gremese Editore, Roma, 1983.
*''Amedeo Nazzari. Il divo, l'uomo, l'attore'' by Simone Casavecchia, with an interview to Evelina Nazzari,
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The (; CSC), also referred to as the (), is an Italian national film school headquartered in Rome, with satellite educational hubs in five other Italian regions.
It was established in 1935 and aims to promote the art and technique of cinemat ...
(Roma, 2007) in the 100 Anniversary of the birth of the actor (1907/2007).
Sito ufficiale del C.S.C.*''Amedeo Buffa in arte Nazzari written by Maria Evelina Buffa. Collana "Cinema italiano", Edizioni Sabinae, Roma, 2008.
*Gundle, Stephen. ''Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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