Ciro Verratti (17 August 1907 – 6 July 1971) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team

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1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. He was cast as the lead in the 1937 pirate swashbuckler ''

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'', his only film role.

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* * * * 1907 births 1971 deaths Italian male foil fencers Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Chieti Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub