Enzo Staiola (15 November 1939 – 4 June 2025) was an Italian actor, best known for playing, at the age of eight, the role of Bruno Ricci in

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...

's neorealist 1948 film ''

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''. He appeared in several other films including, in 1954, the American-produced ''

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'' with

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. As an adult he became a mathematics teacher and later also worked as a land registry clerk. Staiola died on 4 June 2025, at the age of 85.

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* 1939 births 2025 deaths Male actors from Rome Italian male film actors Italian male child actors Italian mathematics educators {{Italy-film-actor-stub