Piero Vida

Piero Vida (5 August 1938 – 25 January 1987) was an Italian actor.

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1900 (1976)

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Robert De Niro  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Stefania Sandrelli

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Robert De Niro  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Deep Red (1975)

One night, musician Marcus Daly, looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, he just manages to miss the perpetrator... or so he thinks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  David Hemmings  •  Daria Nicolodi  •  Gabriele Lavia  •  Macha Méril

One night, musician Marcus Daly, looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, he just manages to miss the perpetrator... or so he thinks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  David Hemmings  •  Daria Nicolodi  •  Gabriele Lavia  •  Macha Méril

Man on Fire (1987)

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Élie Chouraqui
CAST:  Scott Glenn  •  Jade Malle  •  Joe Pesci  •  Brooke Adams

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Élie Chouraqui
CAST:  Scott Glenn  •  Jade Malle  •  Joe Pesci  •  Brooke Adams

Nostalgia (1983)

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrei Tarkovsky
CAST:  Oleg Yankovskiy  •  Erland Josephson  •  Domiziana Giordano  •  Patrizia Terreno

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrei Tarkovsky
CAST:  Oleg Yankovskiy  •  Erland Josephson  •  Domiziana Giordano  •  Patrizia Terreno

The Night Porter (1974)

A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Giuseppe Addobbati

A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Gabriele Ferzetti  •  Giuseppe Addobbati

Stage Fright (1987)

A troupe of struggling stage actors rehearsing for a small-town production of a play panic after finding out they are locked in the theater with a killer wearing an owl mask.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Soavi
CAST:  David Brandon  •  Giovanni Lombardo Radice  •  Domenico Fiore  •  Robert Gligorov

A troupe of struggling stage actors rehearsing for a small-town production of a play panic after finding out they are locked in the theater with a killer wearing an owl mask.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Soavi
CAST:  David Brandon  •  Giovanni Lombardo Radice  •  Domenico Fiore  •  Robert Gligorov

Who Works Is Lost (1963)

Bonifacio is 27 years old and he is roaming about Venice. He is trying to decide whether to accept a job or not. In so doing, he recalls all his past life: his love story with Gabriella, his old friend Claudio, who had always regarded working as a worthwhile thing, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Sady Rebbot  •  Pascale Audret  •  Tino Buazzelli  •  Nando Angelini

Bonifacio is 27 years old and he is roaming about Venice. He is trying to decide whether to accept a job or not. In so doing, he recalls all his past life: his love story with Gabriella, his old friend Claudio, who had always regarded working as a worthwhile thing, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Sady Rebbot  •  Pascale Audret  •  Tino Buazzelli  •  Nando Angelini

Payment in Blood (1967)

Chamaco finds himself on the wrong end of a firing squad after tracking an ex-Confederate to interrogate him about General Beauregard's missing gold. He's saved by a stranger who calls himself Stuart (Byrnes). Stuart claims to know the location of Beauregard's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo G. Castellari
CAST:  Edd Byrnes  •  Guy Madison  •  Ennio Girolami  •  Luisa Baratto

Chamaco finds himself on the wrong end of a firing squad after tracking an ex-Confederate to interrogate him about General Beauregard's missing gold. He's saved by a stranger who calls himself Stuart (Byrnes). Stuart claims to know the location of Beauregard's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enzo G. Castellari
CAST:  Edd Byrnes  •  Guy Madison  •  Ennio Girolami  •  Luisa Baratto

Galileo (1968)

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  Cyril Cusack  •  Georgi Kaloyanchev  •  Nikolay Doychev  •  Gigi Ballista

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  Cyril Cusack  •  Georgi Kaloyanchev  •  Nikolay Doychev  •  Gigi Ballista

Il caso Moro (1986)

On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the end of WWII. 55 days later, his body will be found in the trunk of a car. This is a neutral and factual account of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Ferrara
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Mattia Sbragia  •  Margarita Lozano  •  Bruno Zanin

On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the end of WWII. 55 days later, his body will be found in the trunk of a car. This is a neutral and factual account of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Ferrara
CAST:  Gian Maria Volonté  •  Mattia Sbragia  •  Margarita Lozano  •  Bruno Zanin

What Did Stalin Do to Women? (1969)

Two young intellectuals of the PCI, former partisans, enter into a deep ideological crisis after the fall of Stalin. One will volunteer for Vietnam. the other will find in Ho Chi Minh a new myth to be inspired.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Liverani
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Margaret Lee  •  Silvia Monti  •  Benedetto Benedetti

Two young intellectuals of the PCI, former partisans, enter into a deep ideological crisis after the fall of Stalin. One will volunteer for Vietnam. the other will find in Ho Chi Minh a new myth to be inspired.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Liverani
CAST:  Helmut Berger  •  Margaret Lee  •  Silvia Monti  •  Benedetto Benedetti

Year One (1974)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Luigi Vannucchi  •  Dominique Darel  •  Rita Calderoni  •  Consalvo Dell'Arti

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Luigi Vannucchi  •  Dominique Darel  •  Rita Calderoni  •  Consalvo Dell'Arti

Capricci (1969)

After a fight in their apartment, the story of a writer and a painter are divided. The writer is dedicated with his partner Manon to provoke continuous accidents in a field in which car carcasses abound. The painter is recruited to kill, through a poisoned picture, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmelo Bene
CAST:  Carmelo Bene  •  Tonino Caputo  •  Anne Wiazemsky  •  Giovanni Davoli

After a fight in their apartment, the story of a writer and a painter are divided. The writer is dedicated with his partner Manon to provoke continuous accidents in a field in which car carcasses abound. The painter is recruited to kill, through a poisoned picture, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmelo Bene
CAST:  Carmelo Bene  •  Tonino Caputo  •  Anne Wiazemsky  •  Giovanni Davoli

Cicciabomba (1982)

An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Donatella Rettore  •  Gena Gas  •  Adriana Russo  •  Anita Ekberg

An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umberto Lenzi
CAST:  Donatella Rettore  •  Gena Gas  •  Adriana Russo  •  Anita Ekberg

Catch As Catch Can (1967)

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Indovina
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Martha Hyer  •  Gila Golan  •  Karin Skarreso

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Indovina
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Martha Hyer  •  Gila Golan  •  Karin Skarreso

In the Name of the Father (1971)

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Bellocchio
CAST:  Yves Beneyton  •  Renato Scarpa  •  Piero Vida  •  Aldo Sassi

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Bellocchio
CAST:  Yves Beneyton  •  Renato Scarpa  •  Piero Vida  •  Aldo Sassi

Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Giallo thriller about a child killer roaming the streets of Venice. The family of the latest victim begin their own investigation. Soon finding they are in way over their heads, the killer now begins to target those who have discovered too much.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aldo Lado
CAST:  George Lazenby  •  Anita Strindberg  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Dominique Boschero

Giallo thriller about a child killer roaming the streets of Venice. The family of the latest victim begin their own investigation. Soon finding they are in way over their heads, the killer now begins to target those who have discovered too much.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aldo Lado
CAST:  George Lazenby  •  Anita Strindberg  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Dominique Boschero

Snow Job (1965)

Lucio sees his holiday on the Italian Alps interrupted when he is suddenly and unwillingly involved in an International plot involving fake dollar bills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Salce
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Beba Lončar

Lucio sees his holiday on the Italian Alps interrupted when he is suddenly and unwillingly involved in an International plot involving fake dollar bills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luciano Salce
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Beba Lončar

Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aldo Lado
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Jean Sorel  •  Mario Adorf  •  Barbara Bach

An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aldo Lado
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Jean Sorel  •  Mario Adorf  •  Barbara Bach

Hate for Hate (1967)

After being captured during a bank robbery, a cowboy is sent to a prison located in a swamp, where he contracts malaria. He soon escapes and, with the help of a Mexican, sets out to track down his partner, who escaped from the bank robbery with all the money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Domenico Paolella
CAST:  Antonio Sabàto  •  John Ireland  •  Piero Vida  •  Nadia Marconi

After being captured during a bank robbery, a cowboy is sent to a prison located in a swamp, where he contracts malaria. He soon escapes and, with the help of a Mexican, sets out to track down his partner, who escaped from the bank robbery with all the money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Domenico Paolella
CAST:  Antonio Sabàto  •  John Ireland  •  Piero Vida  •  Nadia Marconi
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