Ninetto Davoli
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Ninetto Davoli is an Italian
actor
who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini
's films.
, Calabria
. He was discovered by poet, novelist and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini
, who had begun a relationship with Davoli, then a 15 year old boy, in 1963.
First cast in a non-speaking role in the film Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964), Davoli next co-starred with celebrated comic Totò
in Uccellacci e uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1966). He played mostly comical-naïve roles in several more of Pasolini's films, the last of which was Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte
(A Thousand and One Nights/Arabian Nights, 1974).
After Pasolini's death in 1975, Davoli turned increasingly to television productions.
Italy
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
's films.
Biography
Davoli was born in San Pietro a MaidaSan Pietro a Maida
San Pietro a Maida is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy.-Notes and references:...
, Calabria
Calabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
. He was discovered by poet, novelist and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
, who had begun a relationship with Davoli, then a 15 year old boy, in 1963.
First cast in a non-speaking role in the film Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964), Davoli next co-starred with celebrated comic Totò
Totò
Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter...
in Uccellacci e uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1966). He played mostly comical-naïve roles in several more of Pasolini's films, the last of which was Il fiore delle Mille e una Notte
Il fiore delle mille e una notte
Arabian Nights is a 1974 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Its original Italian title is Il fiore delle mille e una notte, which means "The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights"....
(A Thousand and One Nights/Arabian Nights, 1974).
After Pasolini's death in 1975, Davoli turned increasingly to television productions.
Film
- Il vangelo secondo MatteoThe Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)The Gospel According to St. Matthew is a 1964 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection....
(The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964) (Pasolini) - Uccellacci e uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1966) (Pasolini)
- Requiescant (1967)
- Le stregheLe stregheLe streghe is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica...
(1967) (Pasolini) - Capriccio all'Italiana (1967) (Pasolini)
- Edipo re (Oedipus Rex, 1967) (Pasolini)
- Caprice Italian StyleCaprice Italian StyleCaprice Italian Style is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by six different directors, including Mario Monicelli and Pier Paolo Pasolini.-Cast:* Totò as Anziano signore* Ugo D'Alessio as Il commissario di PS* Regina Seiffert as La Ragazza...
(1968) - Teorema (Theorem, 1968) (Pasolini)
- Porcile (Pigsty, 1969) (Pasolini)
- Amore e rabbiaAmore e rabbiaAmore e rabbia is a 1969 anthology film that includes five films directed by five Italian directors and one French director...
(1969) (Pasolini) - Ostia (1970)
- Il Decameron (The Decameron, 1971) (Pasolini)
- Er più - storia d'maore e di coltello (1971)
- Storia di fifa e di coltello - er seguito del più (1972)
- Il maschio ruspante (1972)
- I Racconti di Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales, 1972) (Pasolini)
- La ToscaLa ToscaLa Tosca is a five-act drama by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou. It was first performed on 24 November 1887 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role...
(1973) - Storie scellerate (1973)
- Il lumacone (1974)
- Appassionata (1974)
- Amore mio, non farmi male (1974)
- Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in RussiaUnbelievable Adventures of Italians in RussiaUnbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia is a 1974 joint Soviet-Italian film about some Italians searching for treasure in Russia, and directed by Franco Prosperi and Eldar Ryazanov.- Plot summary :...
(1974) - Il fiore delle Mille e una NotteIl fiore delle mille e una notteArabian Nights is a 1974 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Its original Italian title is Il fiore delle mille e una notte, which means "The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights"....
(A Thousand and One Nights/Arabian Nights, 1974) (Pasolini) - Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata (1975)
- Frankenstein all'italiana (1975)
- Qui comincia l'avventura (1975)
- Il vizio ha le calze nere (1975)
- Prendimi, straziami che brucio di passione (1975)
- L'agnese va a morire (1976)
- Amore all'arrabbiata (1976)
- Spogliamoci, così senza pudore (1976)
- No alla violenza (1977)
- Casotto (1977)
- Malabestia (1978)
- La liceale seduce i professori (1979)
- Buone notizie (1979)
- Maschio.. femmina... fiore... frutto (1980)
- Il cappotto di Astrakan (1980)
- Il cuore del tirrano (1981)
- Il minestroneIl minestroneIl minestrone is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Roberto Benigni - Il maestro* Franco Citti - Francesco* Ninetto Davoli - Giovanni...
(1981) - Il conte Tacchia (1982)
- Marie Ward (1985)
- Occhei, occhei (1986)
- MomoMomo (film)Momo is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Johannes Schaaf and based on the 1973 novel by Michael Ende. It is about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies...
(1987) - Animali metropolitani (1987)
- Le rose blu (1996)
- I Mali randagi (1997)
- La Ragazza del metrò (1989)
- L'anno prossimo vado a letto alle dieci (1995)
- I magi randagi (1996)
- CinématonCinématonCinématon is a 162-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released, until 2011. Composed over 33 years from 1978 until 2011, it consists of a series of over 2,432 silent vignettes , each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities,...
#1824 (1997) - Una vita non violenta (1999)
- Uno su due (2006)
Television
- Le avventure di Calandrino e Buffalmaco (1975) - mini-series
- Addavenì quel giorno e quella notte (1979)
- Sogni e bisogni (1985) - mini-series
- L'altro enigma (1988) - mini-series
- La romana (1989)
- Il vigile urbano (1995) - series
- L'avvocato porta (1997) - mini-series
- La banda (2000)
- Vite a prendere (2004)