Massimo Girotti Actor Date of Birth: 18.05.1918 Country: Italy

Biography of Massimo Girotti

Massimo Girotti was born on May 18, 1918. He studied at the University of Rome and made his film debut in 1938 in Mario Soldati's film "Dora Nelson" (1939). In the 1940s, Girotti combined his work in cinema with theater, much like his collaborator Luchino Visconti, who essentially launched Girotti's career by casting him in the lead role of his first film, "Ossessione" (1942). Their collaboration continued, with Visconti casting the actor in almost all of his films, including "Senso" (1954), "The Witch Burned Alive," a segment of the anthology film "The Witches" (1967), and "The Innocent" (1976).

After the war, Girotti became one of the leading actors of neorealism, appearing in notable films such as Giuseppe De Santis' "Tragic Hunt" (1947), Luigi Zampa's "Difficult Years" (1948), Mario Camerini's "Christmas at the Camp" (1948), Pietro Germi's "In the Name of the Law" (1949) and "Under the Sun of Sicily" (1949), Giuseppe De Santis' "Rome, 11 o'clock" (1951), Carlo Lizzani's "On the Outskirts of the Big City" (1953), and Giuseppe De Santis' "Give Me My Husband" (1953).

During the post-neorealist period, among the many roles he played, Girotti stood out in films by prominent directors such as Giuseppe De Santis' "The Road a Year Long" (1959, Yugoslavia), Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Theorem" (1968) and "Medea" (1969), Bernardo Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), and Ettore Scola's "Passion of Love" (1981). He also worked with foreign directors, including Mikhail Kalatozov in the Soviet-Italian film "The Red Tent" and Joseph Losey in the joint French-Italian film "Mr. Klein" (1976).