The Star Maker (1995)
In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.
Director:
Giuseppe Tornatore
Writers:
Fabio Rinaudo, Giuseppe Tornatore.
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Sergio Castellitto as Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo) |
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Tiziana Lodato as Beata |
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Franco Scaldati as Brigadier Mastropaolo |
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Leopoldo Trieste as Mute |
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Leo Gullotta as Vito |
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Clelia Rondinella as Anna's mother |
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Salvatore Billa as Prince |
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Jane Alexander as Princess |
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Tony Sperandeo as 1st Badalamenti |
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Tano Cimarosa as Grandpa Bordonaro |
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Nicola Di Pinto as Communal Functionary |
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Domenico Gennaro as 1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro) |
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Luigi Maria Burruano as Flirtatious Client |
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Antonella Attili as Nurse |
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Costantino Carrozza as The Collector |
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Carmelo Di Mazzarelli as Old Man in Wheelchair |
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Domenico Dolce as Peasant on Bus |
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Stefano Gabbana as Photographer |
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Maria Rosa Parrelo as Santina |
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Rita Lia as Pinuccia |
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Alessandro Guarrera as Clapboard Kid |
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Spiro Scimone as 1st Nasca Brother |
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Francesco Sframeli as 2nd Nasca Brother |
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Tony Palazzo as Pio Li Fusi |
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Emilio Scimone as 2nd Mafioso |
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Massimo Pupella as Bordonaro Jr. |
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Giorgio Guerrieri as Cinema Cashier |
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Filippo Tarantino as 2nd Badalamenti |
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Onofrio Ducato as Mafia Boss Realzisa |
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Paolo Noto as Zu' Leonardo |
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Turi Killer as Boy with Garabaldino |
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Pino Calabrese as 1st Carabiniere |
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Antonio Miceli as Cosimo Millelire |
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Aurora Quattrocchi as Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi) |
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Elia Nicosia as Barber |
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Simona Merito as Anna |
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Peppe Zarbo as 1st Friend |
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Sandro Piro as 2nd Friend |
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Vincenzo Fiorenza as 3rd Friend |
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Filippo Spitale as 1st Man in Club |
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Pino Pellegrino as 2nd Man in Club |
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Rosario Lanzafame as 3rd Man in Club |
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Pippo Provvidenti as Don Lucio |
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Giorgio Libassi as Innkeeper |
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Pasquale Palumbo as Mayor |
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Angelo Colajemma as Vitti Na Crozza |
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Antonello Puglisi as Man Quoting Mussolini |
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Daniele Ferretti as Village Idiot |
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Filippo Alesi as Young Farm Laborer |
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Emilio Adrisani as Peasant by the River |
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Francesco Guzzo as Tavern Boy |
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Giuseppe Funari as Armless Man |
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Bruno Torrisi as Carwash Man |
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Umberto Terranove as Band Master |
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Rosolino Cottone as Partisan |
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Giovanni Alamia as 1st Warehouse Man |
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Corrado Solari as 2nd Warehouse Man |
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Omero Capanna as Hitman (uncredited) |
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Marzio Honorato as Architect Panebianco (uncredited) |
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Luigi Mezzanotte as Pimp (uncredited) |
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Vincent Navarra as D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited) |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Directing | Giuseppe Tornatore | Director |
| Production | Rita Rusić | Producer |
| Camera | Adriano Giannini | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Tullio Lullo | Production Manager |
| Production | Olivia Sleiter | Production Secretary |
| Writing | Fabio Rinaudo | Screenplay |
| Camera | Dante Spinotti | Director of Photography |
| Production | Marco Albertini | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Giovanni Gebbia | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Stefano Falivene | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Enrico Lucidi | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Francesco Ascione | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Salvatore Saito | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Luciano Magagnini | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nilo Jacoponi | Makeup Department Head |
| Writing | Giuseppe Tornatore | Story |
| Art | Nello Giorgetti | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luigi Bonanno | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raffaella Fantasia | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simone Marazzi | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Simon Iorio | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Carlo Vinciguerra | Gaffer |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Sandro Bolli | Key Grip |
| Production | Franco Fantini | Administration |
| Sound | Giulio Viggiani | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Alberto Doni | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Marco Guidone | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Pietro Sassaroli | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabetta De Leonardis | Hair Department Head |
| Editing | Pamela Quaglia | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Patrizia Pierucci | Administration |
| Writing | Giuseppe Tornatore | Screenplay |
| Editing | Massimo Quaglia | Editor |
| Production | Francesca Spinotti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Sandra Orlando | Administration |
| Camera | Alessia Bulgari | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Mario D'Ambrosio | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Massimo Loffredi | Sound |
| Directing | Umberto Riccioni Carteni | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stella D'Onofrio | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Francesco Bronzi | Production Design |
| Production | Attilio Viti | Production Manager |
| Art | Claudio Stefani | Property Master |
| Sound | Tonino Anastasi | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Bordone | Costume Design |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |
