Carla Gravina
Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1993.
Born in Gemona, Gravina made her film debut at fifteen years old, in Alberto Lattuada's Guendalina. Very active in films and on television series, both in comedic and dramatic roles, from the late 1970s she gradually focused her activities on stage and in political activism, being a PCI deputy between 1980 and 1983.
During her career Gravina won a number of international awards, including the Best Actress Award for her performance in Alessandro Blasetti's Love and Chatter at the 1958 Locarno International Film Festival, the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ettore Scola's La terrazza at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and the award for Best Actress for Margarethe von Trotta's The Long Silence at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7981 |
| Birthday | 1941-08-05 |
| Place of Birth | Gemona del Friuli, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy |
| Also Known As | Карла Гравина, |
1958
Big Deal on Madonna Street
8.085/774
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make...
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
7.467/15
Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works under the orders of Don César Pancarano de Rondò. For many years, Policarpo has been seeking a promo...
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Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1960
Everybody Go Home!
7.585/118
When Italy surrenders to the Allies, part of the Italian army is dispersed and soldiers begin to return to their homes.
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Everybody Go Home!
1968
The Violent Four
6.541/37
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
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The Violent Four
1973
Tony Arzenta
6.159/66
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
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Tony Arzenta
1973
The Inheritor
6.366/93
After his father is killed in a plane crash, Bart Cordell returns back home to France to claim his inheritance: to lead the industrial empire his fath...
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The Inheritor
1980
The Terrace
7.178/157
Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. They discuss about their past, present and future.
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The Terrace
1972
Alfredo, Alfredo
6.184/38
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so bl...
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Alfredo, Alfredo
1974
The Antichrist
6.098/107
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
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The Antichrist
1969
The Lady of Monza
4.923/13
A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th c...
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The Lady of Monza
1960
Five Branded Women
6.095/21
Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fe...
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Five Branded Women
1971
Without Apparent Motive
5.912/68
A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all thes...
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Without Apparent Motive
1976
Boomerang
5.652/23
A reformed gangster turns to his old associates for help after his son kills a police officer.
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Boomerang
1961
A Day for Lionhearts
7/4
September the 8th 1943, Rome, day of the armistice. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from...
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A Day for Lionhearts
1968
The Seven Cervi Brothers
6.947/19
The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World W...
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The Seven Cervi Brothers
1988
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
6.5/12
A few days before Inspector Ambrosio's holiday, a bank robbery takes place opposite his house.
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Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1969
Mother's Heart
5.9/15
A mute mother stands by idly as her young children radicalise as a result of a society that thrives on conflict and manipulation. As she is drawn to a...
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Mother's Heart
1974
Il gioco della verità
7/1
In the slums of Naples, a prostitute, when questioned by police about the death of one of her clients who fell from the gutter, claims it was an accid...
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Il gioco della verità
1969
The Invisible Woman
4.136/11
Drama about the fading relationship between a professor and his wife. Based upon a short story by Alberto Moravia.
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The Invisible Woman
1959
First Love
6.25/4
Ugo meets the 18-year-old Renata in the hostel where she is staying. He falls in love with and leaves with her for several romantic places until the m...
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First Love
1972
The Pisciotta Case
4.833/6
The magistrate, Scauri, inquires into the mysterious poisoning death of Gaspare Pisciotta, the imprisoned assassin of Salvatore Giuliano. He very soon...
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The Pisciotta Case
1959
Esterina
5.25/8
Esterina, a young war orphan, joins two truck drivers, Gino and Piero, on their trips along Northern Italy. She wants to find her luck in the big city...
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Esterina
1958
Love and Chatter
6.313/8
Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli, vice...
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Love and Chatter
1984
Mon Ami Washington
9/1
The adventures of two gun merchants competing in the same market.
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Mon Ami Washington
1986
La Locandiera
0/0
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La Locandiera
1993
The Long Silence
7/5
Carla Aldrovandi, a gynecologist, and her husband Marco Canova, a magistrate live on the front line of criminal and political powers in Italy. She is...
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The Long Silence
1973
Hail the Artist
5.412/17
Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a recon...
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Hail the Artist
1974
And Now My Love
6.024/21
The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.
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And Now My Love
1967
A Bullet for the General
6.611/135
El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Ta...
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A Bullet for the General
1979
Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
0/0
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Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
1982
Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
4.357/7
Claudia, Rita, and Caterina are three friends who live in a conservative Italian town and lead seemingly neat and respectable married lives. One day,...
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Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
1978
Mother and Daughter
10/1
In a wealthy Italian home, the daughter of the family is trying to cut her mother's apron strings. Not only is she having difficulty with this, for he...
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Mother and Daughter
1967
Caravaggio
9/1
A miniseries about Caravaggio's life.
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Caravaggio
1998
Come quando fuori piove
10/1
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Come quando fuori piove
1957
Guendalina
6.533/15
Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a blue-collar family. Escaping from the tribulations of...
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Guendalina
1961
Scano Boa
10/1
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Scano Boa
2021
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
9.2/5
A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actress...
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Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
1969
Sierra Maestra
0/0
An Italian journalist is arrested in Venezuela by the military, accused of being a revolutionary. The journalist, interviewed by the press, says he ha...
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Sierra Maestra
1965
Anche l'inferno trema
8/1
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