Porzûs

Porzûs
Porzûs
Directed by	Renzo Martinelli
Written by	Renzo Martinelli ; Furio Scarpelli
Cinematography	Giuliano Giustini
Music by	Flavio Colusso
Release date	1997;
Language	Italian

Porzûs (also spelled Porzus) is a 1997 Italian historical war-drama film written and directed by Renzo Martinelli.^[1]^[2] For his performance in this film Lorenzo Crespi won the Globo d'oro for best breakthrough actor,^[3] while Gastone Moschin was nominated for Silver Ribbon for best supporting actor.^[4]

Plot

One of the survivors of the Porzûs massacre, Storno, travels to Slovenia to visit Geko, who did not see since the end of the war. The two recall all the dramatic events that have seen them protagonists between late 1944 and February 1945.

Cast

Lorenzo Crespi as Carlo Tofani "Geko" (young)
Gastone Moschin as Carlo Tofani "Geko" (old)
Lorenzo Flaherty as Umberto Pautassi "Storno" (young)
Gabriele Ferzetti as Umberto Pautassi "Storno" (old)
Giuseppe Cederna as "Nullo"
Giulia Boschi as Ada Zambon
Bruno Bilotta as "Dinamo"
Massimo Bonetti as "Gobbo"
Lino Capolicchio as "Galvano"
Gianni Cavina as "Spaccaossi"
Salvatore Calaciura as "Africa"
Victor Cavallo as "Scabbia"
Mariella Valentini as Albina
Pietro Ghislandi as "Faccia-smorta"

References

^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
^ Irene Bignardi (1 September 1997). "Le tante verità di Porzûs". La Repubblica. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "Globo d'oro per Benigni". L'Unità. 4 June 1998. p. 7.
^ "NASTRI D'ARGENTO: BENIGNI E LA TORRE FANNO INCETTA". Adnkronos. 13 January 1998. Retrieved 3 May 2015.