Tano Cimarosa
Date of birth: 1922-01-01
Place of birth: Messina, Sicily, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gaetano Cisco, Gaetano Cimarosa
Biography
Tano Cimarosa, real name Gaetano Cisco, (1 January 1922 – 24 May 2008) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He participated in more than fifty movies. He played the "Blacksmith" in the Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso from 1988. He is known to horror film fans for directing Reflections in Black in 1975. Source: Article "Tano Cimarosa" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Cinema Paradiso
1988-11-17
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and
Delirium
1972-07-05
A respected doctor becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.
The Exorciccio
1975-02-27
A satire on the American film "The Exorcist," but with an Italian twist.
May God Forgive You... But I Won't
1968-08-13
While Cjamango is away from his ranch, bandits attack and kill his family. Disrupted by this tragedy
Boys on the Outside
1990-09-14
Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he take
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
1976-08-27
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia
1974-01-31
In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia,
Police Chief Pepe
1969-09-24
A police commissioner in a little town in the Italian Venetian province investigates a prostitution
The Most Beautiful Wife
1970-03-12
A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her p
Acla's Descent into Floristella
1992-09-10
Set in Sicily in the 1930's, Aurelio Grimaldi's feature debut chronicles the harsh story of twelve-y
Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte
1971-07-05
Architect Giambattista Manteghin, actor Romolo Moretti, Prince Pantegani and inventor Leonardo Rossi
L'Anno Mille
2008-04-23
In a story that follows some lives and their respective reincarnations over time, Valerio is a princ
Bootleggers
1969-03-06
A group of gangsters escape from prison and attempt to destroy a rival organisation holed up in a co
Crazy Sea
1963-09-13
A pretty woman approaching middle age rents out rooms in a small Italian town. An aging sailor and a
The Eye of the Needle
1963-09-14
Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in
Death Hunt
1977-10-20
When his baby daughter is was ran over by a car full of violent criminals her father decides to aven
The Day of the Owl
1968-02-17
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island
A Man on His Knees
1979-04-13
Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that
All Sons of the Saintest Mother
1973-08-12
Two crime families battle for supremacy in 1929 Chicago in this Italian crime spoof. One group, know
A Sword to Brando
1970-05-14
In a mediaeval feudal hamlet, young girls are being abducted by a sect of devil-worshipers, all of w
Uomini di parola
1981-01-01
Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1981
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone
1983-09-02
Marino Stroppaghetti is a breadwinner in a layoff fund who, in order to make some money, arranges hi
A Pure Formality
1994-05-15
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the
Quattro Delitti: Winchester M2
1979-04-25
Madness and jealousy push a not very attractive young man to plan to kill a friend who, on the contr
Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo - Moro: Un'altra storia
2008-12-04
The film is the result of a planned trilogy about the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro by the Red
L'Italia in pigiama
1977-01-01
Café Express
1980-02-16
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples n
They Still Call Me Amen
1973-12-24
Chaco and his band of downtrodden men meet Così Sia (Amen), who always seems to get the better of th
The Witches
1967-02-22
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels t
How to Kill a Judge
1975-02-05
A filmmaker's popular movie about a corrupt judge who is killed by the Mafia seemingly foretells the
Suicide Commando
1968-10-09
World War 2 - a British commando squad is tasked with attacking the "secret" German airfield from wh
Be Sick… It's Free
1968-10-24
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
Man Called Amen
1972-08-11
A very unlikely trio join forces in order to rob a bank: an ex-bandit called Smith, now a cheerful r
Reflections in Black
1975-10-03
A woman dressed in black is murdering young women. The police question lawyer Anselmi for whom one o
L'Italia in pigiama
1977-02-09
Uomo di rispetto
1993-08-28
Sicilia, a chauffeur for a prominent figure in mafia circles, finds himself in the midst of a mafia
The Shatterer
1987-06-13
Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by
Death on High Mountain
1969-01-25
Braddock is an influential and highly respected citizen of the town of Two Arrows. He also represent
A Girl in Australia
1971-12-22
The film is about an old fashioned Italian with moral values of the 1930/40's , who has to find a wi
Una storia qualunque
2000-02-05
Nineties Part II
1993-06-06
Second scandalously famous collections of short Italian comedies of the 90s! All that was "fun" in t
The Star Maker
1995-09-21
The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through small villages of 1950s Sicily p
Why
1971-10-27
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Swiden, gets arrested at the border while going back
The Saracen Woman
1992-02-15
Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians.
Gang War in Milan
1973-02-21
A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized c
The Tall, The Short, The Cat
1967-05-03
Two dim-witted servants to an elderly, wealthy woman learn that they are to inherent the late woman'
Touch and Go
1971-09-01
North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has f
Between Miracles
1971-03-19
Benedetto is a child who came out of an accident uninjured on his first communion's day. The people
Bread and Chocolate
1974-05-05
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly men
L'ammazzatina
1975-02-28
Sicilian baron, Mimì Galluzzo, will be able to enjoy the legacy of his deceased father-in-law on two
Two Friends
2002-03-20
Two Sicilian friends, Nunzio and Pino, share the same apartment in Turin. Nunzio works in a factory
The Tough and the Mighty
1969-09-23
Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.
Frida Professione Menager
2000-01-01
Frida gets married, but is very busy with her job as an engineer, and doesn't have time for her new
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
1974-04-18
Pasqualino Cammarata is an Italian naval officer who has been disliked by his admiral because of his
The Two Parachutists
1965-12-24
Two penniless Italian buskers want to go to the USA but get on the wrong ship and end up in South Am
The Dark Sun
1990-02-04
After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to ge
Italia Village
1994-01-01
Faida
1988-02-19
Gordon Mitchell plays a Priest who comes between street gangs in Italy.