Giovanni Grasso
Date of birth: 1888-11-11
Place of birth: Catania, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Giovanni Grasso jr., Giovanni Grasso junior
Biography
Movie Credits
Serenata tragica
1951-08-09
Times Gone By
1952-09-28
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
The Little Adventurers
1939-01-30
During the Ethiopian war, thirteen boys embark clandestinely on a merchant ship bound for Africa. Fo
The Fighting Men
1950-11-01
Saverio Luparello is the manager of Sicilian baron Occipinti's estate. The cunning greedy man intent
Il passatore
1947-10-22
The story of the most infamous bandit in Romagna, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.
Terra di nessuno
1939-04-17
Mare
1940-05-19
Difficult Years
1948-12-28
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war
Muerte civil
1910-01-01
A man sentenced to life imprisonment who escaped from prison, commits suicide so as not to be an obs
I Live as I Please
1942-01-26
A young farmer, with a magnificent voice, receives an invitation to present himself in a large theat
Totò nella fossa dei leoni
1943-05-31
The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who
In amore si pecca in due
1954-01-09
Luisa Galli moves to Rome in search of a respectable job, but instead just finds a job as a waitress
Margaret of Cortona
1950-02-22
A Tuscan peasant girl in the 13th century overcomes sexual harassment, and the skepticism of her fel
Vento d'Africa
1949-01-01
La famiglia Passaguai
1951-12-20
When Passaguai family patriarch Giuseppe (Fabrizi) decides to take advantage of a corporate discount
Port
1934-01-01
Directed by Amleto Palermi
First Communion
1950-09-29
The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dress
Sentinels of Bronze
1937-01-02
A few months before the Ethiopian war. The Abyssinian army lays siege to a fort where the leaders of
Il vetturale del San Gottardo
1941-10-23
Don Cesare of Bazan
1942-10-04
In Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a plot
Melodie immortali - Mascagni
1952-12-16
Retroscena
1939-11-26
Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianis
Easy Years
1953-11-12
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to cor
Onore e sangue
1957-04-27
A humble clerk is forced to take on debts to cure his mother.
Gli innocenti pagano
1952-04-27
Back from the war, a man discovers that his daughter has died and his wife has left their house. He
Ragazza che dorme
1941-01-10
In a village, rumours spread that a treasure is hidden nearby. To finance the search, a farmer sells
The Gate of Heaven
1945-02-16
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same
Toto and Carolina
1955-03-02
During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get
Welcome Reverend!
1950-02-15
A disguised thief talks himself into a countryside class fight immediately after WWII.
Cuore di spia
1953-07-11
"Spy Heart" - A fisherman is seduced by a young spy who has helped his brother, blind from birth, to
Lost in the Dark
1914-11-01
Paolina is the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Vallenza, and lives as a beggar. She meets with
The operator
1932-07-31
Two different couples on blind dates get mixed up when they pick the same location to meet.
Under the Southern Cross
1938-01-08
Two partners return from the war to find their coffee plantation in the hands of an unscrupulous ove
Melody of Love
1952-10-29
A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to
Un amore selvaggio
1912-01-01
A countryside adventure: two siblings, ill at ease in a subordinate social position, challenge the o
The Queen's Lover
1948-02-17
Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Quee
The Age of Indiscretion
1953-08-23
In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl.
We the Living, Part One
1942-09-14
At 18, the beautiful and intelligent Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. S
Magic Village
1955-03-22
Robert and his fiancée Lucienne were due to go on vacation together to a tented village in Sicily. R
We the Living, Part Two
1942-09-15
After having been captured in a Crimea during a failed attempt to flee overseas, Leo returns in Pete
Los hijos de la noche
1939-10-20
A marginal group celebrates Christmas Eve singing and dancing in the street while a millionaire cele
Madrid de mis sueños
1942-11-23
The Great Dawn
1947-03-21
Cavalleria rusticana
1924-01-01
L' ospite sconosciuta
1923-01-01
Of Life and Love
1954-02-03
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young
Fugitive in Trieste
1952-04-18
An Italian Air Force officer is pursued and captured by the Allied police and is charged with the bo
Attendimi - Sono io l'assassino
1949-09-15
Buongiorno, Madrid!
1943-02-01
All'ombra della gloria
1945-04-18
Il principe ribelle
1950-04-30
Il fanciullo del West
1942-12-24
Comedy Western
Il segreto di Villa Paradiso
1940-01-01
The Conquest of the Air
A sweeping, cinematic pseudo-documentary history of human flight, starting with the failed attempt o