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Gabriele Lavia

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  • Writer
  • Director
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Gabriele Lavia in Beyond the Door (1974)
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Gabriele Lavia is one of the most important figures on the Italian stage scene. He devoted his work also to cinema, creating characters for some famous Italian horror movies like David Hemmings friend in "Profondo Rosso", the journalist of "Zeder". He also directed some movies like "Scandalosa Gilda" and "La Lupa" with longtime companion Monica Guerritore. He portrayed the gay stage director in "Ricordati Di Me" by Gabriele Muccino.

But his work is mainly on stage. As actor and director, he put on stage the works of Shakespeare, Strindberg and Pirandello. He started in 1975 with William Shakespeare's "Othello". His last work was "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee in 2005.
BornOctober 11, 1942
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BornOctober 11, 1942
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Known for

    Deep Red (1975)
    Deep Red
    7.5
    • Carlo
    • 1975
    Principe di Homburg (1983)
    Principe di Homburg
    5.8
    • Federico Arturo von Homburg
    • 1983
    Monica Guerritore in Evil Senses (1986)
    Evil Senses
    5.0
    • Manuel Zani
    • 1986
    Inferno (1980)
    Inferno
    6.5
    • Carlo
    • 1980

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    Actor



    • La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario (2023)
      La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
      5.3
      • Marzio Barreca
      • 2023
    • L'uomo dal fiore in bocca (2021)
      L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
      6.5
      • 2021
    • Nightmares and Dreams
      5.4
      • Author
      • 2011
    • Duse, uno spettacolo di memorie (2011)
      Duse, uno spettacolo di memorie
      • 2011
    • Baaria (2009)
      Baaria
      6.9
      • Teacher
      • 2009
    • Iago (2009)
      Iago
      4.1
      • Brabanzio
      • 2009
    • Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007)
      Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom
      5.5
      • Voce narrante
      • Bartleby (voice)
      • 2007
    • Salvatore - Questa è la vita (2006)
      Salvatore - Questa è la vita
      5.8
      • Headmaster
      • 2006
    • Anna Ammirati, Sergio Assisi, Anna Galiena, and Franco Nero in Amore e libertà - Masaniello (2006)
      Amore e libertà - Masaniello
      6.7
      • Cardinale Filomarino
      • 2006
    • Il quaderno della spesa (2003)
      Il quaderno della spesa
      5.8
      • Augusto Pavinato
      • 2003
    • Remember Me, My Love (2003)
      Remember Me, My Love
      6.4
      • Alfredo
      • 2003
    • Voci (2002)
      Voci
      5.9
      • Glauco
      • 2002
    • Chiara Caselli in Sleepless (2001)
      Sleepless
      6.2
      • Mr. Betti
      • 2001
    • Scene da un matrimonio
      TV Movie
      • Johan
      • 2000
    • The Legend of 1900 (1998)
      The Legend of 1900
      8.0
      • Contadino
      • 1998

    Writer



    • L'uomo dal fiore in bocca (2021)
      L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
      6.5
      • screenplay
      • 2021
    • Raoul Bova, Giancarlo Giannini, Monica Guerritore, and Michele Placido in La lupa (1996)
      La lupa
      4.7
      • Writer
      • 1996
    • Monica Guerritore in Evil Senses (1986)
      Evil Senses
      5.0
      • screenplay by
      • story by
      • 1986
    • Scandalous Gilda (1985)
      Scandalous Gilda
      4.3
      • screenplay by
      • story by
      • 1985
    • Principe di Homburg (1983)
      Principe di Homburg
      5.8
      • writer
      • 1983

    Director



    • L'uomo dal fiore in bocca (2021)
      L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Scene da un matrimonio
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Raoul Bova, Giancarlo Giannini, Monica Guerritore, and Michele Placido in La lupa (1996)
      La lupa
      4.7
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Monica Guerritore in Evil Senses (1986)
      Evil Senses
      5.0
      • Director
      • 1986
    • Scandalous Gilda (1985)
      Scandalous Gilda
      4.3
      • Director
      • 1985
    • Principe di Homburg (1983)
      Principe di Homburg
      5.8
      • Director
      • 1983

    Videos6

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    Trailer 3:06
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    Beyond the Door
    Trailer 3:13
    Beyond the Door
    Deep Red
    Trailer 1:29
    Deep Red
    Baaria
    Trailer 2:00
    Baaria
    Deep Red
    Trailer 2:42
    Deep Red

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • October 11, 1942
      • Milan, Lombardy, Italy
    • Spouses
        Federica Di MartinoDecember 31, 2015 - present
    • Children
        Lorenzo Lavia
    • Other works
      Directed and interpreted the theater play "Memorie dal Sottosuolo" (English: "Notes from Underground") written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The play was interpreted by Euridice Axen, Pietro Biondi and himself. The play was set at the theater "Teatro India" in Rome from the 23 of May till the 18 of July.
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      Has two daughters, Maria Fragolina (b.1989) and Lucia Lavia (b.1992) with Monica Guerritore.

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