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Paolo Villaggio (Italian: [ˈpaːolo vilˈladdʒo]; 30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi , perhaps ...
Set in the Ligurian Riviera during the 1980s, it features Paolo Villaggio as Ugo Maria Volpone, a rich but apparently ill ship company owner. He is surrounded by a series of relatives and friends (played by Enrico Maria Salerno, Renzo Montagnani, Alessandro Haber) who blandish him in order to inherit his estate.
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Genesis. After creating Heaven, Earth, the seas and the animals, God proceeds to create man, resulting in Ugo Fantozzi. Disappointed with his first attempt, God rests for one day then tries again, thus creating Adam and Eve, and also provides Fantozzi with a woman, his horrible future wife Pina. After Eve seduces Fantozzi into committing the origin...
A reviewer known as "Yung." of Varietycommented that "Thought pics is jumpy and uneven, there are still some funny bits and Villaggio's humiliated little man is a treat of comic gestuality."
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1. Yung. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1987-1988. Vol. 20. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "January 7, 1987". ISBN 0-8352-2667-0.
Italian actor Paolo Villaggio, the actor who brought a unique style of satire to Italy through his unique character Fantozzi, has died.
Jul 3, 2017 · Paolo Villaggio, an iconic Italian actor, comedian and writer, has died at the age of 84. He passed away at the nursing home of Paideia in Rome, where he had been staying in recent weeks, in...
May 30, 2024 · Everyone knows who Paolo Villaggio was, but how did Paolo Villaggio become Paolo Villaggio? This is the goal of Manfredi's film, to reveal the real Villaggio to the audience.
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Paolo Villaggio (Italian: [ˈpaːolo vilˈladdʒo]; 30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi , perhaps ...
