I grandi condottieri (1965)

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• Credited cast
• Uncredited cast
• Unidentified cast

Directors

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Marcello Baldi
Francisco Pérez-Dolz

Storyline

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Split into 2 equal halves, the film tells the biblical stories of Gideon and Samson.


A special thanks to Carlos for making this topic possible

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Cast

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(actors credited in the Italian version)

Anton Geesink
as Samson

Ivo Garrani
as Gideon

Rosalba Neri
as Delilah

Fernando Rey
as The Stranger

Luz Marquez
as Prostitute in Gaza

Paolo Gozlino
as Prince of Gaza

Ana María Noé
as Mother of Samson

Maruchi Fresno
as Wife of Gideon

Giorgio Cerioni
as Jether, son of Gideon

Piero Gerlini
as Ferim

Lucio De Santis
as Nabur

Sergio Ammirata
as Philistine General

Barta Barri
(credited as Barta Barry)
as Fara

José Jaspe
(credited as Jose' Jaspes)
as King Zebah

Consalvo Dell'Arti
as Follower of Samson

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Uncredited actors

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Jeff Cameron
as Philistine soldier

Giuseppe Carbone
as Spectator in the temple

Angelo Casadei
as Guard

Adele Ceccotti
as Noblewoman
I'm not certain about the roles played by Ceccotti and the women with her, they could equally be concubines or wives or possibly handmaidens, but they seem too well dressed

Calogero Chiarenza
as Follower of Samson

Adriano Corneli
as Dwarf who leads Samson to the temple

Alberto Dell'Acqua
as Acrobat in the temple

Arnaldo Dell'Acqua
as Juggler in the temple

Beni Deus
as King Salmunna

Pepe Martín
as Architect

Emilio Messina
as Philistine soldier

Attilio Mario Olivo
as Man with the Prince of Gaza

Mara Oscuro
as Woman in the market

Mario Pennisi
as Market stall holder

Osiride Pevarello
as Fire-eater in the temple

Antonio Proietti
as 1. Follower of Samson
as 2. Man with Ferim at the well

Aldo Sala
as Samson's prison guard

Aldo Vasco
as Father of Samson

Rinaldo Zamperla
as Acrobat in the temple

"Baby Santa"
as Spectator in the temple

"The Elegant Prophet"
as Spectator in the temple

"Scarecrow"
as Slave

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Unidentified actors

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This film is split into 2 halves. The first half, telling the story of Gideon, was shot in Spain, so I assume all the generici here should be Spanish. Since there doesn't appear to be a single familiar face amongst the generici in this segment then I would guess that it was filmed somewhere other than Madrid or Barcelona.

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Unidentified actors

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The second half of the film, telling the story of Samson, was shot in Italy, so I would assume all the generici here (and in the following post) should be Italian. All the identified uncredited Italian actors come from this section.

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Unidentified actors

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More actors from the story of Samson, shot in Italy

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I'm undecided if this is one of our whitebeards. The only possibilities I think are that it could be a second role for either The Elegant Prophet (the moustache seems too thin for him) or Antonio Proietti, but I'm not at all sure, or maybe he's just another whitebeard to add to the pile.

The actor behind Lucio De Santis bears some resemblance to Angelo Casadei, but the nose seems completely different so I don't really think it's him. What do others think?

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These are both the same role of Samson's mother, but set some 30 years apart. The older version is played by Ana María Noé, but it seems to me like it's a different actress playing the younger version. Any opinions?

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I'm undecided if this is one of our whitebeards. The only possibilities I think are that it could be a second role for either The Elegant Prophet (the moustache seems too thin for him) or Antonio Proietti, but I'm not at all sure, or maybe he's just another whitebeard to add to the pile.
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The actor behind Lucio De Santis bears some resemblance to Angelo Casadei, but the nose seems completely different so I don't really think it's him. What do others think?
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Proietti for me.

And the other one really does look like Casadei. Speaking of him, the whip-wielding guy in 58-59 seems like a lot like Casadei too, but impossible to really say from those pics. It definitely looks like him on the far left in 64 too.

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These are both the same role of Samson's mother, but set some 30 years apart. The older version is played by Ana María Noé, but it seems to me like it's a different actress playing the younger version. Any opinions?
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Same woman in my opinion, but with plenty of make-up in the young scenes, and none in the old scenes.