Raf Vallone

Raf Vallone

1916-02-17 Tropea, Calabria, Italy 77 Credits

Biography

Raffaele "Raf" Vallone (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and an international film star. Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm. He played professional Football at a young age, playing in Serie A for Torino. He won an Italian Cup with his team in season 1935-1936. Subsequently, he became the editorial head of the culture sec...

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Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein

Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein

2001

as Nonno

5.0
Acting

Half-Italian Gioia loves Max, but leaves her son's son to cheat her as a fiancé. When Mama invites the family to the Italian winery for Grandpa's 80th...

Toni

Toni

1999

as The Old Man

4.5
Acting

Toni is a mob movie combined with an urban love story and reflections about one's roots. The protagonist, Toni, is a young man from a small village in...

Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter

1992

as Fedrico DeConti

Acting

A woman loses her husband in a car accident and plunges into a severe emotional crisis, which is why she leaves her son in the care of her mother-in-l...

The First Circle

The First Circle

1992

as Pyotr Makaraguine

4.8
Acting

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a spec...

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as actor 'The Cardinal' (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7
Acting

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...

The Godfather Part III

The Godfather Part III

1990

as Cardinal Lamberto

7.4
Acting

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sin...

A Season of Giants

A Season of Giants

1990

as Ambasciatore spagnolo

6.5
Acting

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpie...

Der Bierkönig

1988

as Der Baron

Acting
Power Of Evil

Power Of Evil

1985

5.0
Acting

An unsuspecting student thinks that the wife of an arms dealer is unhappy, but in reality she appears as cynical as her capitalist man.

The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

as Father Vittorio

7.0
Acting

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His...

I Remember Nelson

I Remember Nelson

1982

as Caracciolo

Acting

Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story ...

A Time to Die

A Time to Die

1982

as Genco Bari

3.5
Acting

A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian w...

Season of Peace in Paris

Season of Peace in Paris

1981

5.1
Acting

A Yugoslavian man meets a woman in Paris, where he has come to do some research, and their mutual attraction leads to a liaison and shared adventures,...

Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert

1981

as Colonel Diodiece

7.3
Acting

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War....

Retour à Marseille

Retour à Marseille

1980

as Michel - un émigré de retour à Marseille

2.5
Acting

Michel left Marseilles to Italy when he was twenty years old. Courageous and active, he has succeeded in the construction industry. Thirty years later...

An Almost Perfect Affair

An Almost Perfect Affair

1979

as Freddie

4.5
Acting

An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair be...

The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon

1978

as Spyros Tomasis

5.5
Acting

A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.

Fame

Fame

1978

as Driver

Acting

A waiter becomes a sudden overnight success as a playwright, and then begins negotiations with an Italian movie director to turn his play into a film....

The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

1977

as Bishop Aurelio

6.5
Acting

A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canoni...

The Other Side of Midnight

The Other Side of Midnight

1977

as Constantin Demeris

5.9
Acting

When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marri...

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

1975

as Dr. Lupo

5.7
Acting

After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.

That Lucky Touch

That Lucky Touch

1975

as General Peruzzi

6.0
Acting

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO ...

Rosebud

Rosebud

1975

as George Nikolaos

4.9
Acting

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film c...

The Girl in Room 2A

The Girl in Room 2A

1974

as Mr. Dreese

5.3
Acting

A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be th...

Simona

Simona

1974

as Marcelle's Uncle

3.0
Acting

While at a bullfight Simona begins flashing back to a torrid sexual relationship she had with George. Her relationship with George was one of open sex...

The Catholics

The Catholics

1973

as Father General

5.3
Acting

Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has elimin...

The Small Miracle

The Small Miracle

1973

as Father Superior

Acting

A small boy of rural Italy, befriends a Catholic priest and pleads for help to save his sick donkey. Hearing the stories of St Frances on how he loved...

Honor Thy Father

Honor Thy Father

1973

as Joseph Bonnano

4.0
Acting

Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of N...

Summertime Killer

Summertime Killer

1972

as Lazaro Alfredi

5.8
Acting

During his childhood, a boy sees four men drown his father; now, the grown young man makes it his business to kill each member of the foursome. His la...

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba

1970

as Córdoba

5.6
Acting

In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves fr...

Death Occurred Last Night

Death Occurred Last Night

1970

as Amanzio Berzaghi

6.3
Acting

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops ra...

The Kremlin Letter

The Kremlin Letter

1970

as Puppet Maker

6.1
Acting

After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercove...

The Italian Job

The Italian Job

1969

as Altabani

7.0
Acting

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose ...

1001 Nights

1001 Nights

1968

as Hixxum

4.7
Acting

Omar and his friend, Ali, returning to Moorish Granada after several years in the Middle East, discover that an evil usurper is now in power. With the...

Volver a vivir

Volver a vivir

1968

as Luis Rubio

Acting

A former soccer player is morally and mentally destroied by the death of his wife. But when he gets the chance to train a team he regains his life by ...

The Desperate Ones

The Desperate Ones

1967

as Victor

Acting

In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossible mountains of Afghanistan and the KGB is on their...

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die

1966

as Mr. Ardonian

6.7
Acting

In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the w...

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1966

as Father Zaccardi

6.8
Acting

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and...

Harlow

Harlow

1965

as Marino Bello

5.4
Acting

Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau becomes Jean's men...

Dangerous Pleasures

Dangerous Pleasures

1965

as Suo Marito

4.5
Acting

Two married women on vacation decide to see who the better seductress is. When the local authorities investigate the death of a local prostitute, thei...

The Secret Invasion

The Secret Invasion

1964

as Roberto Rocca

5.7
Acting

During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.

The Cardinal

The Cardinal

1963

as Cardinal

6.5
Acting

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Phaedra

Phaedra

1962

as Thanos Kyrilis

5.8
Acting

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson ...

A View from the Bridge

A View from the Bridge

1962

as Eddie Carbone

6.3
Acting

Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from...

El Cid

El Cid

1961

as Count Ordóñez

6.8
Acting

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeed...

Two Women

Two Women

1960

as Giovanni

7.8
Acting

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up wit...

Recourse in Grace

Recourse in Grace

1960

as Mario di Donati

1.0
Acting

Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his...

The Apartment

The Apartment

1960

as Alberto Fiorini

8.0
Acting

A building instructor cheats on his wife with a young fashion model.

No Escape

No Escape

1958

as Gino Carsone

4.7
Acting

In Provence , Father Caillé runs a family pension backed by his daughter-in-law Cora and a maid. The old man persecutes Cora for her assiduity until t...

Revenge

Revenge

1958

as Luis el Torcido

5.8
Acting

After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released.

The Violet Seller

The Violet Seller

1958

as Fernando

6.8
Acting

On New Year's Eve 1899, Soledad is peddling violets in a Madrid busy street when she meets aristocrat Fernando. The couple falls in love but their dif...

Guendalina

Guendalina

1957

as Guido Redaelli, padre di Guendalina

6.5
Acting

Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a blue-collar family. Escaping from the tribulations of...

Rose Bernd

Rose Bernd

1957

as Arthur Streckmann

6.3
Acting

A servant girl on a remote farm is sexually assaulted by both her employer and a coworker, Rose later bears a child, who die soon afterward. After nea...

Liebe

Liebe

1956

as Andrea Ambaros

Acting

Anna falls madly in love with an Italian violinist, who instead marries her sister Monika.

Passionate Summer

Passionate Summer

1956

as Angelo

3.5
Acting

Agata, her daughter Silvia and sister-in-law Pia run a farm lost in the mountains. The hiring of Angelo, an attractive forty-something, will provoke c...

Sister Angele's Secret

Sister Angele's Secret

1956

as Marcello Maglione

Acting

A poor wop entrusts his savings to an antique dealer's care. Bad idea. When he comes back to claim his dough,the villain acts as if they've never met....

The Sign of Venus

The Sign of Venus

1955

as Ignazio Bolognini

6.9
Acting

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

Le souffle de la liberté

Le souffle de la liberté

1955

as Gérard

5.4
Acting

In 1789, French poet André Chénier struck up a romance with a young aristocrat.

Obsession

Obsession

1954

as Aldo Giovanni

6.5
Acting

Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is inj...

Human Torpedoes

Human Torpedoes

1954

as Carlo Ferri

7.0
Acting

A team of highly trained Italian seamen are taken to the island of Stampalia where there are to take their torpedo-laden attack craft on a daring atta...

Storm

1954

as André

Acting

André is a loving and attentive husband, but when he agrees to plead his enamored brother's case with student Françoise Massard, he in turn becomes in...

The Boarder

The Boarder

1954

as Silvio, il sindaco di Pontorno

6.1
Acting

A prostitute goes on vacation to a beach resort with her young daughter (who's being schooled by nuns). Everything is cheerful and pleasant at the sea...

Daughters of Destiny

Daughters of Destiny

1954

as Callias (segment "Lysistrata")

4.0
Acting

Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war w...

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin

1953

as Laurent

6.7
Acting

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when...

Perdonami!

Perdonami!

1953

as Marco Gerace

3.0
Acting

The story of a woman who marries the brother of a guardian who was killed by her brother.

Sunday Heroes

Sunday Heroes

1952

as Gino Bardi

6.7
Acting

Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he ...

The Eyes Leave a Trace

The Eyes Leave a Trace

1952

as Martín Jordán

6.2
Acting

Martin, a frustrated lawyer who sells perfumes, is reunited with Robert, an old, bright fellow student, and falls in love with his wife. One night Rob...

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

1952

as Giuseppe Garibaldi

6.0
Acting

The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination.

Don Juan's Night of Love

Don Juan's Night of Love

1952

as Mandrin

Acting

Mandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is loved by the beautiful innkeeper Rosetta but draws att...

Rome 11:00

Rome 11:00

1952

as Carlo the artist

7.8
Acting

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic acci...

Anna

Anna

1951

as Andrea

7.2
Acting

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who beco...

The Forbidden Christ

The Forbidden Christ

1951

as Bruno Baldi

6.3
Acting

Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Raf Vallone tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.

Il bivio

Il bivio

1951

as Aldo Marchi

6.0
Acting

After the war, Aldo and his men became gangster. But now the times are changing and Aldo decides to became a policeman to help better his men in crime...

The Path of Hope

The Path of Hope

1950

as Saro Cammarata

7.5
Acting

The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.

The White Line

The White Line

1950

as Domenico

5.9
Acting

Following World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white lin...

Under the Olive Tree

Under the Olive Tree

1950

as Francesco Dominici

7.0
Acting

A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his ...

Bitter Rice

Bitter Rice

1949

as Marco

7.5
Acting

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. Sh...