Elio Germano

Elio Germano

1980-09-25 Rome, Italy 82 Credits

Biography

Elio Germano (born September 25, 1980) is an Italian actor. He made his film debut in 1993 as a child actor, before gaining prominence with a string of roles in youth-oriented movies in the early 2000s. He achieved stardom following his lead role in Daniele Luchetti's My Brother Is an Only Child (2007), for which he won his first David di Donatello for Best Actor. He won the award for Best Actor at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival for Luchetti's La Nostra Vita (tied with Javier Bardem for Biutiful...

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Tre ciotole

2025

as Antonio

Acting

Follows a couple, Marta and Antonio, who split up after what seems like an trivial argument.

N-Ego

N-Ego

2024

7.0
Acting
The Great Ambition

The Great Ambition

2024

as Enrico Berlinguer

7.2
Acting

Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the...

Sicilian Letters

Sicilian Letters

2024

as Matteo

6.2
Acting

Loosely based on real events that took place during Matteo Messina Denaro's thirty years on the run. A disgraced politician is gifted a second chance ...

Trust

Trust

2024

as Pietro

6.4
Acting

Pietro is a revered teacher, Teresa his brilliant and precocious student. Their affair is both illicit and tempestuous. After one fight, Teresa sugges...

Palazzina LAF

Palazzina LAF

2023

as Giancarlo Basile

6.8
Acting

Caterino is a worker at the Ilva factory in Taranto. When the company executives decide to use him as a spy to identify the workers they should get ri...

Lord of the Ants

Lord of the Ants

2022

as Ennio Scribani

7.3
Acting

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he...

America Latina

America Latina

2022

as Massimo Sisti

6.1
Acting

Massimo Sisti is a reputable professional with a nice house, a happy marriage, and two loving daughters, whose life is turned upside down when one day...

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

2021

as Uomo delle pulizie

7.6
Acting

A short movie about coming back to the cinema after lockdowns.

Così è (o mi pare)

Così è (o mi pare)

2021

Acting
Così è (o mi pare)

Così è (o mi pare)

2021

Director, Producer

Directing Producing
The Italian Baba

The Italian Baba

2021

as Baba Cesare

Acting
The Italian Baba

The Italian Baba

2021

Director, Writer, Producer

Directing Writing Producing
Uno, nessuno, cento Nino

Uno, nessuno, cento Nino

2021

as Self

7.0
Acting

A documentary about beloved Italian actor Nino Manfredi.

Rose Island

Rose Island

2020

as Giorgio Rosa

7.0
Acting

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the t...

Bad Tales

Bad Tales

2020

as Bruno Placido

6.7
Acting

In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families...

Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto

Liberi e pensanti - Uno maggio Taranto

2020

as Self

Acting
Hidden Away

Hidden Away

2020

as Antonio Ligabue

7.5
Acting

The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the poplar tre...

The Man Without Gravity

The Man Without Gravity

2019

as Oscar

7.1
Acting

A gravity-defying boy raised in seclusion matures into an extraordinary man -- and an international celebrity -- who longs for human connection.

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR

2019

as Sé stesso

Acting
Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR

Segnale d'Allarme | La mia battaglia VR

2019

Director, Producer, Writer

Directing Producing Writing
Lucia's Grace

Lucia's Grace

2018

as Arturo

5.9
Acting

During the evaluation of a plot of land, surveyor and distressed single mother Lucia meets a woman who claims to be the Virgin Mary.

Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa

Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa

2018

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting
Io sono Tempesta

Io sono Tempesta

2018

as Bruno

5.8
Acting

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

Binxet - Under the border

Binxet - Under the border

2017

as Narrator

7.0
Acting

“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and freedom. It takes place along the 911 km of the turkis...

Tenderness

Tenderness

2017

as Fabio

6.3
Acting

Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstairs to his top-floor apartment in Naples when he mee...

It's All About Karma

It's All About Karma

2017

as Mario Pitagora

5.8
Acting

Giacomo befriends a con man, believing that he is the reincarnation of his dead father.

In arte Nino

In arte Nino

2016

as Nino Manfredi

7.1
Acting

Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting his difficult beginnings, his passion for acting and...

In arte Nino

In arte Nino

2016

Teleplay

7.1

Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting his difficult beginnings, his passion for acting and...

L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères

L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères

2016

as Francesco

5.6
Acting

The movie follows Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of St. Francis, from 1209 to 1226.

No Borders

No Borders

2016

as Sé stesso

Acting
No Borders

No Borders

2016

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing
Lost and Beautiful

Lost and Beautiful

2015

as Sarchiapone (voice)

7.1
Acting

Pulcinella, a foolish servant, is sent from the depths of Mt. Vesuvius to present-day Campania to grant the last wish of poor shepherd Tommaso, who sp...

Alaska

Alaska

2015

as Fausto

6.8
Acting

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-sta...

Street Opera

Street Opera

2015

as Sé stesso

Acting
Street Opera

Street Opera

2015

Music

Suburra

Suburra

2015

as Sebastiano

7.3
Acting

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common ...

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

2015

as Stefano

5.1
Acting

She’s the most beautiful, most short-sighted, most sentimental, most perplexing, most obstinate, most untrustworthy and most troubling of heroines. Th...

Leopardi

Leopardi

2014

as Giacomo Leopardi

6.8
Acting

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

The Fifth Wheel

The Fifth Wheel

2013

as Ernesto

6.5
Acting

The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his friends and family.

The Landlords

The Landlords

2012

as Elia

5.9
Acting

Two construction-workers, the brothers Cosimo and Elia are hired by a famous singer to do some work on his rural mansion, before he's due to make his ...

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

2012

as Luca Gualtieri

7.2
Acting

On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. Anti-globalization activists clashed w...

A Magnificent Haunting

A Magnificent Haunting

2012

as Pietro

6.5
Acting

An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.

Faccia d'angelo

Faccia d'angelo

2012

as Il Toso

6.9
Acting

Noi c'eravamo

2011

as Self

10.0
Acting
Scattered Cloud

Scattered Cloud

2011

as Venditore

5.8
Acting

Blue-collar worker Diego lives in the Roman suburbs and is about to marry his lifelong fiancée. His feelings are put to the test on the eve of the wed...

The End Is My Beginning

The End Is My Beginning

2010

as Folco Terzani

6.0
Acting

When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his son to join him for the last time at his home in Tu...

Our Life

Our Life

2010

as Claudio

6.5
Acting

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dra...

Flaiano: il meglio è passato

2010

Acting
The Bee and the Wind

The Bee and the Wind

2009

as Matteo

Acting

Matteo, a young engineer, returns to the mountains of his childhood to visit his father's grave.

Nine

Nine

2009

as Pierpaolo

5.5
Acting

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Wit...

Beautiful People

Beautiful People

2009

as Giulio

6.5
Acting

Alfredo and Susanna are two well-off fifty-year-olds who lead a stimulating cultural life. He is an architect and she is a psychologist; they live in ...

As God Commands

As God Commands

2008

as Quattro Formaggi

6.5
Acting

An 11-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad struggle with being outcasts in their suburban town.

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

2008

as Marco Baldini

5.8
Acting

Marco Baldini is a young man determined to become the voice of a major radio; he alternates between his job at Radio Deejay and his gambling addiction...

The Past Is a Foreign Land

The Past Is a Foreign Land

2008

as Giorgio

6.2
Acting

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, discovering a part of himself he had...

Fallen Heroes

Fallen Heroes

2008

as Luca

4.5
Acting

Forty year-old Bruno Ledeux, seen sitting across from the doctor, gives the impression of a man who is no longer young but not yet old.Condemned to re...

A Whole Life Ahead

A Whole Life Ahead

2008

as Lucio 2

6.6
Acting

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for singl...

My Brother Is an Only Child

My Brother Is an Only Child

2007

as Accio Benassi

6.7
Acting

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Acc...

Napoleon and Me

Napoleon and Me

2006

as Martino Papucci

6.1
Acting

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man...

Pavilion 22

Pavilion 22

2006

as Uomo Bambino

5.5
Acting

Schizophrenic Valerio—whose existence was the bane of her sister Laura—dies after escaping from a private clinic, but his ghost keeps tormenting her g...

Mary

Mary

2005

as Matteo

5.7
Acting

The filming of a movie about Jesus’ death deeply affects three people — an egotistical director who cast himself as Christ, the actress playing Mary M...

Melissa P.

Melissa P.

2005

as Arnaldo

4.6
Acting

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

Romanzo Criminale

Romanzo Criminale

2005

as Sorcio

7.2
Acting

After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the...

Sangue - La morte non esiste

Sangue - La morte non esiste

2005

as Iuri

6.0
Acting

Iuri and Stella are two brothers with a strange relationship.

Sangue - La morte non esiste

Sangue - La morte non esiste

2005

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Iuri and Stella are two brothers with a strange relationship.

Quo Vadis, Baby?

Quo Vadis, Baby?

2005

as Lucio

5.6
Acting

A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier.

3.87

3.87

2005

as Andrea

7.1
Acting

During 2004 alone, 1400 people in Italy died at their workplace, 3.87 per day. Andrea is one of them.

Do You Like Hitchcock?

Do You Like Hitchcock?

2005

as Giulio

5.2
Acting

A nerdy film student and lifelong voyeur begins to believe that two lovely young strangers may have conspired to commit a brutal murder.

Call Me Salomè

Call Me Salomè

2005

as Profeta

Acting

Herod is a Neapolitan boss who runs The Last Emperor, an infamous local, and Herodias is his vicious partner. Salomè is a young, immature and beautifu...

A Judge of Honor

A Judge of Honor

2004

as Manfredi Borsellino

6.9
Acting

In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting up a team which would later become the famous anti-...

Fame chimica

Fame chimica

2004

as Ragazzo in discoteca

6.0
Acting

Two childhood friends from a tough Milanese suburb—one a low-level drug dealer, the other stuck in a back-breaking, underpaid job—find their bond test...

What Will Become of Us

What Will Become of Us

2004

as Manuel

5.8
Acting

A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.

Now or Never

Now or Never

2003

as Doveri

5.5
Acting

2001. Soon-to-be-graduate David gets involved in the anti-globalization movement after falling for activist Viola in the months preceding the fateful ...

Break Free

Break Free

2003

as Vince

6.3
Acting

Directed by Gian Tavarelli, Liberi (Break Free) centers on the freckle-faced Vince (Elio Germano), whose life in a Roman mountain village is unfulfill...

Ferrari

Ferrari

2003

as Enzo Ferrari at 18 years

7.1
Acting

Story of Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time. Being interviewed by a fictitious, int...

Respiro

Respiro

2002

as Pier Luigi

6.6
Acting

Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterran...

Ultimo stadio

Ultimo stadio

2002

as Billo

Acting

The Champions League Final, on 31st May 2001, in Rome. A football match unites men that have nothing in common with each other. The stadium becomes a ...

Unfair Competition

Unfair Competition

2001

as Paolo

7.0
Acting

Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses client...

La storia chiusa

2001

as Amico

Acting

A Donatello award nominated short drama feature.

Honey Horn

Honey Horn

2000

as Ernesto

5.0
Acting

A stressed-out husband views his life as a series of endless complications.

Il cielo in una stanza

Il cielo in una stanza

1999

as Paolo da giovane

5.9
Acting

Clashing with his father Paolo after coming home late, 17-year-old Marco accuses him of being old and stifling. They time travel to the 1960s, where P...

Ci hai rotto papà

Ci hai rotto papà

1993

as Andrea 'Cotoletta' Cecconi

6.1
Acting

Kids from a huge apartment complex in Rome form a secret society to unite their forces and get back at the nasty adults who 'oppress' them, playing pr...