ACTOR

Pietro Germi

1914 - 1974

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Pietro Germi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro ˈdʒɛrmi]; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the neorealist and commedia all'italiana genres. His 1961 film Divorce Italian Style earned him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar and a Best Director nomination at the 35th Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Germi has received more than 140,706 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pietro Germi is the 1,128th most popular actor (up from 1,271st in 2019), the 1,676th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,779th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Italian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pietro Germi ranks 1,128 out of 13,578. Before him are Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Armand Assante, Ray Stevenson, Carel Struycken, Pedro Alonso, and Robert Shaw. After him are Nicole Garcia, Lee Majors, Michael Fassbender, David Thewlis, Billy Dee Williams, and Michel Bouquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Pietro Germi ranks 78. Before him are Pierre Balmain, Edward T. Hall, Felice Borel, Agostino Casaroli, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, and Omar Ali Saifuddien III. After him are Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Nicolas de Staël, Yakov Zeldovich, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Arthur Kennedy, and Martin Gardner. Among people deceased in 1974, Pietro Germi ranks 50. Before him are Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Salvador Puig Antich, René Spitz, Gino Cervi, Agnes Moorehead, and Marcel Achard. After him are André Jolivet, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Everaldo, Anatole Litvak, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Germi ranks 1,676 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Francia (1450), Gnaeus Pompeius (-80), Agostino Barbarigo (1420), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Gianluca Zambrotta (1977), and Eleanor of Sicily (1325). After him are Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), Maria Celeste (1600), Irene Camber (1926), Giorgio Bassani (1916), and Lucius Licinius Crassus (-140).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Pietro Germi ranks 46. Before him are Amy Adams (1974), Anita Pallenberg (1942), Lea Massari (1933), Gino Cervi (1901), Paolo Villaggio (1932), and Valentina Cortese (1923). After him are Nino Manfredi (1921), Eduardo De Filippo (1900), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (1964), Fabio Testi (1941), Isa Miranda (1909), and Nicoletta Braschi (1960).

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Television and Movie Roles

Divorce Italian Style
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
Dec 20o 19617.909 / 10
Seduced and Abandoned
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
Jan 30o 19647.6 / 10
Serafino
Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing the envy of his family.
Dec 17o 19686 / 10