The Star Maker
In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.
Cast
Sergio Castellitto
Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)
Tiziana Lodato
Beata
Franco Scaldati
Brigadier Mastropaolo
Leopoldo Trieste
Mute
Leo Gullotta
Vito
Clelia Rondinella
Anna's mother
Salvatore Billa
Prince
Jane Alexander
Princess
Tony Sperandeo
1st Badalamenti
Tano Cimarosa
Grandpa Bordonaro
Nicola Di Pinto
Communal Functionary
Domenico Gennaro
1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro)
Luigi Maria Burruano
Flirtatious Client
Antonella Attili
Nurse
Costantino Carrozza
The Collector
Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
Old Man in Wheelchair
Domenico Dolce
Peasant on Bus
Stefano Gabbana
Photographer
Maria Rosa Parrelo
Santina
Rita Lia
Pinuccia
Alessandro Guarrera
Clapboard Kid
Spiro Scimone
1st Nasca Brother
Francesco Sframeli
2nd Nasca Brother
Tony Palazzo
Pio Li Fusi
Emilio Scimone
2nd Mafioso
Massimo Pupella
Bordonaro Jr.
Giorgio Guerrieri
Cinema Cashier
Filippo Tarantino
2nd Badalamenti
Onofrio Ducato
Mafia Boss Realzisa
Paolo Noto
Zu' Leonardo
Turi Killer
Boy with Garabaldino
Pino Calabrese
1st Carabiniere
Antonio Miceli
Cosimo Millelire
Aurora Quattrocchi
Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi)
Elia Nicosia
Barber
Simona Merito
Anna
Peppe Zarbo
1st Friend
Sandro Piro
2nd Friend
Vincenzo Fiorenza
3rd Friend
Filippo Spitale
1st Man in Club
Pino Pellegrino
2nd Man in Club
Rosario Lanzafame
3rd Man in Club
Pippo Provvidenti
Don Lucio
Giorgio Libassi
Innkeeper
Pasquale Palumbo
Mayor
Angelo Colajemma
Vitti Na Crozza
Antonello Puglisi
Man Quoting Mussolini
Daniele Ferretti
Village Idiot
Filippo Alesi
Young Farm Laborer
Emilio Adrisani
Peasant by the River
Francesco Guzzo
Tavern Boy
Giuseppe Funari
Armless Man
Bruno Torrisi
Carwash Man
Umberto Terranove
Band Master
Rosolino Cottone
Partisan
Giovanni Alamia
1st Warehouse Man
Corrado Solari
2nd Warehouse Man
Omero Capanna
Hitman (uncredited)
Marzio Honorato
Architect Panebianco (uncredited)
Luigi Mezzanotte
Pimp (uncredited)
Vincent Navarra
D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited)
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