Farewell to Gastone Moschin, unforgettable actor in 'Amici Miei'

Gastone Moschin, a famous actor best known for his performance in the Amici miei trilogy, where he played architect Rambaldo Melandri, the most sensitive of the group of “gypsies,” always prone to easy falling in love but cynically brought back to reality by his friends, left us today at the age of 88. The actor, born in San Giovanni Lupatoto (province of Verona) in 1929, passed away in Terni, where he was hospitalized at the local Santa Maria hospital. The passing was announced by his daughter Emanuela in a Facebook post.

The Venetian actor had started from the theater: he entered the Teatro Stabile in Genoa, then moved to the Piccolo Teatro in Milan and then collaborated with the Teatro Stabile in Turin. At the same time, his extremely versatile talent, which led him to play both comic and dramatic roles, had led him to make his film debut at the age of 26, in the 1955 film La rivale. His other notable performances include that in the comedy Gli anni ruggenti, in The Visit and, later, in Milano Calibro 9, where he played the title role of Ugo Piazza. This is 1972: it is three years after the success of Amici miei, in which he stars alongside Ugo Tognazzi, Philippe Noiret, Adolfo Celi and Duilio Del Prete in what is perhaps the highest peak of Italian comedy. His last participation was in Porzûs, a 1997 film where he played the protagonist as an old man. His career then continued with television: the general public remembers him mainly for his appearances in dramas such as Sei forte maestro and Don Matteo.

An actor of superlative talent, Moschin worked with the greatest Italian directors of the 20th century: Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Nanni Loy, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Bernardo Bertolucci, Luigi Comencini, Antonio Pietrangeli, Pietro Germi, Francesco Nuti, and Sergio Sollima, to name a few. He had last appeared in 2010, in the documentary L’ultima zingarata. With him, goes an important part of our cinema.

Image: Gastone Moschin plays Rambaldo Melandri in a scene from Amici Miei

Farewell to Gastone Moschin, unforgettable actor in 'Amici Miei'

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