Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 - December 19, 1996) was an Academy Award nominated Italian film actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. In 1945 he started working for a film company and began taking acting lessons. His film debut was in "I Miserabili" (1947).

Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden (born September 5, 1935, Dessau, Germany) is a German comedian, comic actor, singer and cabaret artist.

Alvaro Vitali (born February 3, 1950) is an Italian actor. He was an electrician until he got discovered by Federico Fellini to play a small part in "Satyricon" (1969), it led to other roles, notably in the movie "Amarcord" (1973). In the 1970s Vitali became one of most charismatic actors in the commedia erotica all'italiana (erotic comedy) genre. He was very popular in Spain as well.

Romolo Valli (7 February, 1925 - 1 February, 1980) was an Italian actor. Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors between 1950s to 1970s. He died in a car accident.

Roman Polanski's parents returned to Poland from France just two years before the World War II began: both were taken later to concentration camps where his mother eventually died. Young Roman managed to escape the ghetto and learned to survive wandering through the Polish countryside and living with the different Catholic families. Though local people usually ignored cinemas where mostly German films were shown, Polanski seemed not very much concerned about patriotism and frequently...

Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Look Homeward, Angel." Joined the British army and served in India and Burma during World War II.

Born in USA. He remained in Italy with the Allies' occupation troops. In 1950 he played a bit role in Fred Zinnemann's movie TERESA (1951) shot on location in Italy. Since then, he played as an actor in some movies, especially Italian ones (remarkable his agreeable interpretation of the "Ciccio" character in Luigi Comencini's MARITI IN CITTA'). But he worked above all as a dubber - he was specialized in dubbing "American" characters (US energic ambassadors, US burly tourists, and so...

Founder of the 'Premio Strega', an Italian literature award.

He is one of the three brothers.