Alberto Sordi he was one of the greatest Italian actors of the XNUMXth century. Born in Roma in 1920, he began his show business career in the 30s as a cabaret and radio actor. His talent soon led him to cinema, where he starred in over 160 films in a career that spanned nearly 60 years. Sordi represented Italy on the big screen, playing characters who embodied the different facets of Italian culture and society. He demonstrated great versatility as an actor, moving with ease from drama to comedy, with an uncanny knack for making believable whatever character he played.
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi is famous because he was one of the greatest actors, directors and screenwriters of post-war Italian cinema. His artistic career spanned over 50 years and ranged between comedy, drama and political satire, playing unforgettable characters and making entire generations of spectators laugh. Sordi has represented the Italian spirit in many of his films, reflecting the vices and virtues of the Italian people and its society. His portrayals of characters such as Fanta in the “The Marquis of Grillo”, “Mussolini” in “A Difficult Life”, “Sergio Benvenuti” n "The Health Insurance Doctor", they have become real symbols of Italian cinema.
Furthermore, Sordi played an important role in the formation of the Italian collective imagination, influencing popular culture and the Italian language through his interpretations and his sketches. His irony, his talent for improvisation and his ability to transform everyday situations into comic gags have become hallmarks of the cinema of the Nine hundred.
Twenty years without the great Albertone
The national Albertone was much loved by the Italian public for his authentic personality, his sympathy and his ability to represent the common man. His death on February 24, 2003 was felt as a great loss for cinema and for Italian culture as a whole, leaving a void that is difficult to fill.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of the great protagonist of Italian cinema, Rome will have a statue dedicated to Alberto Sordi. Soon there will be a call for artists under 35 to choose the prototype that will best represent the unforgettable artist, symbol of Italy in the world.
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