
Gabriele Ferzetti
Actor · Died December 2, 2015, aged 90 · Rome, Italy
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film Lo Zappatore (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films Puccini (1953) and Casa Ricordi (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man. Ferzetti starred as Lot in John Huston's biblical epic, The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), and played railroad baron Morton in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Perhaps his best known role, internationally, was in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Marc Ange Draco, although his voice was dubbed by British actor David de Keyser. He was perhaps best known to non-mainstream audiences for his role as the psychiatrist, Hans, in Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). In the 1970s, he appeared in a significant number of crime films, often as an inspector. He appeared in Julia and Julia, opposite Laurence Olivier in Inchon (1982), and the cult film, First Action Hero. Later in his career, he played the role of Nono in the TV series Une famille formidable, while also appearing in Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film I Am Love. Ferzetti died on 2 December 2015, aged 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gabriele Ferzetti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 17, 1925
- December 2, 2015 (aged 90)
- Rome, Italy
- Actor
- 42 on MovieCove · 151 credits in all
What are Gabriele Ferzetti's films like?
Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 30
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 10 · Dark 18
Grounded 13 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 6
Gentle 5 · Charged 15 · Intense 13
Steady 13 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2
Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 7
Easy watch 9 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 11
A split, not a type: Resolved 18 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 5
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 5 of 17 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Giacomo Casanova in Sins of Casanova (1955)
- Tricksteras Giacomo Casanova in Sins of Casanova (1955)
- Shapeshifteras Edmondo Raumo in Jessica (1962)
- Allyas Avvocato Rosello in We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
- Threshold guardianas Don Francesco DeMarco in Machine Gun McCain (1969)
- Allyas Draco in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Shadowas Kohoutek in The Confession (1970)
- Threshold guardianas Inspecteur Bardèche in The Mafia Wants Blood (1970)
- Heraldas Nick La Caterina in The Boxer (1972)
- Shadowas Prof. Daniele Vallotti in Secrets of a Nurse (1973)
- Shadowas Hans in The Night Porter (1974)
- Allyas Don Francesco Salvatore in Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974)
- Allyas Maurice in Nick the Sting (1976)
- Threshold guardianas Emilio Rospini in The Psychic (1977)
- Mentoras Mastro Gomin in The Devil's Game (1981)
- Allyas Alberto in Grog (1982)
- Threshold guardianas Edoardo Recchi Senior in I Am Love (2009)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet16
- Tragic10
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Gabriele Ferzetti's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) · actor · free
- I Am Love (2009) · actor · free
- The Psychic (1977) · actor · free
- Private Crimes (1993) · actor · free
- Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990) · actor · free
- Cold Sweat (1970) · actor · free
- The Boxer (1972) · actor · free
- Imperial Venus (1962) · actor · free
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- Wonder Project, show their title on Wonder Project
Subscription and free streaming for Gabriele Ferzetti's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
151 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

18 Years Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

I Am Love(2009)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Callas & Onassis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Callas & Onassis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Concorso di colpa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Lost Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

L'avvocato de Gregorio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Le ragazze di Miss Italia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Sands of Time(2000)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Porzûs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Con rabbia e con amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Othello(1995)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Black as the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

First Action Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Die Ringe des Saturn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Private Crimes(1993)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Suffocating Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Édouard et ses filles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Una fredda mattina di maggio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Gli angeli del potere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Computron 22 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Julia and Julia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

La voglia di vincere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Quo Vadis?(1985)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all showsDie goldenen Schuhe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Return to Lisca Bianca Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Delitto e castigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

The Basileus Quartet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Grog(1982)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Death in the Vatican (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Quasi quasi mi sposo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Possessed Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Devil's Game(1981)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Inchon(1981)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all filmsI Vecchi E I Giovani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Encounters in the Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Burning Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Pigs with a P.38 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Last In, First Out(1978)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Mon Premier Amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Suggestionata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Psychic(1977)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Oedipus orca(1977)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
A Matter of Time(1976)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Nick the Sting(1976)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Snatch(1976)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Hornet's Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Calling All Police Cars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

End of the Game(1975)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
A Curious Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Smiling Maniacs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Proof of love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Quick Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Appassionata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Night Porter(1974)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Secrets of a Nurse(1973)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Divorce His, Divorce Hers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Divorce His - Divorce Hers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

3000 Million Without an Elevator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Beggars and Proud Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

High Voltage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Boxer(1972)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Million Dollar Eel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Cold Sweat(1970)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Mafia Wants Blood(1970)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Confession(1970)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
L'amica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
That Splendid November (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Machine Gun McCain(1969)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Bandits in Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Love Problems (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Better a Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Protagonists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Come Play With Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Escalation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

A Devil Under the Pillow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Devil in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Three Rooms in Manhattan(1965)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Crucero de verano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Desideri d'estate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

La calda vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Death, Where Is Your Victory? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

A Sentimental Attempt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Torpedo Bay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Shortest Day(1963)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Beach Casanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Imperial Venus(1962)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Cross of the Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Nun of Monza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Jessica(1962)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Eruption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Rencontres(1962)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Love, the Italian Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Long Night in '43 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

L'Avventura(1960)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Red Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Hannibal(1959)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Great Deception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Everyone's in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Love on the Riviera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

So Much Love Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Angel in a Taxi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

March's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

It Happened in Rome(1957)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Parola di ladro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Il prezzo della gloria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Donatella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Defend My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Un po' di cielo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Le amiche(1955)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Adriana Lecouvreur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Sins of Casanova(1955)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
House of Ricordi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Camilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Modern Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

100 Years of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Clothing the Naked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Empty Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Puccini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Wayward Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

Three Forbidden Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Inganno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Counterfeiters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

The Forbidden Christ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Gli amanti di Ravello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Lo zappatore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Sigillo rosso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Mountain Smugglers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Welcome Reverend! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Fabiola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Rondini in volo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

William Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Les Misérables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Vertigine d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Felicità perduta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

La contessa Castiglione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 151 titles from 1942 to 2010; peak year 1974.

Biggest box office
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Highest rated
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Film career
Peak 1974 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1955Screen debut· Le Amiche
- 1960Breakout· L'Avventura
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Gabriele Ferzetti's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 38; across their 33 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th13
- Below 25th14
Shape of the crowd
20 of their 42 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed7
- Mixed20
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Gabriele Ferzetti's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Gabriele Ferzetti work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gabriele Ferzetti's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ennio Morricone shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Eriprando ViscontiShared titles: Oedipus orca (1977), Snatch (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Eriprando Visconti
- Michelangelo AntonioniShared titles: L'Avventura (1960), Le amiche (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Michelangelo Antonioni

Writers
- Barbara AlbertiShared titles: I Am Love (2009), The Night Porter (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara Alberti

- Sergio DonatiShared titles: Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Sergio Donati

- Ennio De ConciniShared titles: Quo Vadis? (1985), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Ennio De Concini
- Lucio FulciShared titles: The Psychic (1977), Sins of Casanova (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Lucio Fulci

Actors
- Jacqueline BissetShared titles: Inchon (1981), End of the Game (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Jacqueline Bisset

- Marc PorelShared titles: The Devil's Game (1981), The Psychic (1977)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Porel

- Rada RassimovShared titles: The Devil's Game (1981), Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Rada Rassimov

- Michele PlacidoShared titles: Oedipus orca (1977), Snatch (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Michele Placido

Composers and cinematographers
- Ennio MorriconeShared titles: Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990), End of the Game (1975), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)See all 4 shared titles with Ennio Morricone

- Piero PiccioniShared titles: Quo Vadis? (1985), The Devil's Game (1981), Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974)See all 3 shared titles with Piero Piccioni

- Blasco GiuratoShared titles: The Devil's Game (1981), Oedipus orca (1977), Snatch (1976)See all 3 shared titles with Blasco Giurato

- Luis BacalovShared titles: The Devil's Game (1981), Nick the Sting (1976), We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)See all 3 shared titles with Luis Bacalov

Producers
- Marcello D'AmicoShared titles: Oedipus orca (1977), Snatch (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Marcello D'Amico
- Ottavio OppoShared titles: Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974), The Boxer (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Ottavio Oppo
- Bino CicognaShared titles: Machine Gun McCain (1969), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)See all 2 shared titles with Bino Cicogna
Mixed roles
- Mario BavaShared titles: The Devil's Game (1981), Sins of Casanova (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Mario Bava

- Lelio LuttazziShared titles: L'Avventura (1960), It Happened in Rome (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Lelio Luttazzi







