The Star Maker

"In the golden age of cinema, everyone dreams of becoming a star. One man promises to make all their dreams come true..."

1995

1h 53m

7.1(187 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through small villages of 1950s Sicily pretending to work for the big film studios in Rome.

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Cast & Crew

61 members

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Sergio Castellitto

Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)

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Tiziana Lodato

Beata

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Franco Scaldati

Brigadier Mastropaolo

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Leopoldo Trieste

Mute

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Leo Gullotta

Vito

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Clelia Rondinella

Anna's mother

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Salvatore Billa

Prince

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Jane Alexander

Princess

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Tony Sperandeo

1st Badalamenti

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Tano Cimarosa

Grandpa Bordonaro

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Nicola Di Pinto

Communal Functionary

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Domenico Gennaro

1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro)

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Luigi Maria Burruano

Flirtatious Client

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Antonella Attili

Nurse

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Costantino Carrozza

The Collector

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Carmelo Di Mazzarelli

Old Man in Wheelchair

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Domenico Dolce

Peasant on Bus

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Stefano Gabbana

Photographer

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Maria Rosa Parrelo

Santina

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Rita Lia

Pinuccia

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Alessandro Guarrera

Clapboard Kid

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Writing

Spiro Scimone

1st Nasca Brother

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Francesco Sframeli

2nd Nasca Brother

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Tony Palazzo

Pio Li Fusi

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Emilio Scimone

2nd Mafioso

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Massimo Pupella

Bordonaro Jr.

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Giorgio Guerrieri

Cinema Cashier

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Filippo Tarantino

2nd Badalamenti

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Onofrio Ducato

Mafia Boss Realzisa

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Paolo Noto

Zu' Leonardo

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Turi Killer

Boy with Garabaldino

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Pino Calabrese

1st Carabiniere

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Antonio Miceli

Cosimo Millelire

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Aurora Quattrocchi

Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi)

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Elia Nicosia

Barber

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Simona Merito

Anna

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Peppe Zarbo

1st Friend

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Sandro Piro

2nd Friend

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Vincenzo Fiorenza

3rd Friend

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Filippo Spitale

1st Man in Club

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Production

Pino Pellegrino

2nd Man in Club

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Rosario Lanzafame

3rd Man in Club

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Pippo Provvidenti

Don Lucio

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Giorgio Libassi

Innkeeper

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Pasquale Palumbo

Mayor

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Angelo Colajemma

Vitti Na Crozza

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Antonello Puglisi

Man Quoting Mussolini

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Daniele Ferretti

Village Idiot

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Filippo Alesi

Young Farm Laborer

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Emilio Adrisani

Peasant by the River

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Francesco Guzzo

Tavern Boy

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Giuseppe Funari

Armless Man

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Bruno Torrisi

Carwash Man

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Umberto Terranove

Band Master

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Rosolino Cottone

Partisan

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Giovanni Alamia

1st Warehouse Man

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Corrado Solari

2nd Warehouse Man

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Omero Capanna

Hitman (uncredited)

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Marzio Honorato

Architect Panebianco (uncredited)

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Luigi Mezzanotte

Pimp (uncredited)

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Vincent Navarra

D'Azzò the Shepherd (The Star Man) (uncredited)

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