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...

113 mins
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.

Sergio Castellitto

Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)

Franco Scaldati

Brigadier Mastropaolo

Clelia Rondinella

Anna's mother

Tony Sperandeo

1st Badalamenti

Tano Cimarosa

Grandpa Bordonaro

Nicola Di Pinto

Communal Functionary

Domenico Gennaro

1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro)

Luigi Maria Burruano

Flirtatious Client

Costantino Carrozza

The Collector

Carmelo Di Mazzarelli

Old Man in Wheelchair

Domenico Dolce

Peasant on Bus

Stefano Gabbana

Photographer

Rita Lia

Pinuccia

Alessandro Guarrera

Clapboard Kid

Spiro Scimone

1st Nasca Brother

Francesco Sframeli

2nd Nasca Brother

Tony Palazzo

Pio Li Fusi

Emilio Scimone

2nd Mafioso

Massimo Pupella

Bordonaro Jr.

Giorgio Guerrieri

Cinema Cashier

Filippo Tarantino

2nd Badalamenti

Onofrio Ducato

Mafia Boss Realzisa

Paolo Noto

Zu' Leonardo

Turi Killer

Boy with Garabaldino

Pino Calabrese

1st Carabiniere

Antonio Miceli

Cosimo Millelire

Aurora Quattrocchi

Prostitute (as Rori Quatrocchi)

Peppe Zarbo

1st Friend

Sandro Piro

2nd Friend

Filippo Spitale

1st Man in Club

Pino Pellegrino

2nd Man in Club

Rosario Lanzafame

3rd Man in Club

Angelo Colajemma

Vitti Na Crozza

Antonello Puglisi

Man Quoting Mussolini

Daniele Ferretti

Village Idiot

Filippo Alesi

Young Farm Laborer

Emilio Adrisani

Peasant by the River

Francesco Guzzo

Tavern Boy

Giuseppe Funari

Armless Man

Bruno Torrisi

Carwash Man

Giovanni Alamia

1st Warehouse Man

Corrado Solari

2nd Warehouse Man

Omero Capanna

Hitman (uncredited)

Marzio Honorato

Architect Panebianco (uncredited)

Luigi Mezzanotte

Pimp (uncredited)

Vincent Navarra

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

Rita Rusić

Producer

Fabio Rinaudo

Screenplay

Dante Spinotti

Director of Photography

Francesco Bronzi

Production Design

Mario Cotone

Executive Producer

Attilio Viti

Production Manager

Tullio Lullo

Production Manager

Pietro Sassaroli

Unit Manager

Olivia Sleiter

Production Secretary

Francesca Spinotti

Production Secretary

Marco Albertini

Production Secretary

Marco Guidone

First Assistant Director

Francesco Ascione

Second Assistant Director

Umberto Riccioni Carteni

Second Assistant Director

Stella D'Onofrio

Script Supervisor

Enrico Lucidi

Camera Operator

Giovanni Gebbia

Steadicam Operator

Stefano Falivene

First Assistant Camera

Adriano Giannini

First Assistant Camera

Simon Iorio

Second Assistant Camera

Alessia Bulgari

Still Photographer

Nello Giorgetti

Set Decoration

Salvatore Saito

Assistant Set Decoration

Luciano Magagnini

Property Master

Claudio Stefani

Property Master

Luigi Bonanno

Assistant Costume Designer

Raffaella Fantasia

Assistant Costume Designer

Nilo Jacoponi

Makeup Department Head

Simone Marazzi

Makeup Artist

Elisabetta De Leonardis

Hair Department Head

Giulio Viggiani

Boom Operator

Mario D'Ambrosio

Assistant Editor

Pamela Quaglia

Assistant Editor

Sandro Bolli

Key Grip

Franco Fantini

Administration

Patrizia Pierucci

Administration

Sandra Orlando

Administration

Alberto Doni

Sound Mixer

Tonino Anastasi

Sound Mixer

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Beatrice Bordone

Costume Design

Angelo Novi

Still Photographer

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