Burt Lancaster

Lancaster (Lancaster) Bert (02. 11. 1913 - 1995), American actor and producer.
At the age of 19, organized together with childhood friend Nick Krevetom troupe of traveling acrobats. In 1939 the troupe disbanded, Lancaster called to the front, he is first in North Africa, then in Italy and Austria, and everywhere a speech to soldiers with acrobatic numbers. Being invited to the cinema after the war, successful in the first role of naive killer ( 'Assassins' (The Killers) P. Sodmak, 1946) and establishes it as a convict in the film F. Dassin 'brute force' (Brute Force, 1947). Position person is physically strong and simple-hearted, with a charming smile and defenseless, but being in extreme situations, characteristic of his later works. Lancaster in the 50 years appeared in many major artists in Hollywood (Litvak, Sodmak, Dieterle, Wise), playing in adventure films and melodramas, in. Stand out two successful work in Westerns directed by P. Aldrich - 'Apache' (Apache, 1953), and 'Vera Cruz' (Vera Cruz, 1954), after which, a taste for this genre, Lancaster himself put western 'Man from Kentucky' (The Kentuckian, 1955), not brought him no laurels. The real masterpiece of Lancaster was marked by Oscar psychologically complex role of a wandering charlatan, which is in a love drama, in the Richard Brooks 'Elmer Gentry' (Elmer Gantry, 1960). In 60-ies Lancaster, . without ceasing to play roles in Westerns and traditional adventure films Frankenheymera, . Sturges, . Houston, . Aldrich, . performed successful psychological roles such, . in the film by Stanley Kramer 'Nuremberg Trial' (1961), . John Frankenheymera in the movie 'Seven Days in May' (Seven Days in May) and other,
. One of the biggest successes actor in those years - the role of Prince Fabrizio Salina in the film adaptation of Lampedusa's novel 'The Leopard' (Il gattopardo, 1963) by Luchino Visconti.
. Best of the mature Lancaster played the second half of the 70-ies - in the movies 'Conversation Piece' (Gruppo Di Famiglia In Un Interno, 1974, L
. Visconti), 'Twentieth Century' (Novecento, 1976, B. Bertolucci), "Buffalo Bill and the Indians' (Buffalo Bill and the Indians, Or Sitting Bull'sHistory Lesson, 1976, P. Altman). Among the other European directors, who filmed Lancaster - Louis Malla and Liliana Cavani - respectively 'Atlantic City' (Atlantic City, 1980); 'Skin' (La pelle, 1981). Feeling no shortage of proposals that appeared on the screen very often. Russia's audience is known, in particular, the role of a commentator in the documentary television series 'The Unknown War'. In 1950 made the first attempt to become a producer, will fail after a few years. Resumed a production activity in 1962 - along with Kirk Douglas.
. 1946 KILLERS / THE KILLERS singer
. 1947 Brute Force / BRUTE FORCE Executive
. 1947 DESERT FURY Executive
. 1947 I WALK ALONE Artist
. 1947 VARIETY GIRL Executive
. 1948 ALL MY SONS Executive
. 1948 KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS Artist
. 1948 SORRY, WRONG NUMBER Executive
. 1949 CRISS CROSS Executive
. 1949 ROPE OF SAND Executive
. 1950 THE FLAME AND THE ARROW singer
. 1950 MISTER 880 Executive
. 1951 JIM THORPE-ALL AMERICAN singer
. 1951 TEN TALL MEN Executive
. 1951 VENGEANCE VALLEY Executive
. 1952 COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA Executive
. 1952 THE CRIMSON PIRATE producer, singer
. 1952 THE FIRST TIME producer
. 1953 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Artist
. 1953 HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE Executive
. 1953 SOUTH SEA WOMAN singer
. 1953 Apache / APACHE Executive
. 1954 VERA CRUZ / VERA CRUZ Executive
. 1955 Man from Kentucky / THE KENTUCKIAN director, performer
. 1955 MARTY producer
. 1955 THE ROSE TATTOO artist
. 1956 THE RAINMAKER Executive
. 1956 TRAPEZE artist
. 1957 THE BACHELOR PARTY producer
. 1957 GUNFIGHT AT THE OK
. CORRAL Executive
. 1957 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Executive
. 1958 RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP producer, singer
. 1958 SEPARATE TABLES Executive
. 1959 THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE Executive
. 1959 TAKE A GIANT STEP producer
. 1960 Elmer Gentry / ELMER GANTRY Executive
. 1960 SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL producer
. 1960 THE UNFORGIVEN Executive
. 1961 JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG Executive
. 1961 THE YOUNG SAVAGES Executive
. 1962 BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ Executive
. 1963 A CHILD IS WAITING Executive
. 1963 GEPARD / IL GATTOPARDO Executive
. 1963 THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER Executive
. 1964 Seven Days in May / SEVEN DAYS IN MAY Artist
. 1965 THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL Executive
. 1965 THE TRAIN Artist
. 1966 THE PROFESSIONALS Executive
. 1968 THE SCALPHUNTERS Executive
. 1968 THE SWIMMER Executive
. 1969 CASTLE KEEP Executive
. 1969 THE GYPSY MOTHS Executive
. 1970 AIRPORT / AIRPORT Executive
. 1970 KING: A FILMED RECORD: MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS Artist
. 1971 LAWMAN Executive
. 1971 VALDEZ IS COMING singer
. 1972 ULZANA'S RAID Executive
. 1973 EXECUTIVE ACTION singer
. 1973 SCORPIO Executive
. 1974 THE MIDNIGHT MAN producer, director, screenwriter, singer
. 1974 GRUPPO DI FAMIGLIA IN UN INTERNO Executive
. 1975 ALI THE MAN: ALI THE FIGHTER singer
. 1975 MOSES / MOSES Executive
. 1976 BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL'S HISTORY LESSON Executive
. 1976 VICTORY AT ENTEBBE Executive
. 1977 TWENTIETH CENTURY / NOVECENTO Executive
. 1977 THE CASSANDRA CROSSING Executive
. 1977 THE ISLAND OF DR
. MOREAU Executive
. 1977 TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING Executive
. 1978 GO TELL THE SPARTANS Executive
. 1979 ARTHUR MILLER ON HOME GROUND Executive
. 1979 ZULU DAWN Executive
. 1980 ATLANTIC CITY singer
. 1980 CATTLE ANNIE AND LITTLE BRITCHES Executive
. 1981 HIDE / LA PELLE Executive
. 1983 LOCAL HERO singer
. Osterman 1983 WEEKEND / THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND Executive
. 1985 LITTLE TREASURE Executive
. 1985 SCANDAL SHEET Executive
. 1986 ON WINGS OF EAGLES Executive
. 1986 SINS OF THE FATHERS Executive
. 1986 tough guy / TOUGH GUYS Executive
. 1987 IL GIORNO PRIMA Executive
. 1988 DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT: RALPH MCGILL AND THE SEGREGATED SOUTH Executive
. 1988 ROCKET GIBRALTAR Executive
. 1989 FIELD OF DREAMS Executive
. 1989 LA BOUTIQUE DE L'ORFEVRE Executive
. 1990 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA singer
. 1990 VOYAGE OF TERROR: THE ACHILLE LAURO AFFAIR singer
. 1991 SEPARATE BUT EQUAL Executive
. Winner of the Berlin Film Festival in the category 'Actor' in 1956
. Award Oscar nomination in the 'Actor' for 1960
. Winner of the Venice Film Festival in the category 'Actor' for 1962