Bruno Maccallini

ABOUT ME

ACTOR & ICON LONG-TERM

The Italian face we like
( Roberto Giardina "Italia Oggi")

Bruno Maccallini was born on March 7, 1960 in Avezzano. Graduated from the Silvio D’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1982, he was working as an actor, producer and director in Italy before gaining a strong popularity in Germany  as a protagonist in successful Tv movies. He also became well-known throughout Germany and several other counries with the Nescafe Tv-commercials. With his new commercial “The Visit” he processed more than 22 million GIF searches in 2020.

HIGHLIGHTS

Theatre Tv Music Events

DIVA A SYMPHONYE FOR WEIMAR

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DIVA pays tribute to the subversive capacity of the protagonists of the Berlin stage, singers, actresses, poets, writers and journalists who revolutionised the image of women in the 1920s and 1930s.

A LAUGH ALONGES LIFE?
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On 21 February 2024 at the Goethe Institut Rom the Theater Workshop UNA RISATA ALLUNGA LA VITA? will be inaugurated on the theme “The power and impotence of laughter in times of regimes”, curated by Bruno Maccallini and Antonella Ottai. The Workshop concludes at the Teatro Vascello from 22 to 24 April with three Shows directed by Bruno Maccallini and two Master Classes entrusted to leading actors of the italian stage.

GROTESK! RIDERE RENDE LIBERI

GROTESK! LAUGHING MAKES FREE by Bruno Maccallini and Antonella Ottai. The success of the book “Laughing makes free – Comedians in Nazi Camps” by Antonella Ottai originated the idea of turning the story of the Jewish comedians of the Weimar Republic and their destiny into a very succesfull play.

STASERA HO DECISO DI VENIRMI A TROVARE

Fritz Gruenbaum is one of the greatest interpreters of Berlin Kabarett after the fall of the Weimar Republic. Performer, librettist, writer, film actor, and director, known for his clever and ironic humor. “I decided to visit me” by Antonella Ottai and Bruno Maccallini is a tribute to the great austrian Comedian.

FÜR DIE ITALIENISCHEN MOMENTE IN DER KÜCHE
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My Italian Receipes & Cooking Tips. Cooking with friends and family. The perfect gift for your Xmas!

ASSOCIAZIONE ANTONELLO FALQUI
FALQUI from father to son                               Homage to
Enrico and Antonello Falqui
On Thursday, April 20th, the National Central Library of Rome and the Antonello Falqui Association will join together to pay tribute to two prominent figures of twentieth-century Italian culture, Enrico and Antonello Falqui, father and son, uniting them in the common traits of their contribution to the environments that saw them as protagonists of the foreground.
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YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY SUCH AN AMAZING ARTIST LIKE BRUNO MACCALLINI

Franz Kotteder - (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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Upcoming Show

GROTESK! Laughing makes free

Grotesk, who acts and performs the role of the comedians, the chansonniers and the magicians, that is to say the protagonist of the light entertainment in the Weimar years.

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