Bruno Maccallini

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ACTOR / DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

"The face of Italy that pleases"

(Roberto Giardina - Italia Oggi)

Bruno Maccallini was born on March 7, 1960 in Avezzano, Abruzzo. A graduate of the Silvio D’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1982, he worked as an actor, producer and theatre director in Italy before gaining strong popularity in Germany as the protagonist of successful TV films.

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THEATRE, MUSIC, BOOKS, TELEVISION AND MEDIA

KABARETT WEIMAR
THE THEATRICAL TRILOGY

Once upon a time there was the Weimar Republic. It was born exactly one hundred years ago, to die fifteen years later. Endowed with a constitution that was very advanced in terms of democracy and social rights, it experienced a very bumpy political existence, spent between the storm of its origins and the abyss into which it found itself sinking. His short story is a parable still evoked by many to warn of how, in the lights of a socially advanced community, the shadows of barbarism are always lurking.

KABARETT WEIMAR
THE RADIO CYCLE

The six episodes go through some of the central themes of those years: the rejection of militarism and war, the image of the feminine and the revolution of sexual behavior, avant-garde artistic experimentation, the threat of unemployment, growing racism and the search for a scapegoat to pay for the sins of an economic situation that, after 1929, had become unbearable. We are guided by Bruno Maccallini, an actor of great experience and a profound connoisseur of that artistic climate, and next to him, at the piano, as in a smoky and crowded Berlin Cabaret, there is Giuseppe Cangialosi, in continuous dialogue and counterpoint with voices and words.

PROSSIMAMENTE
 

23 – 24 – 25 January

TEATRO GIOIELLO – TURIN

12 February – 1 March 2026 TEATRO MANZONI – ROME

by Gianni Clementi

with Blas Roca Rey

Patrizia Pellegrino

Bruno Maccallini

directed by

Gianni Clementi

Production: Fabrizio di Fiore Entertainment & FdF GAT

A decidedly bourgeois couple, he a heart surgeon, she a wife anxious for a son in disarray, decide to spend a different Christmas Eve, joining volunteers who bring comfort items to the various homeless scattered on the sidewalks or under the colonnades of the city. A night full of gratification, of lifeblood for an evidently tired, bored relationship. And the couple seems to rediscover a new way of sharing the simple but fundamental things in life: brotherhood, compassion, solidarity. But the next morning, Christmas Day, the doorbell rings.

GALLERY

"It doesn't happen often to see an artist as surprising as Bruno Maccallini"

Franz Kotteder - (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Photo by Luca Chiaventi
Photo by Martina Maccallini
Photo by Hannes Magerstaedt
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ASSOCIATION

ANTONELLO FALQUI

Artistic direction: Bruno Maccallini

CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH

OF THE GREAT TELEVISION DIRECTOR

ANTONELLO FALQUI

(Rome 1925 – 2025)

After the meeting in Pienza dedicated to Leone Piccioni and Antonello Falqui, in homage to two emblematic figures of Italian television, three unmissable events are scheduled to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the Master of Television Variety:

  • The Milleluci by Antonello Falqui: (09 Novembre 2025)                  A new documentary for Rai Documentaries that traces the career of one of the great protagonists of Italian television history.

  • Masterclass with Duccio Forzano (13 November 2025): A special meeting at the Anica Academy, during which director Duccio Forzano will lead a masterclass on Falqui’s artistic legacy, dedicated to students and fans of television directing.

  • Evening of Honour (17 November 2025): An exclusive evening at the Teatro Ghione in Rome, with illustrious guests, unique testimonies, and original contributions, to relive the magical “Saturday Evenings” of the great Rai tradition.

These events celebrate the memory and legacy of Antonello Falqui, one of the pioneers of Italian public television and a protagonist of twentieth-century culture and entertainment.

 

 
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Kabarett Weimar intends to evoke the political strength and artistic charm of the period of the Weimar Republic, delving into the heart of cabaret, through a selection of authors, from Bertolt Brecht to Kurt Tucholsky, from Friedrich Holländer to Kurt Weill, from Hanns Eisler to Fritz Grünbaum, re-proposing or making us discover theatrical pieces, poems, songs and satirical films linked to those extraordinary performance halls The six episodes cross some of the central themes of those years: the refusal of militarism and war, the image of the feminine and the revolution of sexual behavior, avant-garde artistic experimentation, the threat of unemployment, growing racism and the search for a scapegoat to pay for the sins of an economic situation that, after 1929, had become unsustainable. We are guided by Bruno Maccallini, an actor of great experience and a profound connoisseur of that artistic climate, and next to him, at the piano, as in a smoky and crowded Berlin Cabaret, there is Giuseppe Cangialosi, in continuous dialogue and counterpoint with voices and words. The actress and singer Chiara Bonome and the actor Xhuliano Dule then participate in the cycle of episodes. "Kabarett Weimar" by Bruno Maccallini.