Andrea Prodan
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Andrea Prodan (born 16 November 1961) is an
Biography
The Prodan family, after suffering internment in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II, was expelled from China due to
The family moved to Rome and Tuscany in 1948, where Andrea spent his early years. He was educated in England, and aged 12, became head chorister at The King's School, Canterbury. As solo voice he recorded "A Song for All Seasons". He started in films as a sound assistant on Krull and also on The Scarlet and the Black, with Gregory Peck.[4]
In 1983, he dropped out of
Fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish, Andrea Prodan pursued a career mainly in Italian films. In 1985, he appeared in Summer Games and as a co-protagonist in the film The Berlin Affair (Interno Berlinese) by Liliana Cavani. Following this he appeared in films with the Taviani brothers (Good Morning, Babylon) and Peter Greenaway (The Belly of an Architect). In 1987, he played the role of Ettore Majorana in the historical movie I ragazzi di via Panisperna by Gianni Amelio.[3] There followed work with various directors such as Guido Chiesa, and Alex and Fiorella Infascelli.[5] In 1999 he played Karl in Ricky Tognazzi's Canone inverso.[6]
In 1991, he played the mentally disabled but handsome "Marco", who breaks up a romance between characters played by Bruno Ganz and teaming up, once again, with Ornella Muti in the third segment of the anthology film Especially on Sunday.[7] Muti and Prodan had become friends on the set of A Season of Giants, a 1990 U.S. mini-series in which he portrayed renaissance painter Raphael, and Muti his muse Onoria.[8]
In 1995, he travelled to
References
- ^ "Andrea Prodan – cinenacional.com" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Clarín.com (2008-04-18). "Andrea Prodan: 'La Argentina es la principal herencia que me dejó Luca'". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ a b c Enríquez, Mariana (21 December 2003). "El burgués bohemio". www.pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). Página/12 :: radar. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ a b c Ponchs, Gaby (2021-11-16). "Andrea Prodan - El Siestero" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Andrea Prodan". www.longtake.it. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Canone Inverso (2000) - Ricky Tognazzi | Cast and Crew | AllMovie, retrieved 2022-08-29
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "A Season of Giants (1990) - Cast & Crew on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
External links
- Andrea Prodan at IMDb
- Romapagana band website