{"id":9914,"date":"2022-03-31T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ai-lati.eu\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:31:47","slug":"cremona-pays-tribute-to-ugo-tognazzi","status":"publish","type":"ailati","link":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/ailati\/cremona-pays-tribute-to-ugo-tognazzi\/","title":{"rendered":"CREMONA PAYS TRIBUTE TO UGO TOGNAZZI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One hundred years ago \u2013 23 March 1922 – Ugo Tognazzi was born in Cremona. Actor, director, comedian, screenwriter, he was one of the most important and unforgettable protagonists of Italian comedy, awarded with a Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes, three David di Donatello and four Nastro d\u2019Argento awards. His hometown celebrates him, actor and man, with a packed schedule of events sponsored by a group of Companies, which Ocrim just had to be a part of.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

100% UGO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first of a long series of initiatives<\/strong> that Cremona wanted to dedicate to one of its favourite sons, the actor Ugo Tognazzi<\/em><\/strong> (1922-1990), has just ended. Three days of cultural events <\/strong>organised by the Municipality of Cremona in collaboration with the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage of the University of Pavia<\/strong>, Cremona branch. The main event was an international conference attended by no less than 30 university professors<\/strong> and film experts from all over the world, who discussed the figure of Ugo Tognazzi, a worthy representative, together with Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, and Nino Manfredi <\/em><\/strong>of Italian-style comedy.<\/strong> This film genre developed in Italy between the \u201850s and \u201870s<\/strong> enjoyed great success for its comic portrayal of the (few) vices and virtues of the Italian middle class of the time, thanks to the participation of exceptional performers. A splice of real-life with brilliant social satire<\/strong>, characterised by a substantial underlying bitterness.  Actor, comedian, director, performer, screenwriter,<\/strong> over his long and rich television and cinema career, Ugo Tognazzi stood out for his interpretative versatility, <\/strong>ranging from farce to drama, with a rare and personal flair for portraying different characters. It would take too long to list the numerous awards that made films such as \u201cLa Califfa [Lady Caliph]\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cI mostri [The Monsters]\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cLa bambolona [Baby Doll]\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cAmici miei [My Friends]\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, \u201cIl vizietto [La Cage aux Folles]\u201d<\/em><\/strong> immortal, so we will only mention the Palme d\u2019Or<\/strong> won at the Cannes Film Festival for the film \u201cLa tragedia di un uomo ridicolo [The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man]\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Economic Development<\/strong> with the Italian Post Office<\/strong> have issued, on this occasion, a commemorative stamp <\/strong>belonging to the thematic series \u201cthe Italian Excellence of the Show\u201d<\/strong> dedicated to Ugo Tognazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Playful Nature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ugo had a close bond with his hometown, he<\/strong> often came to Cremona<\/strong> to spend time with childhood friends, and his characters often spoke in the Cremonese dialect<\/strong>. His lines in the film \u201cLa marcia su Roma [March on Rome]\u201d<\/em><\/strong> are legendary.  In addition to celebrating the performer, Cremona also wishes to pay tribute to the man, his playful nature and his passion for cooking <\/strong>with other food-related events scheduled for the upcoming months of October and November. Ugo surrounded himself with the people he loved: his extended family,<\/strong> he had three wives and four children, friends<\/strong> and co-workers.<\/strong> He was known for his \u201cadunate\u201d: summer gatherings at his villa in Torvaianica<\/em>,<\/strong> where he would entertain showbiz friends of the calibre of Paolo Villaggio, Bernardo Bertolucci, Vittorio Gassman, Luciano Salce, Mario Monicelli <\/em><\/strong>and many others with endless feasts and hard-fought tennis tournaments.<\/strong> Ugo would roll his sleeves up in the kitchen and prepare fine dishes for his guests, who then had the honour of voting for the best recipe; for any less successful dish, the reactions of an angry Ugo were worthy of his most controversial characters. He was a theatrical <\/strong>man performing to a crowd of theatrical people; with every gesture, he expressed his ironic and pleasure-seeking nature<\/strong>, like his idea of awarding a “golden pasta colander<\/strong>” to the winner of his famous tennis tournaments. For 25 years, this was his exclusive and surreal version of the Davis Cup<\/strong> silver bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5662,"template":"","ailati_category":[2398],"class_list":["post-9914","ailati","type-ailati","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ailati_category-ocrimade-worldwide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ailati\/9914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ailati"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ailati"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ailati_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocrim.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ailati_category?post=9914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}