and films about the mafia, saying that if he found out who the author of La Piovra was, he would strangle them. It is worth noting that Berlusconi himself has been investigated for Mafia ties, and in 2012, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax fraud. Seasons The following ten seasons of La Piovra were produced by: Cast and characters Michele Placido as Corrado Cattani Patricia Millardet as Silvia Conti Remo Girone as Gaetano "Tano" Cariddi (inspired by the real-life convicted mafioso Michele Sindona) Raoul Bova as Gianni Breda (season 7) and Carlo Arcuti (seasons 8 and 9) Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Davide Licata Martin Balsam as Frank Carrisi Florinda Bolkan as Countess Olga Camastra Daniela "Mietta" Miglietta as Rosaria Albanese Luca Zingaretti as Pietro Favignana Claude Rich as Filippo Rasi Jean-Luc Bideau as Davide Faeti François Marthouret as Senator Ernesto Conti * Barbara De Rossi as Marchesa Raffaella "Titti" Pecci Scialoia François Périer as Attorney Terrasini Angelo Infanti as Sante Cirinnà Pino Colizzi as Nanni Santamaria Paul Guers as Professor Gianfranco Laudeo Renato Mori as Giuseppe Altero Massimo Bonetti as Leo De Maria Jacques Dacqmine as Professor Sebastiano Cannito Geoffrey Copleston as Alfredo Ravanusa Flavio Bucci as Don Manfredi Santamaria Michele Abruzzo as Ruggiero Renato Cecchetto as Achille Bordonaro Vittorio Duse as Professor Cristina * Sergio Fantoni as Colonel Ettore Ferretti Daniel Ceccaldi as Dr. Nicola Sorbi Lara Wendel as Ellis Sorbi Victor Cavallo as Alvaro Maurilli Al Cliver as Pierluigi Conti Dagmar Lassander as Manuela Cannito Cesare Barbetti as Reporter Tony Sperandeo as Ravanusa's Secretary Carlo Reali as Diletti *Giuliana De Sio as Giulia Antinari Alain Cuny as Nicola Antinari Marie Laforêt as Anna Antinari Luigi De Filippo as Venturi Francisco Rabal as Abate Lovani Pierre Vaneck as Carlo Antinari Lino Capolicchio as Professor Mattinera Adalberto Maria Merli as Dino Alessi Giampiero Albertini as Senator Tarsoni Nicola Di Pinto as Brother Bernardo *Simona Cavallari as Ester Rasi Cariddi Mario Adorf as Salvatore Frolo Bruno Cremer as Antonio Espinosa Adriano Pappalardo as Santuzzo Salieri Vanessa Gravina as Lorella De Pisis Luigi Diberti as Senator Ettore Salimbeni Pietro Biondi as Falisci Vittorio Amandola as Man at abandoned factory Nello Pazzafini as Girgenti Vittorio Duse as Sicilian Magistrat Elio Zamuto as Santelia Marino Masè as Consigliere Federico Canopio *Luigi Pistilli as Giovanni Linori Ray Lovelock as Simon Barth Agnese Nano as Gloria Linori Vanni Corbellini as Andrea Linori Claudine