Ferzetti starred in Michelangelo Antonioni 's '' The Girlfriends '' ( '' Le Amiche '' , 1955 ) , as a downbeat , struggling artist named Lorenzo , with Eleonora Rossi Drago , Franco Fabrizi , and Valentina Cortese in the other leading roles . The film , shot on location in Turin , was adapted from Cesare Pavese 's novella '' Tra donne sole '' ( 1949 ) . Around the same time , he starred in '' Un po ' di cielo '' ( also from 1955 ) , directed by Giorgio Moser , and '' Donatella '' ( 1956 ) opposite Elsa Martinelli , under director Mario Monicelli . The film was screened at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival . Ferzetti appeared in the crime film , '' Parola di ladro '' ( 1957 ) , for directors Nanni Loy and Gianni Puccini , opposite Abbe Lane , Nadia Gray , and Andrea Checchi . He later appeared in Antonio Pietrangeli 's '' Souvenir d'Italie '' , a romantic comedy which saw him feature alongside June Laverick , Isabelle Corey , and Ingeborg Schöner . Ferzetti appeared in '' Ballerina e Buon Dio '' ( 1958 ) , directed by Antonio Leonviola , followed by '' Racconti d'estate '' , under the directorship of Gianni Franciolini , based on a story by Alberto Moravia . Ferzetti was cast in this romantic comedy , set in the Tigullio Gulf , alongside Alberto Sordi , Michèle Morgan , Marcello Mastroianni , Sylva Koscina , Dorian Gray , Franca Marzi , Franco Fabrizi , and Jorge Mistral . In 1959 , Ferzetti starred alongside Andrée Debar and Isa Miranda as Bernard Turquet de Mayenne in the French historical comedy , '' Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon '' . Directed by Jacqueline Audry , the film is set in Burgundy in 1728 . He later appeared in Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia 's '' Hannibal '' , alongside Victor Mature , Rita Gam , Milly Vitale , and Rik Battaglia . The film is set during the Roman Republic ; Ferzetti played Fabius Maximus
6th Berlin International Film Festival
6th Berlin International Film Festival
Gabriele Ferzetti