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Portrait of Carmelo Bene

Acting

Carmelo Bene

Career

Active from 1967 to 2023, with a break from 2004 to 2022, busiest in 1968 and 1970 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Carmelo Bene Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    0.5, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.0, average 2.7
  • Family Dynamics
    2.1, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Avant-Garde 4
  • Carmelo Bene 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Philosophical Exploration 3
  • Experimental Cinema 3
  • Non-Linear Narrative 3
  • Artistic Performance 2
  • Italian Cinema 2
  • Avant-Garde Adaptation 2
  • Experimental Theatre 2
  • Italian Comedy 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Rushes di Otello
Rushes di Otello (2023)

Director

2000s

4 titles
Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi
Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi (2003)

Director

Necro not(to b)e
Necro not(to b)e (2003)

as Sé stesso

Otello o la deficienza della donna
Otello o la deficienza della donna (2002)

Director

Quattro momenti su tutto il nulla
Quattro momenti su tutto il nulla (2001)

Director

1990s

7 titles
Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza
Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza (1999)

as Pinocchio / Geppetto / Mastro Ciliegia / Grillo Parlante / Mangiafuoco / Volpe / Lucignolo

Voce dei Canti
Voce dei Canti (1998)

Director

Macbeth Horror Suite
Macbeth Horror Suite (1997)

Director, Writer

In-vulnerabilità d'Achille (tra Sciro e Ilio)
In-vulnerabilità d'Achille (tra Sciro e Ilio) (1997)

Costume Design, Director

Canti Orfici
Canti Orfici (1996)

Director

Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue)
Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue) (1990)

as Amleto

Cos'è il teatro?!
Cos'è il teatro?! (1990)

Director

1980s

4 titles
L'Adelchi di Alessandro Manzoni in forma di concerto
L'Adelchi di Alessandro Manzoni in forma di concerto (1985)

Director

Manfred, versione per concerto in forma di oratorio
Manfred, versione per concerto in forma di oratorio (1983)

Director, Writer

La poesia dimenticata
La poesia dimenticata (1982)

Director

Riccardo III
Riccardo III (1981)

as Riccardo III

1970s

9 titles · average score 61
Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)
Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue) (1978)

as Amleto

Bene! Quattro diversi modi di morire in versi: Majakovskij-Blok-Esènin-Pasternak
Bene! Quattro diversi modi di morire in versi: Majakovskij-Blok-Esènin-Pasternak (1977)

Director, Adaptation

One Hamlet Less
One Hamlet Less (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

as Hamlet

Ventriloquio
Ventriloquio (1973)

as Jean des Esseintes

Salomé
Salomé (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Erode Antipa / Onorio

Tre nel mille
Tre nel mille (1971)

as Pannocchia

Red Hot Shot
Red Hot Shot (1970)
GoodWatch score 53

as Billy Desco

Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1970)

as Don Giovanni

Necropolis
Necropolis (1970)
GoodWatch score 50

as Man with leather jacket

1960s

6 titles · average score 75
Capricci
Capricci (1969)

as Poet

Our Lady of the Turks
Our Lady of the Turks (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

as The Protagonist

Hermitage
Hermitage (1968)

as The Man

Il barocco leccese
Il barocco leccese (1968)

as Voice over

Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex (1967)
GoodWatch score 81

as Creon

Catch As Catch Can
Catch As Catch Can (1967)

as Prete