Luca Barbareschi

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-07-28 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

Luca Barbareschi

Biography

Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film Cannibal Holocaust, where he also abused and killed a young piglet. So realistic was the film that shortly after it was released its director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on suspicions of murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media for a year in order to fuel rumours that the film was a snuff movie. The court was only convinced th...

Acting

1993

The Blonde

as Annibali

2019

An Officer and a Spy

as Philippe Monnier

1985

1980

Cannibal Holocaust

as Mark Tomaso

1992

Obiettivo indiscreto

as David Lamberti

1988

Bye Bye Baby

as Paolo

1996

Intolerance

as Soldier (segment "Prima linea")

1987

1990

In nome del popolo sovrano

as Giovanni Livraghi

2002

Il trasformista

as Augusto Viganò

1985

Impiegati

as Enrico

1999

1984

1987

Teresa

as Gino

2013

2023

The Palace

as Bongo

1988

Things Change

as Italian man on Lake Tahoe plank (uncredited)

1997

1996

La tenda nera

as Fabio Leonardi

2000

1984

Buio nella Valle

as Brigadiere Sanna

1987

Private Affairs

as Claudio

2009

The International

as Umberto Calvin

2010

We Believed

as Antonio Gallenga

1979

1984

2019

DolceRoma

as Oscar Martello

1986

Romance

as Andrea

1983

Summertime

as Marco

1996

Connections

as Bernard Moulins

1983

Hanna K.

as Young Lawyer

1999

Jesus

as Herodes Antipas

2011

1998

1998

Production

1993

The Delegation

as Producer

2023

The Palace

as Producer

2002

Il trasformista

as Director

2019

Modalità aereo

as Producer

2013

Something Good

as Director

2013

Something Good

as Screenplay

2024

2017

1997

Ardena

as Director

1997

Ardena

as Writer

1997

Ardena

as Producer

1981

Venetian Lies

as Second Assistant Director

2017

The Startup

as Producer

1992

1992

2018

2006

Someone to Run With

as Co-Producer

2019

DolceRoma

as Producer

2019

Mia Martini - I Am Mia

as Production Manager

2019

Se mi vuoi bene

as Producer

2019

An Officer and a Spy

as Co-Producer

1986

Romance

as Writer

1983

Summertime

as Producer

1983

Summertime

as Screenplay

2022

Bla Bla Baby

as Producer

2019

Rising Heartbeats

as Executive Producer

2002

2002

Il trasformista

as Screenplay

2025

2025

2013

Something Good

as Producer

2013

2013

2013

2002

Il trasformista

as Producer

2002

2002

2014

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