---
title: 'Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bernardo Bertolucci'
released: '1981-05-24'
runtime_minutes: 116
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tragedy-of-a-ridiculous-man-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084813/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)

1981 · PG · 116 min · Drama, Comedy · Italy

Original title: La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo

## Synopsis

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man is a 1981 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It stars Anouk Aimée and Ugo Tognazzi, who was awarded the Best Male Actor Award at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for his performance. In his review, Vincent Canby describes the film as, "Bernardo Bertolucci's very good, cerebrally tantalizing new film, Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man, the story of what may or may not be a terrorist kidnapping of the sort that has been making Italian headlines with increasing frequency in recent years."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernardo-bertolucci)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernardo-bertolucci)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Di Palma](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-di-palma)
- **Editor:** [Gabriella Cristiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriella-cristiani)

## Cast

- [Anouk Aimée](https://cinepixo.com/people/anouk-aimee)
- [Ricky Tognazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricky-tognazzi)
- [Don Backy](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-backy)
- [Cosimo Cinieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/cosimo-cinieri)
- [Franco Trevisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-trevisi)
- [Victor Cavallo](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-cavallo)
- [Olimpia Carlisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/olimpia-carlisi)
- [Renato Salvatori](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-salvatori)
- [Laura Morante](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-morante)
- [Ugo Tognazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-tognazzi)
- [Vittorio Caprioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-caprioli)

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