Luisi Pistilli's most notable stage successes were roles in "The
Threepenny Opera", "St. Joan of the Stockyards" and a 1972 production,
"Lulu". In 1991 he reprised his role in "Lulu" in the first
professional collaboration with actress-singer
Milva, his partner in previous plays as
well as in a four-year offstage relationship. Pistilli's most memorable
roles were in
Francesco Rosi's
Illustrious Corpses (1976),
Lino Del Fra's
Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere (1977),
Carlo Lizzani's Italo-Bulgarian
co-production
The Bandit (1969)
and
Sergio Leone's
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
and
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966),
in which he played priest Pablo Ramirez, the brother of
Eli Wallach's character Tuco. He also worked
frequently in TV, including the Mafia series
La piovra (1984),
directed by
Luigi Perelli.
Una prova d'innocenza(1991)as Amleto
La piovra(1984)as Baron Giovanni Linori
Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood(1990)as Joe Coviello
Un bambino in fuga - Tre anni dopo(1991)
Un bambino in fuga(1989)
Batman(1989)
Teste di quoio(1981)
Special Collector's Edition(2010)
La parola, il fatto: Anarchia(1975)
Western, Italian Style(1968)as Self