Bud Spencer was a piece of Italian cinema history of the seventies and eighties. Paired with Terence Hill, he conquered generations of spectators with dozens of films, which marked a new way of understanding the western and the Italian detective story. Born in 1929, born in Naples, born Carlo Pedersoli, he passed away yesterday at the age of 86.
A former swimming champion, he was the first Italian to break the minute threshold in the 100m freestyle. He took part in two Olympic Games: Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956.
Then moved to the cinema, it has become an icon of comedy fisticuffs films, loved by children and initially labeled as Serie B cinema by critics (today it is called "cult").
In the nineties he worked in some television dramas, while in 2003 he arrived at auteur cinema thanks to Ermanno Olmi, who chose him for his Singing behind the screens. In 2010 he received the David di Donatello for his career.
