Recently we dedicated an article to the divas of the festival, pointing out – section by section – the faces of the female stars of the films in this year’s program.
In this post on male stardom, we present a list of performers adored by the public due to their particular distinctive aura.
An array of actors: from the handsome and the damned, the reassuringly beautiful, the minstrels, the smouldering moustaches and the faces of angels, the melancholic buffoons and the sad comedians, the restless souls and the creepy figures, to the sullen stars and protagonists of silent cinema.

From the section “Recovered & Restored“:
(at least) Marlon Brando – Robert De Niro – Al Pacino in The Godfather (1972)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Tu m’appartiens (1929)
Jean-Louis Trintignant in Il conformista (1970)
Sidney Poitier in Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Helmut Berger in Ludwig (1973)
Ryan O’Neal in The Driver (1978)
Vladimir Semënovič Vysockij  in Korotkie vstreči (1967)
James Woods in Videodrome (1983)
Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle in Crazy to Marry (1921)
Alain Delon in Le samouraï (1967) e Tony Arzenta (1973) 
Arturo de Córdova in Él (1953)
Jean-Pierre Léaud in La maman et la putain (1973)
Charles Vanel in Dans la nuit (1929)
James Dean in Giant (1956)
Eddie Murphy in Trading Places (1983)
John Belushi e Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980)
Buster Keaton in Convinct 13 (1920), Day Dreams (1922) e The Three Ages (1923)
Gene Kelly in Singin’ in the rain (1952)

Peter Lorre from the section “Peter Lorre: Stranger in a Strange Land“

Charlie Chaplin in Pay Day (1922), from the section “One Hundred Years Ago: 1922“

Gary Cooper in Blowing Wild (1953), from the section “The Drifter’s Escape: Hugo Fregonese“

Dalla sezione “Forever Sophia“:
Marcello Mastroianni in Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954), Ieri, oggi, domani (1963) e Una giornata particolare (1977)
Gregory Peck in Arabesque (1966)
Vittorio De Sica in Pane, amore e… (1955)
Jean-Paul Belmondo in La ciociara (1960)

Gabriel Gabrio in Antoinette Sabrier (1927), nella sezione “Super8, 9.5mm & 16mm – Great Small Gauges“

Victor André in Voyage dans la lune (1902), nella sezione “The Century of Cinema: 1902“

From the section “Documents and Documentaries”
Yves Montand in Montand est à nous (2021)
Maurice Chevalier in Rendez–vous avec Maurice Chevalier (2022)

Raizo Ichikawa in Kiru (1962), Ken (1964) e Kenki (1965), from the section “Kenji Misumi: An Instictive Auteur“

Willy Fritsch in Ich bei tag und du bei nacht (1932), from the section “The Last Laugh: German Musical Comedies, 1930-1932“

Miha Baloh in Ples v dežju (1961), from the section “Tell the Truth! – A view into the Yugoslav Cinema“