Casa Ricordi
Ferzetti's first leading role was in the film "Lo Zappatore" (1950). He portrayed Puccini twice in the films "Puccini" (1953) and "Casa Ricordi" (1954). He made his international breakthrough in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial "L'Avventura" (1960) as a restless playboy. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair, and somewhat aristocratic looking leading man.