David di Donatello 1981

Best Movie

• I'll start with three , directed by Massimo Troisi
• The Three Brothers , directed by Francesco Rosie
• Love passion , director Ettore Skola

Best Director

• Francesco Rosie - Three Brothers
• Luigi Comencini - Come Back, Eugenio
• Ettore Skola - Love Passion

Best Script

• Tonino Guerra and Francesco Rosie - Three Brothers
• Ruggiero Maccari and Ettore Scola - Love Passion
• Massimo Troisi and Anna Pavignano - I'll start with three

Best Producer

• Franco Committeri - Love Passion
• Gianni Minervini and Antonio Avati - Help Me Dream
• Fulvio Lucisano and Mauro Berardi - I'll start with three

Best Actress

• Marianjela Melato - Help Me Dream
• Valeria D'Obichi - Love Passion
• Elena Fabritsi - White, Red, and Green

Best Actor

• Massimo Troisi - I'll start with three
• Michele Placido - Fontamara
• Carlo Verdone - White, Red, and Green

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Maddalena Crippa - Three Brothers ^[1]
• Ida Di Benedetto - Hotel Room ^[2]
• Laura Antonelli - Love Passion

Best Supporting Actor

• Charles Vanel - Three Brothers
• Bruno Ganz - The True Story of a Lady with Camellias
• Nestor Garay - Hotel Room

Best Cinematography

• Pasqualino De Santis - Three Brothers
• Tonino Dalley Collie - Hotel Room
• Ennio Guarnieri - The True Story of a Lady with Camellias

Best Music

• Fiorenzo Carpi - Come Back, Eugenio
• Ennio Morricone - White, Red, and Green
• Piero Piccioni - Three Brothers
• Ritz Ortolani - Help Me Dream

Best Artwork

• Mario Garbulia - The True Story of a Lady with Camellias
• Andrea Crisanti - Three Brothers
• Luigi Skachchanoche - Fontamara

Best Costume

• Pierrot Tozi - The True Story of a Lady with Camellias
• Gabriella Pescucci - Three Brothers
• Luciano Calosso - Fontamara

Better Editing

• Ruggiero Mastroianni - Hotel Room
• Nino Barali - White, Red, and Green
• Enzo Menikoni - Confusion

Best Foreign Director

• Akira Kurosawa - Shadow of a Warrior
• Pal Gabor - Vera Angi
• Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull

Best Foreign Film Scenario

• Jean Gruault - My American Uncle
• Bruce Beresford - Offender Morant
• Pal Gabor - Vera Angi
• Andras Kovacs - Owner of the stud farm

Best Foreign Producer

• Hungaro Film - Vera Angi (ex aequo)
• Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas - Shadow of a Warrior (ex aequo)
• Stanley Kubrick - The Shine

Best Foreign Actress

• Catherine Deneuve - Last metro
• Vera Pap - Vera Angi
• Susan Sarandon - Atlantic City

Best Foreign Actor

• Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City
• Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
• Gerard Depardieu - My American Uncle

David Luchino Visconti

• Francois Truffaut

David Europeo

• Krzysztof Zanussi

• Prize site
• 1981 David Di Donatello Film Award on FilmWeb
• 1981 David Di Donatello Film Award at IMDB