Hailing from Bologna, the Italian actor Gianni Cavina began his artistic formation on the stage of the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, where he studied under director Franco Parenti. Transitioning to cinema, he entered the film world in 1968 with the horror picture Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana, directed by Pupi Avati, a partnership that would define much of his subsequent career as he appeared in numerou…
