Luigi Pistilli (19 July 1929 – 21 April 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen, and television.At one time Luigi Pistilli was one of Italy's most respected actors of stage, screen, and television. In theater, was considered one of the country's finest interpreters of Bertolt Brecht's plays in The Threepenny Opera and St Joan of the Stockyards. Pistilli studied acting at Milan's Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1955.