Al Pacino

Whether as drug lord Tony Montana, New York cop Serpico, bank robber Sonny Wortzig or blind Colonel Frank Slade, Pacino is extremely versatile and creates legendary screen heroes.
His characters are polarizing, narrow-minded and magnanimous, despicable and admirable, tyrannical and lovable at the same time.
He does not feel his way towards them, but becomes his roles.
They are the subject of his life.
Al Pacino's total dedication earns him, among other things, a confident Cuban accent, temporary blindness and years of sleeping problems.
A life for his broken characters that breaks him himself.
Not only does he suffer from depression for a long time, but his inability to have relationships also gnaws at him.

Despite his early success in Hollywood, this glittering world of fame is not his at all.
He is a shy star.
Time and again, he withdraws and draws new strength from the theater.
That's where it all began for him.
That's where the magic is for him.
Only there does he feel the pure adrenaline, the dizzying heights.
But as much as he adores the theater, he always lives in both worlds: on stage and in front of the camera.
In Martin Scorsese's latest gangster epic "The Irishman", he slips into the role of ruthless union leader Jimmy Hoffa.
At almost 80 years old, Pacino still embodies the paradox of power like no other.
It is a return to his own roots - the world of Michael Corleone.

Al Pacino - The story of a man with many faces.
The story of an artist who balances on a tightrope and constantly threatens to fall.
The story of a gifted actor but also a reluctant star.