- Alain Resnais immediately thought of him as a possible X. in Last Year at Marienbad (1961) after seeing a photo of him in a stage production of "The Condemned of Altona". The director immediately showed it to writer Alain Robbe-Grillet along with those of many other actors and asked him who his ideal X. was. Robbe-Grillet immediately pointed Albertazzi. The director went to see the actor in a stage production of "The Idiot" and later offered him the role.
- Joined the army of the Italian Social Republic of Salò and reached the rank of lieutenant. After the end of the war, he spent two years in prison for collaborating.
- Married Pia de' Tolomei (who is 36 years his junior) after being together for more than 20 years. For both, it's the first marriage.
- Has an entry in Jean Tulard's 'Dictionnaire du cinéma/Les acteurs', page 19.
- He had a long relationship with Anna Proclemer.
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