Gabriele Ferzetti the leading roles. Ferzetti's most important performance in 1969, and arguably the role he is most associated with, internationally, was his role as distinguished organized crime boss Marc-Ange Draco in the 1969 James Bond feature "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Directed by Peter Hunt, Ferzetti plays the father of Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg), who promises James Bond (George Lazenby) a handsome dowry for marrying her; they fall in love and marry anyway. Hunt had spotted Ferzetti in an Italian film, which he and Harry Saltzman were supposed to be reviewing another actor in, and both were immediately drawn to
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) The filmmaker Steven Soderbergh writes that "For me there's no question that cinematically "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is the best Bond film and the only one worth watching repeatedly for reasons other than pure entertainment ... Shot to shot, this movie is beautiful in a way none of the other Bond films are". The director Christopher Nolan also saw "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" as his favourite Bond film; in describing its influence on his own film, "Inception", Nolan said, "What I liked about it that we've tried to emulate in this film is there's a tremendous balance in