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Treno di piacere
Jan 01, 1924
Maciste Aux Enfers
Oct 19, 1925Pluton, maître des enfers, envoie sur terre le diable Barbariccia avec pour mission de corrompre Maciste, une force de la nature au cœur pur. Capturé, ce dernier est entraîné aux enfers où les démons vont tout faire pour le garder…
Fantasy
La Casa Dei Pulcini
Jan 01, 1924Three children attend an institute bordering a middle school where Lauretta studies. The boys befriend her and decide one night to go see the fireworks, but one of the children is injured by a bomb. This situation causes the injured child's father and nanny to fall in love.
Drama
Maciste contro lo sceicco
Feb 28, 1926A young girl is abducted by her tutor, and they set off in a ship which has a sheik on board, who tries to molest her, but she is saved by a sailor. He and Maciste fight off the entire crew but the girl is captured again by the sheik and carried off to his harem, where Maciste and the sailor rescue her and take her back to Italy.
Action
Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Feb 11, 1926Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste in Maciste in the Lions' Den. A Italian silent from 1926.
Adventure
Corte d'Assise
Jan 31, 1931During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
Drama
La locanda delle ombre
Mar 01, 1923Drama
Povere bimbe
Dec 01, 1923Drama
Lucciola
Feb 02, 1917
Lo scaldino
Jan 01, 1920In a sleazy cigar and newspaper store in Rome, an old newsagent nicknamed "Papa Re" sells his wares, warmed only by an earthenware heater that his granddaughter brings him each evening. One day, the stove falls from his hand and breaks into a thousand pieces. The same evening, when he opens the kiosk, he finds inside a woman, huddled up, with her little daughter in her arms: it is Rosalba Vignas, a singer-songwriter who has been chased away by her lover, Cesare le Milanese, who fell in love with his younger colleague.
Beatrice Cenci
Jan 12, 1926
Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana
Aug 30, 1939The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic Church. He comes back to Italy and he tries to get the help of the government of Piedmont. The Count Cavour, although he appreciates the Cardinal's deeds in Africa, cannot grant his Cabinet's support to the Cardinal's plans. The missionary man, trusting the Divine Providence, goes back to Africa by himself. The Cardinal, who is known among the people as Abuna Messias, becomes a friend of king Menelik. The support of the king is fundamental to spread his word and accomplish his mission. The Head of the Coptic Church, Abuna Attanasio, does whatever he can to prevent Massaia from reaching his goals and to get him exiled from Ethiopia. Menelik refuses to help Abuna Attanasio, who decides to address the Emperor, thus igniting a war between the Emperor and his subject Menelik. In order to end the war, the Cardinal decides to leave Africa.
History
L'innamorata
Apr 08, 1920In L'innamorata, Almirante is at the zenith of her career, starring as Mara Flores, a vampish society lady, who casts her eyes on Carlo, an electrical engineer and director of a powerplant. Although attracted to Mara, he rejects her, and she immediately turns around and sinks her fangs in his best friend and future brother-in-law, Franco. Not possessing Carlo's self-composure, Franco takes up with Mara, and it leads him to his ruin and death. Now, Carlo does fall under Mara's spell, and as their passion intensifies, it becomes clear that there will be no happy end to this story.
Romance
Maciste imperatore
Nov 01, 1924Maciste takes advantage again of a break of acting in order to wash away injustice and castigate the wicked, this time in the name of dynastic legitimacy. Otis, the prince of Sirdagna kingdom, lives undercover in a foreign land, waiting to ascend the throne; Stanos the evil ruler though, is willing to do anything in order to prevent the legitimate prince installation. The court is a dangerous place, Otis is young and naïf: in order to solve the situation, Maciste, following the advice of his friend Saetta, temporarily takes Otis’s place, and presents himself as the legitimate prince. The crowd, enamored by his good looks, applauds him immediately as the emperor.
Action
Il capolavoro di Saetta
Jun 01, 1923Action
Saetta impara a vivere
May 01, 1924Action
Saetta, principe per un giorno
Dec 01, 1924Caporal Saetta
Dec 01, 1924Action
La Wally
Oct 10, 1932Old fashioned opera adaptation: A feisty and free spirited woman of the Tyrol withdraws to a mountain peak when she is separated from the man she loves. When he later attempts to rejoin her, disaster results.
Drama
I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
Mar 27, 1948Sicily, 17th Century. When his fiancée is kidnapped, a young man sets out to find her.
Adventure
Porca miseria!
Sep 12, 1951Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.
Comedy
Amor non ho! Però, però...
Dec 07, 1951Gina tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river but is saved by Teodoro, an innocent young man. Antonio, Teodoro's brother, tries in every way to seduce her.
Comedy
Cronaca nera
Feb 15, 1947
T'amerò sempre
Apr 30, 1933When young Adriana gives birth to her daughter, she understands that her baby's father won't come back to her; he is, in fact, a playboy, Diego. Years pass by and Adriana is now happy with her new job in a hair salon but, when one day Diego comes in the salon, he sees Adriana and he tries to speak with her but she tries to hide herself. He visits her another night but she refuses him; in the meantime, a colleague of Adriana, the accountant Mario Fabbrini.....
Drama
Io, Amleto
Sep 27, 1952The adventures of Hamlet who, following many adventures, manages to kill Claudio the usurper, marry Ophelia and be elected President of the Republic.
Comedy
