Italian Cinema
Notable Italian movies mostly according to Brunetta's "Italian Cinema History"
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- DirectorFiloteo AlberiniStarsUbaldo Maria Del ColleCarlo RosaspinaThe Italian army captures Rome after refusal to surrender this unifying Italy.
- DirectorUgo Falena
- DirectorMario Caserini
- DirectorLuca Comerio
- DirectorEnrico NovelliThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorLuigi MaggiStarsArrigo FrustaAlberto CapozziMary Cleo TarlariniThis film shows the realistic battle scenes of the Siege of Moscow, with the sensational defeat of Napoleon, with the belching cannon, the battling soldiers, scenes of heroism and daring reproduced in the most exquisite photography.
- DirectorArturo AmbrosioLuigi MaggiStarsAlberto CapozziMary Cleo TarlariniMario Voller-BuzziDuring the celebration of his golden wedding anniversary he, a former officer of the Italian army evokes the battle of Palestro in 1859 where he met his future wife.
- DirectorArturo AmbrosioLuigi MaggiStarsAlberto CapozziLydia De RobertiMirra PrincipiRoman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace.
- DirectorLuigi Romano BorgnettoGiovanni PastroneStarsLuigi Romano BorgnettoGiovanni CasaleggioMadame DavesnesOne of the first epics on the History of Movies, it tells the story of the Fall of Troy: Paris seduces Helen, queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, city state of his father, King Priam. The Greeks declare war against the Trojans, and after ten years of siege finally manage to invade the city with a wooden horse.
- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniGiuseppe de LiguoroAdolfo PadovanStarsGiuseppe de LiguoroEugenia Tettoni FiorUbaldo Maria Del ColleFilm adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.'
- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de LiguoroLoosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
- DirectorEnrico GuazzoniStarsAmleto NovelliGustavo SerenaCarlo CattaneoAn epic Italian film, "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.
- DirectorEnrico GuazzoniStarsAmleto NovelliBruto CastellaniIrene MattaliaThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- DirectorMario CaseriniEleuterio RodolfiStarsFernanda Negri PougetEugenia Tettoni FiorUbaldo StefaniTwo love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
- DirectorGiovanni PastroneStarsItalia Almirante-ManziniLidia QuarantaBartolomeo PaganoCabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
- DirectorGiulio AntamoroStarsAlberto PasqualiAmleto NovelliLeda GysThe story of the life of Christ.
- DirectorEnrico GuazzoniStarsAmleto NovelliEdy DarcleaOlga BenettiAdaptation of an epic poem by Torquato Tasso from 1581 in the late Renaissance, which tells of Christian knights battling Muslims during the First Crusade of 1096 in the Middle Ages, to retake the holy city of Jerusalem.
- DirectorAndré DeedStarsAndré DeedLeonie LaporteDomenico Gambino
- DirectorAndré DeedStarsAndré Deed
- DirectorAndré DeedStarsGiulia CostaAndré DeedValentina FrascaroliThe story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.
- StarsErnesto VaserMarcel PerezNilde BaracchiTweedledum and Friscot, both in pursuit of the same attractive young lady, come into collision, angry words are exchanged, followed by a challenge, and a duel is quickly fixed up. Swords are the weapons chosen, but unfortunately articles made of very inferior metal are chosen, and buckle up as soon as they are brought into play. Pistols are then procured, but a furious discharge sees the principals uninjured, though the seconds are one and all brought to the ground. Now recourse is had to heavier armaments, and each fighter stands by the side of a huge cannon, loaded to the muzzle with grapeshot. Still the result is the same - the new seconds are wiped out, but Tweedledum and Friscot are unscathed. So each enter a motor, and the two vehicles are driven full-tilt at each other. They are reduced to ruins, but the enemies are still intact, and in desperation take to an aeroplane each - which are driven together in mid-air, but only serve to precipitate the two combatants in the river together, where, finding themselves still unhurt, they embrace and swear eternal friendship.