Cast: Carlo Duse

Direction Luis Trenker · Werner Klingler

Cast Luis Trenker · August Eichhorn · Waltraut Klein · Ethel Maggi

Synopsis Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937) follows the journey of Giovanni de Medici, who, after his return from exile alongside his mother Caterina Sforza, adopts the moniker Giovanni delle Bande Nere. The film portrays his transformation into a formidable captain...

Direction Carmine Gallone

Cast Gabriele Ferzetti · Märta Torén · Nadia Gray · Paolo Stoppa

Synopsis Two Loves Had I... Puccini (1953) presents a biographical narrative of the renowned composer Giacomo Puccini, portrayed by Gabriele Ferzetti, known for his role in "L'avventura." The film chronicles Puccini's artistic journey from his formative years as a student to...

Direction Alessandro Blasetti

Cast Gino Cervi · Luisa Ferida · Rina Morelli · Osvaldo Valenti

Direction Domenico Gambino

Cast Luisa Ferida · Giovanni Grasso · Mino Doro · Carlo Duse

Direction Nunzio Malasomma

Cast Dria Paola · Corrado Racca · Dino Di Luca · Anna Magnani

Direction Carmine Gallone

Cast Fosco Giachetti · Gaby Morlay · Germana Paolieri · Camillo Pilotto

Direction Marcello Pagliero · Hans Hinrich

Cast Viveca Lindfors · Gustav Diessl · Otello Toso · Umberto Spadaro

Direction Roberto Bianchi Montero

Cast Boris Karloff · Franca Marzi · Renato Vicario · Patricia Remiddi

Synopsis The Island Monster (1954) follows the gripping tale of an Italian government agent who is tasked with dismantling a drug smuggling operation on the picturesque island of Ischia. However, his mission takes a dramatic turn when his daughter is abducted...

Direction Carmine Gallone

Cast Anna Magnani · Tito Gobbi · Hans Hinrich · Gino Sinimberghi

Synopsis Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946) unfolds in 1944 Rome, where a clandestine resistance group, comprising opera performers, wages a covert battle against the occupying German forces. Their daring performances of "Tosca," a tale set during the Napoleonic occupation of...

Direction Mario Bonnard

Cast Luisa Ferida · Carlo Ninchi · Roberto Villa · Oretta Fiume

Direction Goffredo Alessandrini · Francesco Rosi

Cast Anna Magnani · Raf Vallone · Alain Cuny · Jacques Sernas

Synopsis Red Shirts (1952) chronicles the 1849 expedition led by Giuseppe Garibaldi to liberate Italy from Austrian control. Despite the defense of Rome becoming untenable, Garibaldi vows to persist in the fight for republican freedom and Italian unification. Accompanied by four...

Direction Riccardo Freda

Cast Gino Cervi · Anneliese Uhlig · Paolo Stoppa · Enrico Glori

Direction Romolo Marcellini

Cast Dorothea Wieck · Otello Toso · Maurizio D'Ancora · Nerio Bernardi

Direction Mario Mattoli

Cast Marina Berti · Carlo Ninchi · Andrea Checchi · Osvaldo Valenti

Synopsis La valle del diavolo (1943) follows the journey of a dedicated military physician who, during the late 19th century, embarks on a perilous expedition to California. Accompanied by his young and eager assistant, the doctor's mission is to combat a...

Direction Guido Brignone

Cast Elsa Merlini · Amedeo Nazzari · Uberto Palmarini · Ugo Ceseri

Synopsis Ginevra degli Almieri (1936) is set in 15th-century Florence, where the titular character, Ginevra, succumbs to a state of catalepsy following a marriage arranged by her father. Mistaken for deceased, she is interred, but miraculously escapes her tomb and seeks...

Direction Mario Mattoli

Cast Corinne Luchaire · George Rigaud · María Denis · Camillo Pilotto

Synopsis Abbandono (1940) unfolds in the year 1830, centering around Pierre Courier, a wealthy and aging shipowner. Pierre eagerly anticipates the homecoming of his son, Stefano, who has recently concluded an extended voyage to Trinidad, serving as the captain of the...

Direction Carl Koch

Cast Michel Simon · Isa Pola · Rossano Brazzi · Valentina Cortese

Direction Ugo Falena

Cast Ciro Galvani · Carlo Duse · Clotilde De Maria · Anna Pasquinelli

Synopsis Reconciliation of Foes (S) (1910) presents a historical drama set in ancient Rome, where Romulus and his fellow Romans host a feast for the daughters of their neighboring Sabines. During the celebration, the Romans seize the Sabine women, leading to...

Direction Carlo Campogalliani

Cast Gustav Diessl · Rossano Brazzi · Paola Barbara · Valentina Cortese

Direction Giacomo Gentilomo

Cast Myriam Bru · Milly Vitale · André Luguet · Franco Interlenghi