Cinematography: Giovanni Galasso

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Giovanni Galasso. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


6.2

177 votes

6.0

428 votes

Clare and Francis (TV)

2007 · Movie · 200 min. · Italy

Direction Fabrizio Costa

Cast Ettore Bassi · Maria P. Petruolo · Gabriele Cirilli · Ivano Marescotti

Synopsis Both born in Assisi, St. Clare and St. Francis decide to leave behind their lives of luxury to follow Jesus Christ. This drama follows their attempts to live out the Gospel by working with the poor and establishing their own...

5.9

85 votes

5.9

85 votes

Augustus: The First Emperor (TV)

2003 · Movie · 200 min. · Italy

Direction Roger Young

Cast Peter O'Toole · Charlotte Rampling · Vittoria Belvedere · Benjamin Sadler

Synopsis In 42 BC Rome is in the middle of a civil war. Together with his friend AGRIPPA, the young Augustus goes to Spain in order to help JULIUS CAESAR in his struggle against the troops of POMPEY. Even though they...

5.7

255 votes

5.7

255 votes

The Bible: Esther (TV)

1999 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Raffaele Mertes

Cast Louise Lombard · F. Murray Abraham · Ornella Muti · Jürgen Prochnow

Synopsis Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa to display his wealth and splendor....

5.4

65 votes

5.4

65 votes

San Pietro (St. Peter) (TV)

2005 · Movie · 195 min. · Italy

Direction Giulio Base

Cast Omar Sharif · Daniele Pecci · Flavio Insinna · Claudia Koll

Synopsis Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, Saul's conversion, the decision to baptize pagans, and the Apostles'...

5.4

118 votes

5.4

118 votes

The Friends of Jesus: Mary Magdalene (TV)

2000 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast María Grazia Cucinotta · Massimo Ghini · Giuliana de Sio · Gottfried John

Synopsis When the marriage between Amos and Mary Magdalene turns out to be childless, he casts her out and gets a divorce. Mary has to leave Magdala. She befriends Silvano, a Roman prefect, who promises her a new life at his...

5.3

26 votes

5.3

26 votes

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast Tobias Moretti · Stefania Rivi · Massimo Reale · Ennio Fantastichini

Synopsis The people of Jerusalem are suffering under the reign of HEROD, and are hoping to be delivered from the Roman occupiers by the Messiah # whose arrival, it is rumored, is to take place very soon. Unlike his nephew JUDAS,...

5.2

26 votes

5.2

26 votes

Nero (TV)

2004 · Movie · 180 min. · Italy

5.2

88 votes

5.2

88 votes

The Bible: Paul of Tarsos (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Series · 170 min. · Italy

Direction Roger Young

Cast Johannes Brandrup · Thomas Lockyer · Barbora Bobulova · Ennio Fantastichini

Synopsis Biblical epic from the book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering the conversion of Saul of Tarsus and his ministry to the Gentiles now known as Paul. Pursued by fellow Jew, Reuben, who wishes him dead, Paul takes the Gospel...

4.9

70 votes

4.9

70 votes

Imperium: Pompei (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · 200 min. · Italy

Direction Giulio Base

Cast Lorenzo Crespi · Andrea Osvárt · Massimo Venturiello · María Grazia Cucinotta

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (2007). 2 Episode. The last days before the volcano destroyed the Italian city in 79 AD.

4.6

102 votes

4.6

102 votes

Don Matteo (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 50 min. · Italy

Direction Alessandro Bencivenni · Domenico Saverni · Alessandra Caneva · Alessandro Jacchia

Cast Terence Hill · Nino Frassica · Natalie Guetta · Francesco Scali

Synopsis TV Series (2000-Present Day). Terence Hill stars as Don Matteo, a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He's a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn't want to...

4.5

219 votes

4.5

219 votes

The Final Inquiry (L'Inchiesta)

2006 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Direction Giulio Base

Cast Max von Sydow · Ornella Muti · F. Murray Abraham · Daniele Liotti

Synopsis It is the year 35 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is...

3.6

481 votes

3.6

481 votes

La coppia dei campioni

2016 · Movie · Italy

Direction Giulio Base

Cast Massimo Boldi · Massimiliano Tortora · Carol Visconti

Synopsis Two men must struggle to travel to Prague for Champions League Football Final match.

3.2

93 votes

3.2

93 votes

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The Friends of Jesus - Judas (TV)

2001 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast Enrico Lo Verso · Danny Quinn · Aglaia Szyszkowitz · Mathieu Carrière

Synopsis PILATE and the Roman legate VETURIUS look on worriedly as JESUS is celebrated as the new messiah in Jerusalem, fearing an uprising. Veturius decides to have Jesus arrested as soon as a suitable opportunity presents itself. JUDAS is delighted by...

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Close to Jesus - Thomas (TV)

2001 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Raffaele Mertes · Elisabetta Marchetti

Cast Mathieu Carrière · María Grazia Cucinotta · Mehmet Gunsur · Mathias Herrmann

Synopsis When Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, THOMAS arrives there. Like most of the other disciples, he had worriedly taken refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jesus's arrest. After Jesus's burial, the disciples decide to leave Jerusalem quickly,...

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Not rated