Direction: Vittorio Cottafavi
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Traviata '53
1953 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Barbara Laage · Armando Francioli · Eduardo De Filippo · Marcello Giorda
7.3
32 votes
7.3
32 votes
Legions of the Nile
1959 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Linda Cristal · Ettore Manni · Georges Marchal · Conrado San Martín
5.5
24 votes
5.5
24 votes
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis
1961 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Reg Park · Ettore Manni · Fay Spain · Luciano Marin
Plot The ever intrepid world-trotting hunk of a man Herc (Hercules to those who are not his friends) saves a beautiful maiden from the hands of an evil creature. She takes...
5.4
141 votes
5.4
141 votes
The Warrior and the Slave Girl
1958 · Movie · 83 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Ettore Manni · Gianna Maria Canale · Mara Cruz · Georges Marchal
Plot Marcus Numidius (Ettore Manni), a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators' revolt, captures the rebels' popular leader, Aselepius (Georges Marchal). Princess Amira (Gianna Maria Canale), with...
5.2
67 votes
5.2
67 votes
100 Horsemen (Hundred Horsemen, Son of El Cid)
1964 · Movie · 114 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Mark Damon · Antonella Lualdi · Rafael Alonso · Arnoldo Foà
Plot Don Fernando, the son of El Cid, rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.
5.0
143 votes
5.0
143 votes
Goliath and the Dragon
1960 · Movie · 86 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Mark Forest · Broderick Crawford · Gaby André · Philippe Hersent
Plot Hercules returns home after completing the twelve tasks that he was challenged by the gods. But wouldn't take so long, because he must deal with the insidious King Eurystheus's plans,...
4.9
96 votes
4.9
96 votes
Messaline
1960 · Movie · min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Belinda Lee · Spiros Focás · Carlo Giustini · Giancarlo Sbragia
4.3
36 votes
4.3
36 votes
Milady and the Musketeers
1952 · Movie · 88 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Rossano Brazzi · Ivette Lebo · Armando Francioli · Jean-Roger Caussimon
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Il taglio del bosco (TV)
1963 · Movie · 56 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Domenico Bartoletti · Giovanni Bartoletti · Gildo Toninelli
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A come Andromeda (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1972 · Movie · 300 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Tino Carraro · Paola Pitagora · Nicoletta Rizzi · Luigi Vannucchi
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Napoleone a Sant'Elena (TV Miniseries)
1973 · Series · min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Renzo Palmer · Walter Maestosi · Umberto Ceriani · Mila Vannucci
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Maria Zeff
1981 · Movie · 123 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Siro Angeli · Anna Bellina · Renata Chiappino · Neda Meneghesso
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Jailbirds
1954 · Movie · 94 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Richard Basehart · Eddie Constantine · Walter Chiari · Antonella Lualdi
Plot Three prisoners are discharged from jail: Stefano Luprandi, a surgeon accused of murdering a patient by doing an unauthorized surgery, Giuseppe Rasi, unjustly processed for robbery, and Franco Cesari, a...
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Operazione Vega (TV)
1962 · Movie · 74 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Aldo Giuffrè · Ottorino Guerrini · Michele Malaspina · Raoul Consonni
Plot Science fiction story about two federated nations in Earth that are against each other. Story is by noted author Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
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Amazons of Rome
1961 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy
Direction Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia · Vittorio Cottafavi · Peter O'Cord
Cast Louis Jourdan · Sylvia Syms · Jean Chevrier · Nicole Courcel
Plot A warrior chieftain dashes between his barbaric allies and a beleaguered city that's being defended by embattled women warriors.
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I Persiani (TV)
1975 · Movie · 82 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Franco Branciaroli · Massimo Foschi · Gabriella Giacobbe · Franco Graziosi
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Nel gorgo del peccato
1954 · Movie · 86 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Elisa Cegani · Fausto Tozzi · Margot Hielscher · Franco Fabrizi
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Il diavolo sulle colline
1985 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Alessandro Fontana · Roberto Accornero · Matteo Corvino · Urbano Barberini
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The Glorious Avenger
1954 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Armando Francioli · Renée Saint-Cyr · Ivette Lebo · Olga Solbelli
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The Trojan Women
1967 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy
Direction Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast Luisa Aluigi · Lia Angeleri · Anna Maria Chio · Vittoria Dal Verme
Plot In 1967 the director Vittorio Cottafavi produces the TV movie Le Troiane from Euripides. He uses the classical Italian translation by Enzio Cetrangolo, but creates an original way of film...
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