Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato

Born: May 31, 1916
Died: December 22, 1989
in Oderzo, Treviso

Movies for Massimo Serato...

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Title: The Vulture Is a Patient Bird
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: Movie
A brilliant but sadistic safe-breaker; a beautiful seductress; an expert young hunter and an ace pilot with a shady past - this is the team that undercover operator Armo Shalik assembles to steal the priceless Borgia ring from millionaire Max Kahlenberg's closely guarded fortress in the remote and deadly African bush. But when Kahlenberg finds out they are coming, the gang's expedition turns into a strictly one-way safari - to slaughter.
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Fratelli d'Italia
Title: Fratelli d'Italia
Released: November 23, 1989
Type: Movie
Three episodes held together by a common element: a car rented by three different characters.
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32nd of December
Title: 32nd of December
Character: Ferruccio Ceravolo
Released: January 28, 1988
Type: Movie
Three episodes about the relativity of time.
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Singolo
Title: Singolo
Released: November 5, 1987
Type: Movie
A made-for-TV movie on right-wing terrorism in Italy.
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Le lunghe ombre
Title: Le lunghe ombre
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Saving Grace
Title: Saving Grace
Character: Monsignor Betti
Released: May 2, 1986
Type: Movie
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem. Written by Chris DeSantis
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Il ragazzo di campagna
Title: Il ragazzo di campagna
Character: Drug Dealer
Released: December 20, 1984
Type: Movie
A man is forced to completely change his habits when he decides to move from the country to the city.
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Nana
Title: Nana
Character: Faucherie
Released: June 13, 1983
Type: Movie
In Zola's Paris, an ingenue arrives at a tony bordello: she's Nana, guileless, but quickly learning to use her erotic innocence to get what she wants. She's an actress for a soft-core filmmaker and soon is the most popular courtesan in Paris, parlaying this into a house, bought for her by a wealthy banker. She tosses him and takes up with her neighbor, a count of impeccable rectitude, and with the count's impressionable son. The count is soon fetching sticks like a dog and mortgaging his lands to satisfy her whims.
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Street of Mirrors
Title: Street of Mirrors
Character: Councillor Bianchi
Released: April 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Francesca, a magistrate, seems happily married to a successful and wealthy engineer. They prepare to spend a holiday together when Francesca is instructed to shed light on the mysterious death of a girl, Rosa Franceschi, who threw herself from the terrace of her house. Francesca interrogates friends and neighbours of the victim, especially Veronica Marini who, living opposite the victim's apartment, followed the whole story. This is how she discovers her husband's affair with Rosa Franceschi and her involvement in the girl's suicide or murder.
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Stigma
Title: Stigma
Character: Miguel's Father
Released: December 31, 1980
Type: Movie
The death of Sebastian's father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As his own life nears its end, he becomes even more violent and sadistic.
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The Garden of Eden
Title: The Garden of Eden
Character: Alessandra's Father
Released: December 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. He falls in love with her and lures her to deserted strip of beach where he pretends his stolen motorbike has broken down and they are stranded. An unlikely romance follows.
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Killer Nun
Title: Killer Nun
Character: Dr. Poirret
Released: May 9, 1979
Type: Movie
A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, while presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude is the head nurse/nun in a general hospital, whose increasingly psychotic behavior endangers the staff and patients around her.
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The Humanoid
Title: The Humanoid
Character: Great Brother
Released: April 11, 1979
Type: Movie
Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructible automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.
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Convoy Busters
Title: Convoy Busters
Character: Degan
Released: December 23, 1978
Type: Movie
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
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The Bloodstained Shadow
Title: The Bloodstained Shadow
Character: Count Pedrazzi
Released: June 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
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Ladies' Doctor
Title: Ladies' Doctor
Character: Dott. Guido Lo Bianco
Released: September 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Dr. Lo Bianco, debt load, flees abroad and the headquarters avviatissimo study gynecological colleague Giovannaldi. These are adept at gaining the trust of high society and, thanks to the relationship established with the wife of a wealthy manufacturer (enough to get her pregnant), she becomes finance, own the cuckolded husband, a luxury clinic. And there will be a prize for Lobianco.
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Title: Origins of the Mafia
Character: Marquis Tarcone
Released: November 19, 1976
Type: TV
Mini series about the origins of the Italian mafia
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Evil Thoughts
Title: Evil Thoughts
Character: Carlo Bocconi
Released: October 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Mario Marani is a well-respected lawyer in late 70s Milan, with a wonderful wife and a high social life. But Mario has a problem: every time he sees his wife talking to one of their friends he immediately visualises them in a hot affair. His jealousy spirals out of control, until a young man who hides inside their flat crosses his path.
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Title: Ritratto di Donna Velata
Character: Grimaldi
Released: August 31, 1975
Type: TV
Miniseries with occult elements.
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Autopsy
Title: Autopsy
Character: Gianni Sanna
Released: January 18, 1975
Type: Movie
A series of random suicides in Rome, Italy are attributed to a heatwave, but a young pathologist named Simona—who is working on a thesis about murders disguised as suicides—suspects otherwise. When a young girl associated with Simona's playboy father ends up dead in another apparent suicide, Simona teams up with the girl's priest brother to prove she was murdered and track down the unknown serial killer.
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Salvo D'Acquisto
Title: Salvo D'Acquisto
Character: Halder
Released: December 3, 1974
Type: Movie
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Women in Cell Block 7
Title: Women in Cell Block 7
Character: Warden
Released: July 5, 1973
Type: Movie
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
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Number One
Title: Number One
Character: a
Released: May 28, 1973
Type: Movie
This raw Italian political melodrama investigates the underbelly of Rome in the early '70s, exposing drugs, crime, and sexual scandals.
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Don't Look Now
Title: Don't Look Now
Character: Bishop Barbarrigo
Released: January 18, 1973
Type: Movie
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
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One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
Title: One Appreciated Professional of Sure Future
Character: Bishop
Released: April 25, 1972
Type: Movie
The young lawyer Vincenzo, Lucetta's new husband, daughter of a building speculator, discovers, on the night of the wedding, that he can not fulfill his duty as husband.
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Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
Title: Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
Character: Uncle Fifi
Released: April 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Carlo, a young photographer, is making love with his girlfriend at the beach when he witnesses a murder being feebly staged to look like a car accident. Carlo takes incriminating shots of the murderers (the victim turns out to be the local public prosecutor) and attempts to sell them to various interested parties, including a gangster and a newspaper owner. One of the murderers' accomplices, a lowlife criminal, is gunned down by a black-gloved assassin, while another is stabbed to death...
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Sergeant Klems
Title: Sergeant Klems
Character: French General
Released: December 3, 1971
Type: Movie
A man masquerading as a dead soldier seeks to desert his post and join the enemy in their struggle.
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At the End of the Rainbow
Title: At the End of the Rainbow
Character: Emiliano
Released: August 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Roy runs away from the labor camp of Santa Lucia with Emiliano, a New Mexico rancher, both imprisoned unjustly for three powerful American bankers, to seize the gold mine that had Emiliano. During flight, the landowner dies and in his last moments asked Roy to recover the mine and save Jessica, daughter of his former foreman.
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Three Giants of the Roman Empire
Title: Three Giants of the Roman Empire
Character: Caio Appio Quintilliano
Released: August 13, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Great Swindle
Title: The Great Swindle
Character: Hugo
Released: March 6, 1971
Type: Movie
A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one and other and things get more and more dangerous.
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Lady Caliph
Title: Lady Caliph
Character: L'industriale fallito
Released: December 31, 1970
Type: Movie
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns into a love relationship.
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Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
Title: Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming
Character: Sheriff Manassas
Released: December 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Wily roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. Naturally, a bunch of other treacherous folks who include conniving widow Senora Manassas, shrewd fellow gunslinger Grand Full, and the vicious and unhinged General Monk are also looking to get their greedy hands on said fortune.
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Il divorzio
Title: Il divorzio
Character: Mario Gherardi
Released: April 20, 1970
Type: Movie
Middle-aged man leaves his wife to devote himself to a carefree life.
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The Gamblers
Title: The Gamblers
Character: Del Isolla
Released: April 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Card cheats travel by cruise ship to the Adriatic coast to fleece a wealthy aristocrat.
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Edipeon
Title: Edipeon
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Gianni, a young engineer, is unable to have his own love life because of his unhealthy attraction to his mother. That all changes when he meets Lola in a brothel. He falls madly in love with her and wants to marry her, but she refuses so he tries to kill himself. Gianni’s brother, Paolo, who lives a carefree and irresponsible existence with other beatniks, tries to help Gianni get over his anguish by forcing Lola to marry him. (Digitmovies)
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Camille 2000
Title: Camille 2000
Character: Armand's father
Released: July 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.
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Title: Nero Wolfe
Character: Claude Gebert
Released: February 21, 1969
Type: TV
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Besieged
Title: Besieged
Character: Crusich
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Story of a student in the town of Trieste, shaken up by the economic crisis.
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It Was Good to Love You
Title: It Was Good to Love You
Character: Luca
Released: January 6, 1968
Type: Movie
Andrea, a young man from the provinces, leaves his home, his friends and his girlfriend to go to the city in search of new intellectual satisfactions that he believes he can no longer find in his small world. The young idealist meets Eleonora, a beautiful woman romantically linked to Luca, a rich and unscrupulous businessman, and becomes his lover. In order to live forever next to Andrea, Eleonora does not hesitate to abandon Luca and the luxurious life that he allowed her. The death of Eleonora in a car accident, however, abruptly cuts off Andrea's dreams of happiness, who returns to his provincial town, where he finds his fiancée waiting for him and comforting him.
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Catch As Catch Can
Title: Catch As Catch Can
Character: Agente
Released: October 26, 1967
Type: Movie
Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!
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The Magnificent Texan
Title: The Magnificent Texan
Character: Blackie Stark
Released: July 28, 1967
Type: Movie
A gang of bandits burn down the Red House belonging to Pablo Lopez. The whole Lopez family is murdered except ten year old Manuel, who is scarred for life by the horrifying sight of his dead parents and burning home. Fifteen years later, Manuel has grown up. After living through many adventures he returns to his village in disguise. Two things are on his mind: to find his long-loved Evelyn and to take revenge on those responsible for the slaughter at the Red House.
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The Strange Night
Title: The Strange Night
Character: Carlo Pariante
Released: April 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Directed by Alfredo Angeli
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Title: Melissa
Character: Don Page
Released: November 23, 1966
Type: TV
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La mujer perdida
Title: La mujer perdida
Character: D. Rafael Valcálcer
Released: October 21, 1966
Type: Movie
Sara is the daughter of a fisherman. She leaves her small village but she goes to Madrid to work as a flamenco singer in a club
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The Wild, Wild Planet
Title: The Wild, Wild Planet
Character: Mr. Nurmi
Released: July 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A rogue cop must stop a scientist from taking over the world with his deadly female robots, who are shrinking the world leaders.
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Delitto quasi perfetto
Title: Delitto quasi perfetto
Character: Preston
Released: April 27, 1966
Type: Movie
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FBI Operation Yellow Viper
Title: FBI Operation Yellow Viper
Released: March 29, 1966
Type: Movie
The secret agent Claus van Dongen is sent to Cape Town to end the activities of the criminal organization Yellow Viper.
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SuperSeven Calling Cairo
Title: SuperSeven Calling Cairo
Character: Alex
Released: December 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Super 7 looks for a piece of a new metal hidden in a camera.
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The 10th Victim
Title: The 10th Victim
Character: Lawyer
Released: December 2, 1965
Type: Movie
In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.
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$100,000 for Ringo
Title: $100,000 for Ringo
Character: Ives
Released: November 18, 1965
Type: Movie
A stranger rides into Rainbow Valley where he's mistaken for a former resident who was believed killed in the Civil War and soon finds himself in opposition to local boss Tom Cherry, who seeks to find $100,000 stashed away by a Mexican general.
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Title: I Spy
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: TV
I Spy is an American television secret-agent adventure series. It ran for three seasons on NBC from 1965 to 1968 and teamed Robert Culp as international tennis player Kelly Robinson with Bill Cosby as his trainer, Alexander Scott. The characters' travels as ostensible "tennis bums", Robinson playing talented tennis as an amateur with the wealthy in return for food and lodging, and Scott tagging along, provided a cover story concealing their roles as top agents for the Pentagon. Their real work usually kept them busy chasing villains, spies, and beautiful women. The creative forces behind the show were writers David Friedkin and Morton Fine and cinematographer Fouad Said. Together they formed Three F Productions under the aegis of Desilu Studios where the show was produced. Fine and Friedkin were co-producers and head writers, and wrote the scripts for 16 episodes, one of which Friedkin directed. Friedkin also dabbled in acting and appeared in two episodes in the first season. Actor-producer Sheldon Leonard, best known for playing gangster roles in the 1940s and '50s, was the executive producer. He also played a gangster-villain role in two episodes and appeared in a third show as himself in a humorous cameo. In addition, he directed one episode and served as occasional second-unit director throughout the series.
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Challenge of the Gladiator
Title: Challenge of the Gladiator
Character: Senator Lucius Quintilius
Released: April 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.
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La Celestina P… R…
Title: La Celestina P… R…
Character: Marcello
Released: March 17, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Revolt of the Seven
Title: The Revolt of the Seven
Character: Baxo
Released: December 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Milo, tyrant of Sparta, has betrayed the Achea League. The evidence of betrayal is hidden by one of the rebels who is killed before he can reveal the hiding place to his friend Keros.
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Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
Title: Gunmen Of The Rio Grande
Character: Leo
Released: November 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Wyatt Earp comes to a small town, Rio Bravo, to help the woman saloon owner against the town villain and to save a mine owner from robbery.
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The Lion of Thebes
Title: The Lion of Thebes
Character: Tutmes
Released: June 27, 1964
Type: Movie
Fleeing Troy in the wake of its destruction, fair-faced Helen and her faithful protector Arion run into the pharaoh Ramses, who sets his sights on Helen -- and is subsequently murdered. Now it's up to Arion to save Helen from those who wish her dead.
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Hero of Rome
Title: Hero of Rome
Character: Tarquin
Released: April 22, 1964
Type: Movie
In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to stop him.
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Samson vs. the Giant King
Title: Samson vs. the Giant King
Character: Czar Nicola Nicolajevic
Released: March 4, 1964
Type: Movie
The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission of experts to find a hidden treasure, while at the same time preparing a group of mercenaries to kill the experts after their return.
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Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
Title: Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
Character: Chefredakteur
Released: February 27, 1964
Type: Movie
A young German comes to Rome on vacation and is not slow to win female hearts. When the game become dangerous due to a possible marriage, the young man returns to his homeland.
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The Secret Seven
Title: The Secret Seven
Character: Axel
Released: October 31, 1963
Type: Movie
Greece is under the power of Rabirius, from which rise a few patriots led by Axel. He is taken prisoner and condemned to die of hunger and thirst. But his brother Leslio, who fears no one, makes him free. The next step Leslio takes, is to dissolve a group of mercenaries, without listening to his brother, who begs her to join the fight for freedom.
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The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
Title: The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
Character: Marcius
Released: September 4, 1963
Type: Movie
Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers.
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Samson and the Slave Queen
Title: Samson and the Slave Queen
Character: Garcia De Higuera
Released: August 23, 1963
Type: Movie
The king of Nogara dies, leaving behind a will naming one of his nieces as his successor. Will it be blonde and virtuous Isabella or evil, dark-haired Malva? Each woman relies on a hero to locate the will. Malva hires the bare-chested strongman Samson while Isabella relies on the masked El Toro (a.k.a. Zorro) even though her heart belongs to the mild-mannered poet, Ramon. Malva's ruthless desire for the throne soon alienates Samson and he and El Toro then team up to bring about a proper resolution to the Nogara succession. Meanwhile, Isabella learns El Toto's true identity, an identity which both surprises and pleases her.
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55 Days at Peking
Title: 55 Days at Peking
Character: Garibaldi
Released: May 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
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The Invincible Masked Rider
Title: The Invincible Masked Rider
Character: don Rodrigo
Released: March 29, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Shortest Day
Title: The Shortest Day
Character: Ufficiale (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
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Hypnosis
Title: Hypnosis
Character: Georg von Cramer
Released: December 19, 1962
Type: Movie
Erik, the hypnotist Georg's assistant, is in love with Magda, Georg's fiancée, and secretly sends her roses every night. Chris, the guy delivering the flowers, who is also an amateur boxer down on his luck, takes advantage of the empty dressing room to steal the trio's bankroll, but he is caught by Georg, who is knocked out by Chris during a brief struggle.
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The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan
Title: The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan
Character: Cardinal Richelieu
Released: August 24, 1962
Type: Movie
D' Artagnan and Porthos received the order of Richelieu, which protrudes as a powerful figure of the French church, a plot against the King of France Louis XIII. uncover. Disguised as a monk enters D' Artagnan the Church, in which the conspirators act. D' Artagnan, however, exposee and can only escape with the help of Porthos . Meanwhile the Duke of Montresant tried to force his ward to overwrite all their possessions to him, so that he can support the Flemish troops. The Duchess refused and is sent with her maid to Brescon. D' Artagnan and Porthos decide to follow the women…
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Pontius Pilate
Title: Pontius Pilate
Character: Nicodemus
Released: February 15, 1962
Type: Movie
The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
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El Cid
Title: El Cid
Character: Fanez
Released: October 24, 1961
Type: Movie
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
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Constantine and the Cross
Title: Constantine and the Cross
Character: Maxentius
Released: June 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
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Love, the Italian Way
Title: Love, the Italian Way
Character: Nobile siciliano
Released: December 22, 1960
Type: Movie
A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.
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Ti aspetterò all'inferno
Title: Ti aspetterò all'inferno
Released: October 29, 1960
Type: Movie
When a diamond heist goes wrong, the three would-be robbers go on the run from the law. They soon find themselves involved with a beautiful woman who may wind up being even more trouble for them than the botched robbery.
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The Loves of Hercules
Title: The Loves of Hercules
Character: Licos
Released: August 19, 1960
Type: Movie
Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.
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The Queen of the Pirates
Title: The Queen of the Pirates
Character: Cesare di Santacroce
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
In 16th century Italy, on the Adriatic coast, the duchy of Doruzza is governed by a tyrannical duke, Zulian, and his haughty daughter, Isabella. When they commit a great injustice, a ship's captain and his daughter turn pirate to fight back for the people.
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David and Goliath
Title: David and Goliath
Character: Abner
Released: January 22, 1960
Type: Movie
When the Philistines attack, the Israelites are hopeless against the fierce giant Goliath and don't know what to do. King Saul takes the advice of the prophets and sends an adolescent shepherd, David, into battle to conquer the oversized Philistine. David is victorious and becomes the King of Israel.
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The Pirate and the Slave Girl
Title: The Pirate and the Slave Girl
Character: Roberto Diego
Released: October 22, 1959
Type: Movie
When a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be sold to Sultan Selim.
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The Magistrate
Title: The Magistrate
Character: Ugo
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Emilia Bonelli is an overly ambitious and driven woman. This dominant personality trait has its effects on her henpecked husband Luigi, and her daughter Carla. Circumstances ultimately lead to the courtroom and an aloof judge in the persona of Andrea Morandi.
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Tunisi top secret
Title: Tunisi top secret
Character: Nikos
Released: June 21, 1959
Type: Movie
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Cavalier in Devil's Castle
Title: Cavalier in Devil's Castle
Character: Capitano Ugone di Collefeltro
Released: March 21, 1959
Type: Movie
A mysterious horseman, called the Dark Knight, sets himself up as a masked vigilante and decides to free the duchet of Valgrado from the grip of a terrible tyrant.
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The Sword and the Cross
Title: The Sword and the Cross
Character: Anan
Released: December 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.
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Captain Falcon
Title: Captain Falcon
Character: Baron Oddo di Serra
Released: December 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Baron Oddo de Serra who is cruel to his subjects, is neighbor of the Count Gualtiero of Roccalta. The servants of the baron cross the lands of Count to escape his abuses. Baron hatches a plot to assassinate the earl.
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The Naked Maja
Title: The Naked Maja
Character: Conte Rodrigo Sanchez
Released: December 20, 1958
Type: Movie
A historical fiction based on the lives of artist Goya and the Duchess of Alba
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Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Title: Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
Character: Quinto Rufo
Released: August 29, 1958
Type: Movie
The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes and the arrival of a plague, create discontent in the population, and threatens the love between a sculptor and a slave.
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The Silent Enemy
Title: The Silent Enemy
Character: Forzenelli
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
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Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà
Title: Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà
Character: Carlo Rosati
Released: April 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Young painter Teddy is successful with women but not very clever about selling pictures. He is in love with Elisabetta but cannot marry her because he is penniless. The couple asks for help from Peppino, a retired clerk who often uses Teddy's painting, pretending that they are his so he can impress the women he likes.
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Una grande ombra
Title: Una grande ombra
Character: Franco Donati
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Tormento d'amore
Title: Tormento d'amore
Character: Pietro Martinez
Released: December 24, 1956
Type: Movie
"Torment of love" - Sara and Pietro meet in Barcelona and immediately a strong friendship grows between them, that soon turns into love. Sara does not dare to tell Pietro about a recent affair with a man called Roberto.
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Supreme Confession
Title: Supreme Confession
Character: Marco Neri
Released: October 11, 1956
Type: Movie
The wife of a conductor with a stormy past agrees to meet a blackmailer in a small hotel.
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Maruzzella
Title: Maruzzella
Character: Salvatore
Released: September 27, 1956
Type: Movie
Maruzzella is in love with Salvatore, who in turn is infatuated with Donna Carmela, Maruzzella's stepmother. As if that were not enough, Carmela deprives Maruzzella of her inheritance. When Salvatore comes to visit Renato, his old poor and needy schoolmate, the situation takes a strange development.
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Der goldene Falke
Title: Der goldene Falke
Character: Massimo di Montefalco
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
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Il piccolo vetraio
Title: Il piccolo vetraio
Character: barone de la Motte
Released: November 28, 1955
Type: Movie
A poor fisherman entrusts his children Piero and Nino for money to the Frenchman Neroni who recruits young men to work in his glass factory.
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The Widow
Title: The Widow
Character: Vittorio
Released: August 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A woman falls in love with a race-car driver who two-times her for another girl.
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Cartouche
Title: Cartouche
Character: Henri de Vauboranche
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lies.
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La trovatella di Milano
Title: La trovatella di Milano
Character: Gabriele
Released: June 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Love story set in Milan during the Five Days of 1848.
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Loves of Three Queens
Title: Loves of Three Queens
Character: Paride (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
Released: December 24, 1954
Type: Movie
At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.
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Madame du Barry
Title: Madame du Barry
Released: October 13, 1954
Type: Movie
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France...
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Pietà per chi cade
Title: Pietà per chi cade
Character: Livio Vanini
Released: March 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Carlo Savelli, gone missing after the war, returns to Italia after many years. His wife Anna, believing him dead, has established a romance with Andrea, and in order to keep him happy, she follows him to Venice.
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Public Opinion
Title: Public Opinion
Released: February 26, 1954
Type: Movie
Following the death of his wife in unclear circumstances, the mechanic Egisto Bianchi is accused of auxoricide. A journalist begins to take care of the case and ignites public interest with a successful press campaign. The accused is acquitted for lack of evidence, but the reporter thinks he can still take advantage of the case by making a film of it. He then convinces some filmmakers to draw from the episode the subject of a film in which Bianchi himself will be the protagonist. During the filming, the reporter discovers that Bianchi's wife was cheating on her husband. So he then decides to modify the film script, including adultery, and to be able to shoot without problems he makes Bianchi go away. But he returns and, unseen, witnesses the new scenes of the film in the cinema of the country. Bianchi convinced that adultery is an invention, protests for the change, but the journalist reveals the truth to him, bringing the story to a dramatic ending.
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Foglio di via
Title: Foglio di via
Character: Andrea
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
When young Lucia attempts suicide by jumping from a train, she meets a man to whom she explains what has driven her to this. He, a former doctor, has his own demons and their conversation might just help both to face their future.
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Lucrèce Borgia
Title: Lucrèce Borgia
Character: Alphonse d'Aragon
Released: October 23, 1953
Type: Movie
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.
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The Man From Cairo
Title: The Man From Cairo
Character: Basil Constantine
Released: September 3, 1953
Type: Movie
"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.
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The Merchant of Venice
Title: The Merchant of Venice
Character: Antonio
Released: July 12, 1953
Type: Movie
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
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Eager to Live
Title: Eager to Live
Character: Massimo
Released: April 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.
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Gioventù alla sbarra
Title: Gioventù alla sbarra
Character: Gigi
Released: March 12, 1953
Type: Movie
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I Piombi di Venezia
Title: I Piombi di Venezia
Character: Orsenego
Released: February 10, 1953
Type: Movie
An Italian historical melodrama
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The Story of William Tell
Title: The Story of William Tell
Character: Hermann Gessler
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A short that follows the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), the legendary archer and hero from Switzerland.
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The Devil's Daughter
Title: The Devil's Daughter
Character: Adolfo Santagata
Released: December 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will.
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Milady and the Musketeers
Title: Milady and the Musketeers
Character: Rochefort
Released: October 22, 1952
Type: Movie
Very stylish Italian swashbuckler - The Three Musketeers from the viewpoint of Milady de Winter
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Red Love
Title: Red Love
Character: Simone Sole
Released: September 13, 1952
Type: Movie
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I due derelitti
Title: I due derelitti
Released: November 14, 1951
Type: Movie
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Incantesimo tragico
Title: Incantesimo tragico
Character: Berto
Released: October 13, 1951
Type: Movie
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Il conte di Sant'Elmo
Title: Il conte di Sant'Elmo
Released: April 18, 1951
Type: Movie
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City of Violence
Title: City of Violence
Character: Peppuccio detto Peppe
Released: April 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller.
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The Thief of Venice
Title: The Thief of Venice
Character: Scarpa the Inquisitor
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.
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Fugitive Lady
Title: Fugitive Lady
Character: Gene
Released: May 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A man drives his car off a cliff in an apparent suicide. One insurance investigator is not so sure it was an accident or suicide and gets 48 hours to prove his case.
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Sunday in August
Title: Sunday in August
Character: Roberto
Released: March 7, 1950
Type: Movie
The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia.
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The Pirates of Capri
Title: The Pirates of Capri
Character: Baron Holstein
Released: December 25, 1949
Type: Movie
A group of men calling themselves 'The Pirates of Capri", headed by Captain Sirroco, who is really Count Amalfi, are trying to restore freedom to the people of Naples. The Queen is advised of the pirate's assault of a member of her court and she seeks to escape to Palermo. But, she is advised it would be good politics for her to attend a ball Amalfi is giving for his fiancée, Mercedes, who is unaware of the dual role Amalfi is playing.
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Marechiaro
Title: Marechiaro
Character: Luca Salvatori
Released: October 5, 1949
Type: Movie
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Monastero di Santa Chiara
Title: Monastero di Santa Chiara
Character: Rudolf
Released: March 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Rudolf a nazi officer falls in love with Ester a jewish singer and tries to save her from deportation hiding her in the Monastery of Santa Chiara.
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The Revenge of Baccarat
Title: The Revenge of Baccarat
Released: April 23, 1948
Type: Movie
In Paris, in the middle of the 19th century, the Comte de Chamery died of poisoning, leaving a considerable fortune to his long-dead son. Sir William, the count's murderer, hires a young rogue, Rocambole, to pretend to be the deceased's son. The two accomplices have the Count's fortune handed over to them. But their trickery is discovered by an intriguer, Baccarat, who finds the real Count of Chamery, a young painter without fortune, in love with Carmen de Montevecchio. Rocambole, who stops at nothing, kills Sir William, gets rid of Armand and makes Carmen love him. But Baccarat is determined not to let him continue his villainies.
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Rocambole
Title: Rocambole
Released: April 8, 1948
Type: Movie
In the 19th century, a thug from the slums of Paris pretends to be a young aristocrat, but is unmasked by a demi-mondaine, from the same background as him.
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I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
Title: I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
Character: contino della Motta
Released: March 27, 1948
Type: Movie
Sicily, 17th Century. When his fiancée is kidnapped, a young man sets out to find her.
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La Danse de mort
Title: La Danse de mort
Character: Stéphane / Stefano
Released: January 2, 1948
Type: Movie
A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past.
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La signora dalle camelie
Title: La signora dalle camelie
Character: Alexandre Dumas, fils
Released: December 22, 1947
Type: Movie
A courtesan sacrifices her relationship with a youthful admirer after the man's father pleads with her. Adapted from Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera in the three acts "La Traviata".
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Sangue a Ca' Foscari
Title: Sangue a Ca' Foscari
Character: Cavaliere della Rosa
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
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Outcry
Title: Outcry
Character: Il maggiore Heinrich
Released: November 6, 1946
Type: Movie
A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.
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Il mondo vuole così
Title: Il mondo vuole così
Character: Alberto
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Accused of having stolen 3 million liras, a bank employee serves five years in prison. Having served his sentence and believed to be rich, he was showered with care and attention by everyone, even his wife. When the real perpetrator of the theft is found, he is despised and mocked. Then he actually steals some money and runs away with his wife.
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In High Places
Title: In High Places
Character: Giorgio Zanetti
Released: March 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In High Places is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Adriana Benetti, Massimo Serato and Nerio Bernardi. It is based on a play by Jean Anouilh. The film portrays the rise into high society of an immoral young man.
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The Materassi Sisters
Title: The Materassi Sisters
Character: Remo
Released: January 2, 1944
Type: Movie
The quiet days of two elderly spinster sisters are changed for good with the unexpected arrival of their nephew.
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Giacomo l'idealista
Title: Giacomo l'idealista
Character: Giacomo Lanzavecchia
Released: February 1, 1943
Type: Movie
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L'uomo venuto dal mare
Title: L'uomo venuto dal mare
Character: Il marinaio
Released: February 3, 1942
Type: Movie
An Italian drama from 1942.
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Due cuori sotto sequestro
Title: Due cuori sotto sequestro
Character: Il compositore
Released: September 5, 1941
Type: Movie
An Italian comedy released in 1941.
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Piccolo mondo antico
Title: Piccolo mondo antico
Character: Franco Maironi
Released: April 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.
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L'amore canta
Title: L'amore canta
Character: Alberto
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Italian film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli.
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L'ispettore Vargas
Title: L'ispettore Vargas
Released: October 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A detective investigates on the death of a factory owner.
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Le père Lebonnard
Title: Le père Lebonnard
Released: March 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Father Lebonnard, a former watchmaker who made a fortune, remains simple while his wife is only dreaming of worldly affairs and pushes his son Freddy to marry Bianca, the daughter of the Marquis de Rocafort, their neighbor. She feeds a similar project for her daughter Mariella.
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Jeanne Doré
Title: Jeanne Doré
Character: Extra in ball scene
Released: November 30, 1938
Type: Movie