Emilio Petacci

Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959)

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. ...

Il conte di Matera (1957)

Rambaldo Tramontana, a count who went into battle backed by the French, returns to Matera to take revenge once he is victorious, but the city is deserted and he begins to commit abuses and violence. ...

Female Three Times (1957)

The Russian women's basketball team faces to the American team for the championship of the world, in Rome. Upon arriving at the 'Eternal City', the Russian athletes find ways to evade the strict surveillance and meet some Italian guys. After many persecuti ...

Lust of the Vampire (1957)

A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess. ...

The Sword and the Cross (1956)

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power. ...

The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955)

A lecherous governor of Naples in 1680 lusts after the wives of several peasants, particularly after the miller's wife Carmela. The miller himself plans to avenge his honor by seducing the wife of the governor. ...

Il cardinale Lambertini (1954)

Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna. ...

100 Years of Love (1954)

Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history. ...

Non è vero... ma ci credo! (1952)

A young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himself as a hunchback to get into the father's good graces. ...

The Devil's Daughter (1952)

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 ...

Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952)

An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination. ...

Anna (1951)

The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't choose between two men, and now devotes herself to nursing. ...

Luna rossa (1951)

A sailor's girlfriend is courted by the same man who also seduced his sister. ...

La freccia nel fianco (1945)

A married woman fights her strange attraction to an aristocratic young pianist from her past. ...

In cerca di felicità (1944)

Two young people fall in love and run away from home. They soon run out of money and he, who has a decent voice, finds work in a low-class variety show, where he is captivated by the charms of a dancer. ...

Tempesta sul golfo (1943)

Lascia cantare il cuore (1943)

Mater dolorosa (1943)

L'angelo bianco (1943)

A young woman who has been seduced and abandoned is led to believe by her former in-laws that their son, whom they sent to an orphanage, is dead. She takes her vows and returns to her homeland after years of missionary work. She learns that her former love ...

Giorno di nozze (1942)

A daughter discovers her parents are far from being the rich bourgeois she thought they were. ...

Anime in tumulto (1942)

Fra' Diavolo (1942)

The leader of a band of mountain bandits defending Naples against the French plays a dual role as a police official. Our romantic hero pivots as well between two women, the sister of a royalist and a lady spy. ...

La bocca sulla strada (1941)

Beatrice Cenci (1941)

Italian historical drama portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci. ...

Luce nelle tenebre (1941)

Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately. ...

L'allegro fantasma (1941)

The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in which he claims that in his youth he had a relationship with a circus rider that produced twin sons. ...

The Prisoner of Santa Cruz (1941)

A sea captain forbids his daughter to marry the man whose father he had killed many years before. ...

San Giovanni decollato (1940)

Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want ...

Giù il sipario (1940)

A playwright, a troop of actors, a director, and the playwright's uncle scheme against each other for their own interests regarding the success or failure of the play ...

Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1940)

The Knight of Kruja (1940)

Young Italian journalist Stefano Andriani travels to Albania, where he falls in love with Eliana, a local girl, and she with him. One day, Andriani comes across the tribal chief Hasslan Haidar, an opponent of King Zog's regime, wounded by the royal guards. ...

Ballo al castello (1939)

L'eredità in corsa (1939)

In campagna è caduta una stella (1939)

An American starlet inflames two Italian peasants who forget about their respective fiance's. One of them even thinks of marrying her and begins to plan for the engagement banquet. When the girl decides to live the countryside harmony reigns again. ...

Imputato, alzatevi! (1939)

Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse. ...

Se quell'idiota ci pensasse... (1939)

Heartbeat (1939)

Montevergine (1939)

A blacksmith from Montevergine, accused of murder, flees to Argentina. Years later, a mute witness testifies to his innocence, leading to his acquittal. Just before returning home, an Argentine woman plants opium in his luggage, resulting in a ten-year pri ...

Small Hotel (1939)

Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include a domineering mother (Lola Braccini), her petulant daughter (Bianca Doria) and the daughter's gigolo boyfrien ...

Felicita Colombo (1937)

In the center of Milan, Felicita Colombo successfully manages a delicatessen that has among its customers the best bourgeoisie of the city. ...

Gli uomini non sono ingrati (1937)

Joe il Rosso (1936)

A precious painting suddenly disappears from the house of a noble Italian family. A relative from America investigates the mystery. ...

Destiny Unknown (1935)

Based on fact, Passaporto Rosso (Red Passport) details the plight of a group of poor Italian immigrants who are hired as railroad workers in turn-of-the-century South America. In addition to facing poverty, deprivation, and prejudice, the immigrants are al ...

I'll Give a Million (1935)

A comedy about a hobo and a millionaire who swap roles after the millionaire rescues the hobo from a suicide attempt. ...