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The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)

Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. ...

Taur the Mighty (1963)

The warlike men of Kixos murder the king of Surupak and abduct his two daughters, Jia and Tuja. Jia's bridegroom Syros asks the mighty warrior Taurus for assistance. Taurus faithful companion Ubaratuta will give Taurus a hand to defeat the warlike tribe. ...

The Fury of Achilles (1962)

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans. ...

Prisoner of the Iron Mask (1961)

The action takes place in 1703 and Colbert wants to buy the duchy of Pignero ,unbeknowst to the old Duke. A sadistic villain (a count) is slowly poisoning the lord, besides he covets her daughter. The iron mask is here the duke's son, but the hangman's dau ...

Siege of Syracuse (1960)

Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle ...

The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959)

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. ...

Un uomo facile (1959)

The changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen from the point of view of the women the boxers love. One of the pugilists is a rookie on the rise and his sister has married the reigning champion. Now the cha ...

Angel in a Taxi (1958)

Marietto is a very lively and creative orphaned child, housed in a boarding school of nuns. One day, while browsing a newspaper, he sees a photo of a beautiful opera house dancer, Camilla, and is convinced that she is her mother. ...

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. ...

Solo Dio mi fermerà (1957)

Goodbye dreams of glory (1957)

Poor But Beautiful (1957)

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with Giovanna. ...

Vendicata! (1956)

Io piaccio (1955)

Roberto Maldi, a young scientist, is trying to find a serum capable of giving courage but he unwittingly invents a serum which transforms any man in a womanizer. His boss scents a good business and wants to produce the serum on industrial basis, but Robert ...

The Red Cloak (1955)

Cosimo de' Bardi is assassinated by a gentleman called the Flemish. Time passes and at some point a masked knight wearing a red cloak enters the scene. He is the son of the killed. These and the Flemish are also rivals in love. In the final duel the Flemis ...

Luz Apagada (1953)

On a small coastal town, a light-keeper lives in total seclusion after his wife's passing. His daughter is also there and she becomes his only contact with the other locals, and when a helper is sent to assist him on duties, she asks a childhood friend of ...

Uma Pulga na Balança (1953)

Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their dead relatives' lives. ...

Miracle in Milan (1951)

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends u ...

Deported (1950)

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities. ...

Santo disonore (1950)

Cab Number 13 (1948)

To secure her fortune with Monsieur Vaudieu de la Tour, the Machiavellian Claudia kills her lover's elder brother and steals his child. The boy is adopted by a coachman, and later, as secretary to the Minister of Justice, discovers the truth, punishes the ...

The Opium Den (1947)

A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested, in possession of some of the jewels of the victim. The passionate protests of his sister arouse the compassion of Za la Mort, who promises to help the girl. ...

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1947)

This is an Italian live action film with Alessandro Tomei as Pinocchio. ...

Sangue a Ca' Foscari (1947)

Il Tiranno di Padova (1946)

Padua, 1540. Angelo is married to Caterina but has an affair with Tisbe, an actress who travels with Rodolfo, presented as her brother but actually her lover and also Caterina's first and true love. Tisbe is also searching for the daughter of the woman who ...

La gondola del diavolo (1946)

In the Venetian Republic a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a gondola. ...

Every Day Is Sunday (1946)

During the war, a girl falls in love with a soldier. Having no news from her, she has meanwhile accepted the overtures of an older colleague. ...

Senza famiglia (1946)

Remigio, a young foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents and then is sold to an old musician. ...

The Rape of the Sabine (1945)

Ernesto is the teacher of the village, he is married and he is dominated by his wife. He has the passion of the theatre and he has written a drama in verse named "Il ratto delle Sabine". Unfortunately he has only an admirer and she is their servant Rosina. ...

Harlem (1943)

This propaganda film was partly inspired by the story of the first Italian heavyweight champion Primo Carnera who, after winning the title with Al Capone's help in 1933, was beaten the following year by the Jewish Max Bear and then again by the 'Brown Bomb ...

Il campione (1943)

A boxer falls in love with his coach's daughter despite the coach's objections. ...

Il fanciullo del West (1942)

Comedy Western ...

Giarabub (1942)

The Italian troops at Giarabub defend themselves against the British. ...

Arriviamo noi! (1942)

Il bravo di Venezia (1941)

Marco Fuser, an outlaw. returns to Venice after many years. His son who works in the studio of a celebrated painter is unaware of his father's history. Arrested by the Doge's men, Marco agrees to become a bravo in the service of the city's ruler and kill h ...

La compagnia della teppa (1941)

Il socio invisibile (1939)

I, His Father (1939)

An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light morals and renounces the hard work of sport to follow her to a winter luxury resort and at a certain moment ...