Cast: Domenico Gambino

Direction Giovanni Pastrone

Cast Lidia Quaranta · Italia Almirante Manzini · Umberto Mozzato · Bartolomeo Pagano

Synopsis Cabiria (1914) unfolds during the tumultuous Punic Wars of the third century B.C., where a young girl named Cabiria and her caretaker, Croessa, are seized amidst the chaos of Mount Etna's eruption. Cabiria is subsequently sold into slavery in Carthage,...

Direction Gennaro Righelli

Cast Anna Magnani · Vittorio De Sica · Virgilio Riento · Laura Gore

Synopsis Peddlin' in Society (1946) follows the journey of Gioconda Perfetti, a humble fruit seller from Rome who amasses considerable wealth through wartime smuggling. Abandoning her modest shop, she relocates to a lavish villa that once belonged to a count. However,...

Direction Giovanni Pastrone

Cast Domenico Gambino · Emilio Vardannes

Synopsis Stronger than Sherlock Holmes (S) (1913) follows a man who becomes engrossed in a newspaper article about law enforcement and criminals. His wife, unimpressed by his enthusiasm, drifts off to sleep, and soon he too nods off. In his slumber,...

Direction Domenico Gaido · Umberto Paradisi

Cast Nello Carotenuto · Giovanni Cimara · Laura Darville · Domenico Gambino

Direction André Deed

Cast André Deed · Leonie Laporte · Domenico Gambino · Felice Minotti

Synopsis The Fear of Zeppelins (S) (1915) is a cinematic response to the urgent needs of the time, set against the backdrop of Italy's entry into World War I against Austria in May 1915. The narrative unfolds as a wedding procession,...