Polidor

James Daly is an American special soldier who goes behind enemy territory during WWII. His Objective: to steal top secret SS document that can change the course of the war.

Mientras que Accattone se pasa el día metido en las tabernas, Maddalena, la mujer con la que vive, debe ejercer la prostitución para mantenerlo. Cuando Maddalena es detenida y encarcelada, Accatone, privado de su medio de subsistencia, se ve condenado a llevar una vida miserable. Incluso debe pedir ayuda a su esposa legítima, Ascenza, a la que hace años abandonó.

Marcello Rubini es un desencantado periodista romano, en busca de celebridades, que se mueve con insatisfacción por las fiestas nocturnas que celebra la burguesía de la época. Merodea por distintos lugares de Roma, siempre rodeado de todo tipo de personajes, especialmente de la élite de la sociedad italiana. En una de sus salidas se entera de que Sylvia, una célebre diva del mundo del cine, llega a Roma, cree que ésta es una gran oportunidad para conseguir una gran noticia, y, en consecuencia, la perseguirá por las noches por diferentes lugares de la ciudad.

Guido es un trabajador soltero, de casa al trabajo y del trabajo a casa, compensa la monotonía cotidiana teniendo sueños en los que satisface sus aspiraciones secretas. Comedia amarga con ambiciones de sátira social.

Giovanni is a young widower with a son who is attracted to the charming teen Allegra.

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.

During a fair, a charlatan is able to sell to a group of retired persons a piece of sky that would give them a quiet place to live well after death. The old men buy the story and decide to commit suicide to get to the corner of heaven that belongs to them.

Cabiria es una prostituta que ejerce como tal en uno de los barrios más pobres de Roma. Sueña, sin embargo, con encontrar el amor verdadero, un hombre que la aparte de la calle y a quien pueda entregarse en cuerpo y alma. Su bondad y su ingenuidad la convierten en víctima propicia de sucesivos vividores que se aprovechan de ella, le roban y la golpean. A pesar de sus fracasos, recobra la esperanza una y otra vez. Todo parece cambiar cuando abre su corazón a un tímido contable que le propone matrimonio.

Vicisitudes y andanzas de una alocada jovenzuela, Marisa, la rosa de fuego, vendedora de helados y bollos en la estación de ferrocarril de Civitavecchia, en busca del príncipe azul.

Astrea plays an adventurous princess who roams the world in the service of justice, supported by her humorous sidekick Birillo (Ferdinand Guillaume). She takes up the cause of two young nobles, Michele and Jole, who have been dispossessed by the unscrupulous baron Max. With her bare fists, she eliminates six shifty circus people sent by Max. “Remarkable stunts, of which a professional strong-woman of Houdini- like prowess is the protagonist, are the outstanding feature of this unusual and entertaining thrill-film, whilst the amazing sensations are pleasantly relieved by a vein of irresistible comedy (“The Bioscope”, 1 April 1920).

Astrea plays an adventurous princess who roams the world in the service of justice, supported by her humorous sidekick Birillo (Ferdinand Guillaume). She takes up the cause of two young nobles, Michele and Jole, who have been dispossessed by the unscrupulous baron Max. With her bare fists, she eliminates six shifty circus people sent by Max. “Remarkable stunts, of which a professional strong-woman of Houdini- like prowess is the protagonist, are the outstanding feature of this unusual and entertaining thrill-film, whilst the amazing sensations are pleasantly relieved by a vein of irresistible comedy (“The Bioscope”, 1 April 1920).

To conquer his beautiful mother without insospettirne, Polidor dresses for women and can thus safely visit the house, but was immediately made ​​the subject of attention of the father of the girl, unrepentant libertine. And when you discover the trick, barrel on Polidor, but also on the elderly Don Giovanni, by the jealous wife.

To conquer his beautiful mother without insospettirne, Polidor dresses for women and can thus safely visit the house, but was immediately made ​​the subject of attention of the father of the girl, unrepentant libertine. And when you discover the trick, barrel on Polidor, but also on the elderly Don Giovanni, by the jealous wife.

Polidor, wearing two pairs of pants, left the necklace she wants to give to a young woman in the inner pocket of his trousers. In an attempt to strip generates embarrassment to all diners.

Polidor, wearing two pairs of pants, left the necklace she wants to give to a young woman in the inner pocket of his trousers. In an attempt to strip generates embarrassment to all diners.

The little Agenore (Ferdinande Guillaume) combines a lot of trouble to family friend Ilario Mentecatti (Natale Guillaume).

The little Agenore (Ferdinande Guillaume) combines a lot of trouble to family friend Ilario Mentecatti (Natale Guillaume).

Polidor drags down the street a bulky sofa on which every couple sitting ends up kissing.

Polidor drags down the street a bulky sofa on which every couple sitting ends up kissing.

Comedy in which Polidor, assumed the pads regenerating, acquires an incredible force.

Comedy in which Polidor, assumed the pads regenerating, acquires an incredible force.

Polidor goes looking for lost kittens and brings home some lion cubs. He doesn't notice the difference until his employer points it out three months later, after they have eaten all the parlor furniture.

Polidor learns how to handle a sword for a duel.

Polidor learns how to handle a sword for a duel.

Polidor dreams that he has become a member of the death club, a society for those tired of life. The loser of a card game must commit suicide, and Polidor is dealt the wrong card...

In a scheme that is all the more convincing on silent film, Polydor attempts to fool a high-society mob with a no-talent singer who lip-synchs recordings from a hidden Gramophone. (MoMA)

A comedy with Polidor.

Tontolini makes a mistake

A slapstick short from Italian comic Polidor.

Comedy about Tontolini the soldier who keeps his money in the scabbard of his sword. He wants to pay and therefore draws his sword, the police is then called in....

Carpenter Geppetto carves a block of wood into a puppet and names him Pinocchio. As soon as his feet have been made, Pinocchio runs out the door and a series of adventures begins.

Comic film. Disappointed by love, Tontolini consults a doctor about the sadness he feels. The doctor prescribes distractions and entertainment as a cure. Tontolini accepts the doctor’s advice and begins the cure by going to café chantants and theaters, where he finds nothing but moving performances that make him even sadder. He is finally healed for a rather funny reason: the showing of a film.

Comic film. Disappointed by love, Tontolini consults a doctor about the sadness he feels. The doctor prescribes distractions and entertainment as a cure. Tontolini accepts the doctor’s advice and begins the cure by going to café chantants and theaters, where he finds nothing but moving performances that make him even sadder. He is finally healed for a rather funny reason: the showing of a film.

Polidor is a hypochondriac, so he goes to a hypnotist to have his neuroses dealt with. The hypnotist uses a feather to to hypnotize him, but doesn't turn it off properly, so Polidor goes into a trance on sighting anything with feathers. This means that he leans over in an impossible looking pose, and walks on.

Polidor is a hypochondriac, so he goes to a hypnotist to have his neuroses dealt with. The hypnotist uses a feather to to hypnotize him, but doesn't turn it off properly, so Polidor goes into a trance on sighting anything with feathers. This means that he leans over in an impossible looking pose, and walks on.

Tired men takes magic pills that make them overly energetic.

Short starring Ferdinand Guillaume as the popular Polidor!

Short starring Ferdinand Guillaume as the popular Polidor!

Slapstick short.