Elisa Cegani

Aliens send a hypnotic signal through a TV channel, and the signal makes people dance and makes them forget their fears.

En 1899, Paul conoce a la joven judía rusa Salomé e inmediatamente quiere casarse con ella. Ella en cambio, propone una relación más ambigua: Ellos dos y su amigo, Friedrich Nietzsche.Con un título que hace referencia a la obra del famoso filósofo alemán, "Más allá del bien y del mal. Preludio de una filosofía del futuro", se esconde este drama que profundiza en la intensa relación que se estableció en la década de 1880 entre Nietzsche, la escritora y psicoanalista Lou Salome y el también filósofo Paul Rée.

Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi

A former General comes back to Trieste to live with his cousins.

Roger Santet ha sido encarcelado por asesinato, pero el clan siciliano dirigido por el venerable Vittorio Manalese lo libera. El objetivo de la banda es apoderarse de las joyas de una exposición que se celebra en Roma. Mientras preparan el golpe, Tony Nicosia, un amigo americano, sugiere que la mejor forma de hacerse con las piedras es asaltando el avión que las transporta desde Nueva York. El tenaz inspector Le Goff intentará desbaratar sus planes.

Simon Bolivar is the true-life story of the leader of the 1817 Venezuelan revolution.

Sandro, un popular periodista, prepara un reportaje sobre el egoísmo humano. Todas las personas que conoce le sirven para su investigación, incluso su propia esposa, Titta. Pero poco a poco se irá identificando con ellos, y le hará replantearse su vida...

Filme sobre la vida del joven David y su relación con el rey Saúl, proclamado primer rey de Israel a finales del siglo XI AC; cuyo reinado empieza a quedar empañado por su propia desviación y la popularidad creciente de David. (FILMAFFINITY)

In late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters an old flame now married to a wealthy landowner.

La Medusa es un monstruo que acecha un lago y ataca a un grupo de soldados; la visión de su único ojo es capaz de convertir en piedra a sus víctimas y el reino de Argos se vale de ella para imponer asfixiantes peajes a quienes pasen por allí. Perseo, el desaparecido hijo del verdadero rey de Argos ( asesinado por un usurpador que se casó con su viuda), es capturado por las tropas de un monarca maléfico y obligado a batirse como gladiador. Pero escapa y conspira para derrocar al malvado, teniendo tiempo aún para enfrentar a la Medusa y probar suerte si puede volver a la vida a los soldados petrificados.

A film about twin bothers Jacob & Esau

Italia, siglo XVII. José Diesa (Maximilian Schell), un joven campesino que padece trastornos mentales, ingresa en el monasterio de Otranto (Apulia). Al principio, su conducta suscita la desconfianza de compañeros y superiores, pero, poco a poco, ciertos fenómenos milagrosos convencen a todos de que se trata de un santo. Filme basado en la vida de san José de Cupertino.

Virginia de Leyva, daughter of a Spanish Lord, becomes a nun in Monza, in 1600s. She becomes very strict with herself and the students until she's unable to resist a romance with the nobleman Gian Paolo Osio which will lead both to danger.

Tommy Carpenter, un joven estudiante norteamericano de arquitectura y Annette Aliotto estudiante norteamericana de Arte, quienes se enfrentan a la intriga de la falsificación de varios cuadros en Florencia - Italia...

Gran reparto para una comedia italiana en la que una poderosa voz procedente del cielo anuncia el día del Juicio Final. Las reacciones de la población ante este acontecimiento serán muy diversas.

A su regreso de la Galia, Constantino, hijo de Constancio Cloro, es víctima de las arteras maniobras de Majencio, hermano de Fausta, la prometida de Constantino, Majencio desea eliminarlo para convertirse en Emperador de Roma, pero la conspiración fracasa y Constantino se salva gracias a la ayuda de algunos cristianos. Tras ser nombrado Augusto de la Galia, se casa con Fausta. En las proximidades del puente Milvio, Constantino derrota a las tropas de Majencio. La noche anterior, había visto la cruz de Cristo que le anunciaba la victoria ("Con este signo vencerás"). (FILMAFFINITY)

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli, vice mayor and head of the opposition. To complicate the story there is the reconstruction of a hermitage destroyed during the war. Reconstruction would take the view of the Paseroni villa, big industrial and political traffic. Bonelli's lawyer, a great speaker, becomes a mayor for the death of his predecessor and is bought by Paseroni, while rejecting the love of Paul and Mary for social differences and why Paul should stay behind Doddy Paseroni. At this point, Paul and Mary flee to kill, just as Bonelli has to hold a talk on the radio for the inauguration of Paseroni's villa ...

A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the police eventually arrest three suspects.

Antonietta, una joven empleada, aparece sorpresivamente en la portada de una revista. La curiosidad la lleva a buscar al fotógrafo, y entre ambos nace una relación amorosa. Sin embargo, en la muchacha crece el deseo de convertirse en actriz, por lo que busca tenazmente un contacto con alguien que pueda lanzarla al estrellato. En su camino, Antonietta es utilizada y manipulada por quienes le prometen el éxito y la fama, y va dejando de lado al fotógrafo que la amaba sinceramente. (FILMAFFINITY)

Nana or Nanà is a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque starring Charles Boyer. It is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana.

During the first Napoleonic expedition into Italy, Thibaud is seriously injured before being caught up in a mystery involving his wife, her rightful inheritance and his own daughter's happiness.

Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she barely knows. So begins a series of romantic encounters in which Liana tries to find her freedom and happiness, but which will ultimately lead her to a tragic fate.

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.

After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.

Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea. Here he meets the beautiful Graziella.

Comienza con tres pequeñas historias: "El beso", "Los enamorados" y "Disculpe, pero..." Los episodios principales son: "Mara" con Danièle Delorme e Yves Montand. Una prostituta se enamora y decide cambiar de vida. "El niño" con Lea Padovani y Marcello Mastroianni. Unos padres desesperados por la pobreza deciden abandonar a su hijo pero no saben dónde. "Escena en abierto" con Vittorio De Sica y Elisa Cegani. Un actor y una actriz muy mayores se vuelven a ver después de varios años. "Casa ajena" con Michel Simon y Sylvie. Un párroco intenta convencer a una anciana para que no se suicide. "Don Corradino". Vittorio De Sica interpreta a un conductor de autobús napolitano que no permitirá que el reglamento de la empresa interfiera en sus conquistas amorosas. "La cámara de fotos". Totò interpreta a un vividor que trata de seducir a Sophia Loren con la excusa de hacerle una foto.

After her father commits suicide, a young woman asks for help to the son of a Countess and they fall in love.

Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue.

La hija de un playboy norteamericano va a un internado en los Alpes, donde la principal materia de estudio parece ser cómo casarse con un rico. Al principio, ha de compartir habitación con una becaria, pero cuando un opulento joven estadounidense demuestra interés por ella, se impone a todas las envidias y resquemores. Pero luego se enamora de un chico pobre de los alrededores.

Just before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a party is held in the castle of the Stettin's Counts.

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning home, she must decide between telling her husband and continuing to see Rémy.

Entre Fabiola, hija de un senador romano, y Rhual, un gladiador galo, surge un poderoso romance. Pero cuando el padre de Fabiola es asesinado, los romanos acusan a los cristianos, desatándose una persecución sin piedad. Rhual se confiesa cristiano y es sentenciado a morir luchando en la arena.

Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. The nuns are a little perplexed at first but then agree since one of the men is seriously wounded. When the partisans eventually leave, the Germans take a terrible revenge.

A host of college girls take different life paths in the Italy of the 1930s.

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 Bomber’ Detroit Joe Lewis in June 1935, on the eve of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. This match provoked numerous racial skirmishes on the streets of Harlem between the Black community and pro-Fascist Italian-Americans. The film overturns historical facts and here, obviously, it is the white boxer who wins in order to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan Italians” over the “sinister Jewish entrepreneurs” and the “savage Afro-American fans in Yankee Stadium”. In the film, these were played by South African prisoners-of-war interred in a work camp, which the German and Italian propaganda ministries had set up near Cinecittà “for cinematic purposes”.

Two half brothers, one a pilot, the other a repairman at the plane factory of their father, are in a disagreement due to the envy of the younger brother, son of the first wife of their father. Then both brothers fall in love with the same woman; this causes more conflict between the two, making worse an already tense situation.

In Florence, at the time of Lorenzo de Medici, known also as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the aristocrat brothers Chiaramantesi rule with an iron fist the streets of the city. Ruthless and fierce, the two brothers have chosen as their special victim the innocent and harmless Giannetto. Even though determined to not react to the cruel pranks of the brothers, Giannetto is forced to take a stand when Ginevra, a beautiful girl that works in the Chiaramantesi household, is dragged into the game. To defend his honor and protect the girl, Giannetto works out a fiendish plot that will end in blood and madness.

En el imaginario país de Kindaor, el malvado Sedemondo asesina a su hermano, el rey Licinio, para usurparle el trono y satisfacer su avidez. Consumado su plan, Sedemondo encuentra en el bosque a una enigmática anciana que le vaticina atroces desgracias en su nuevo reinado. Preocupado, el tirano abandona en el valle de los leones al pequeño Arminio, hijo de Licinio, pero los feroces animales, en vez de matarlo, lo crían como a uno de ellos. Ya adulto, Arminio conoce a la joven Tundra, hija de un rey traicionado y derrotado por Sedemondo, y se alía con ella para reconquistar su trono. Mientras tanto, el pérfido soberano ha convocado a los mejores caballeros del reino a un torneo... (FILMAFFINITY)

Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic after his last performance in Milan, attempts to find a way to win over the audience and the critics, while wooing his love interest.

ETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the most important director of the Italian fascist period, Alessandro Blasetti, it was intended to boost current patriotic fervor and pride in the Italian nation, and it contributed to a revival of Italian nationalism.

La Contessa di Parma was the sole directorial contribution by Allesandro Blasetti in 1937. The first of several expensive costume dramas upon which the director established his international reputation, the film stars Elisa Cegani as Marcella, a model in the dress shop owned by enterprising Umberto Melnati. To improve his business, the owner instructs his models to dress up as society ladies and attend all the best parties. And that's how humble little Marcella comes to be mistaken for the popular Duchess of Parma -- and by extension, how our heroine wins the love of football hero Gino Vanni (Antonio Centa). A little wanting in the way of plot or logic, La Constessa di Parma is at least consistently good to look at.

Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. He weds Elisa Cegani, a servant girl, who turns out to be a more appealing wife than any of the others could have been. Assis Noris decorates the screen well as one of the chasers and pursuers. In 1937, De Sica and Noris made a film, "II Signor Max," which, other than the setting and character role names, basically has the same plot as this film.

Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Heartbroken Umberto becomes a riding instructor but during a competition his horse dies and he decides to give up equitation and become an aviator.