Rina De Liguoro

Película basada en la novela homónima de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1958). Es la época de la unificación de Italia en torno al Piamonte, cuyo artífice fue Cavour. La acción se desarrolla en Palermo y los protagonistas son Don Fabrizio, Príncipe de Salina, y su familia, cuya vida se ve alterada tras la invasión de Sicilia por las tropas de Garibaldi (1860). Para alejarse de los disturbios, la familia se refugia en la casa de campo que posee en Donnafugata. Hasta el lugar se desplazan, además de la mujer del Príncipe y sus tres hijos, el joven Tancredi, el sobrino predilecto de Don Fabrizio, que parece simpatizar con el movimiento liberal de unificación

El emperador Nerón pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en una villa de la costa en compañía de Séneca y rodeado de cortesanos, dedicado a componer obras musicales. Estas situaciones de total relajo sólo son interrumpidas por las visitas de su madre Agripina.

Salvada en el último momento del suicidio, una joven sigue en el hospital tres casos desesperados de mujeres que, como ella, han intentado suicidarse.

Madrid, España, 1880. Angelina, hija del pomposo general de brigada Marcial, es tentada por el mujeriego Germán, que le pide que huyan juntos, justo después de que su novio, Rodolfo, le pida que haga exactamente lo mismo con él.

After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across the country angrily, and lands up at a saloon, where he is shot by an Indian, Pete. Pete's girlfriend, Tonita nurses Michael's wound and falls in love with him. Michael realizes this, proposes marriage to Tonita - a perfect revenge for his prejudice family. They marry and he takes her to New York, in full Indian dress hoping to embarrass the family.

Cuando Harry se enamora de una actriz, le confiesa su intención de casarse con ella a su abuelo, el obispo Tom Armstrong, pero éste trata de disuadirlo contándole su propia experiencia: cuando era estudiante, conoció en una fiesta a Rita Cavallini, una célebre cantante de ópera, y tuvo un romance con ella, convencido de que por él abandonaría su frívola y escandalosa vida. Pero Rita era la amante de un hombre muy poderoso y no parecía dispuesta a dejarlo.

Assunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.

Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necromancer, experienced physician and ruthless swordsman, triumphs among the members of the decadent French aristocracy. But a bold foretelling about a very prominent noblewoman causes his fall in disgrace… (Partially lost film.)

The attaché of a former government of the Ukraine marries a rich Russian woman who wants to climb in society whereas her unnatural affection for another woman keeps her from really becoming his wife. Her daughter falls in love with her stepfather, family drama. The mother and the other woman are murdered, so there is a happy-end for husband and daughter.

Presenta la vida de Giacomo Casanova con sus aventuras en pos de mujeres, de Venecia a Austria, de allí a Rusia en medio de la Corte de Catalina la Grande y nuevamente de vuelta a Venecia donde es procesado y consigue huir en pleno Carnaval antes de que se ejecute la sentencia.

Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.

"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- Re-created for your entertainment in the most colossal drama produced", reads an ad in the Daily Argus of New York. Unione Cinematografica Italiana's lavish production of the oft-told tale stars Emil Jannings as Nero.

In ancient Rome, tyrannical Emperor Caligula is assassinated through the machinations of Messalina. She then makes a conquest of Marcus, who forces the Senate to name her husband, Claudius, as emperor. Messalina's wicked ways continue when she falls in love with Ennio, a slave. Ennio is also loved by Egyptian princess Mirit, but he loves neither of them, preferring the company of Ela, a Greek slave.

India's first international co-production. The love-is-stronger-than-death story sees Savitri, the daughter of King Ashwapati and a goddess, fall for Satyavan who is destined to die within a year. He is killed by a tree and his soul is gathered by the god Yama but he returns to life and there is a happy ending for the lovers. Some nudity and other 'erotic' images were removed to satisfy the censors.