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In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat.
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Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allen Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle
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Gennaro runs a small boarding house in Ischia, the beautiful island in the gulf of Naples. Each member of his family is involved: his wife cooks, his daughter has a small boutique and his married son courts the old and rich patrons under his wife's enraged eyes.
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Сандро — известный журналист, размышляющий над статьей о нравах общества сегодня и вчера. Семья, дети, любовь, равнодушие, неприязнь, война, власть, церковь и, конечно же, красавица жена Титта со своим мужем — все это попадает в поле зрения журналиста и, так или иначе, относится к теме его статьи «Я, я, я и другие»…
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Consisting of two segments, the film is centered on two great Israelite leaders found in the Book of Judges.
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David of Bethlehem slays the giant and becomes a rival to King Saul.
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The daughter of a noble man is sold into slavery, only to be later rescued by the film's hero. Repackaged from an original Sword-and-Sandal italian film.
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Журналист Алан Фостер приходит в лондонскую таверну, чтобы взять интервью у Эдгара Алана По. Известный писатель в застольной беседе утверждает, что все его рассказы являются истиной от первого и до последнего слова, а его таинственный собеседник предлагает скептически настроенному Алану пари, по которому тот должен провести сегодняшнюю ночь в фамильном замке Блэквуд. Не веря во всю эту мистическую чушь, молодой человек отважно входит в замок, и встречает там очаровательную Элизабет, а потом и её сестру, и других персонажей, которым будет, что рассказать и показать всё ещё неверящему в потустороннее Алану.
Art Direction
В замок старого графа Менлиффа возвращается его блудный сын Курт, некогда изгнанный за совращение дочери служанки (та покончила собой) и лишённый наследства. Курт обнаруживает, что его возлюбленная Нивенка стала женой его брата. Он пытается вернуть женщину себе, но погибает при странных обстоятельствах. А Нивенка утверждает, что её посещает призрак покойного Курта.
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Действие фильма происходит в 17 веке. Герой фильма — сапожник Паскуале Чиччиакальда. И ему всегда не везет. Он хорошо работает, но, к сожалению, он умеет делать обувь только для правой ноги. Поэтому он ничего не зарабатывает. И не может платить налоги.
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The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.
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An evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.
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Фильм начинается с суда над Понтием Пилатом. Пилат изображается как человек, желавший мира и процветания народу, которым его назначили управлять. Несмотря на сопротивление Синедриона, он строит акведук, дороги, а склоки и распри верхушки иудейского общества ему мешают, что становится для него настоящей трагедией. Варрава - разбойник, выполняющий за деньги любые приказания, показан…
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During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
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Antonio married Amalia and went to fight in Russia during World War II. Since he didn't return Amalia thought he was dead, so she married another man. Many year after the war end, Antonio returned. Amalia has to choose between two husbands.
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Two muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.
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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 for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.
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Группа молодых рокеров решает, что единственный способ раскрутить группу — это появиться на телеэкране. В этом им мог бы помочь отец девушки одного из членов группы, являющийся генеральным директором телекомпании, но, к сожалению, ему эта идея совсем не нравится.
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A building instructor cheats on his wife with a young fashion model.
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Господин Сезари, владеющий большим музыкальным лейблом, очень любит традиционные мелодии Италии. Однако, когда он попадает в тюрьму, компания переходит в руки его дочери Джулии, которая предпочитает модные современные ритмы.
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Various short stories. Giovanna arrives from Rome with her husband Alberto for a film audition. The journalist Gino comes to interview the great industrial Signore Carsoli. The famous American actress Rita is in search of her umpteenth husband. Leopoldo and Angelina from Sicily are on vacation in Rome where they meet the street smart Nicola.
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Царица Пальмиры Зенобия восстала против власти Рима. Ее армии удается разбить легион консула Марка Валерия и пленить самого командующего. Но с помощью оставшихся на свободе легионеров тому удается бежать. Вместо того, чтобы вернуться в Рим, Марк Валерий тайно пробирается в Пальмиру и предлагает свои услуги Зенобии. Тем временем, Рим отправляет в Сирию два новых легиона, и одновременно на страну готова напасть Персия, чьим шпионом является ближайший советник царицы Земанзий.
Set Decoration
Молодая горничная Лина попадает в тюрьму из-за махинаций своего возлюбленного. В тюрьме она попадает под опеку Эгле, женщины, наученной горьким опытом жизни и тюрьмы, которая пользуется огромным авторитетом. Она подталкивает Лину в сторону большей независимости и агрессивности. Эгле выливает на девушку весь грязный быт тюрьмы, развращая ее своими аморальными действами. Позже Лину оправдывают, но она не забывает наставления Эгле… Она не может вернуться к прежней жизни. Вскоре она снова попадает в тюрьму, но уже не наивной девушкой, а вульгарной и озлобленной проституткой, тем самым шокируя даже свою «учительницу».
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Молодая горничная Лина попадает в тюрьму из-за махинаций своего возлюбленного. В тюрьме она попадает под опеку Эгле, женщины, наученной горьким опытом жизни и тюрьмы, которая пользуется огромным авторитетом. Она подталкивает Лину в сторону большей независимости и агрессивности. Эгле выливает на девушку весь грязный быт тюрьмы, развращая ее своими аморальными действами. Позже Лину оправдывают, но она не забывает наставления Эгле… Она не может вернуться к прежней жизни. Вскоре она снова попадает в тюрьму, но уже не наивной девушкой, а вульгарной и озлобленной проституткой, тем самым шокируя даже свою «учительницу».
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An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life.
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Marcellino becomes an orphan and finds two uncles--a good old eccentric man and a villain.
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Two young hunters of wolves are involved in a conflict. Besides the dangerous wild wolves, beautiful Teresa is the center of attention.
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The love triangle between a Countess, a soldier and a younger woman.
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Two young men try to make it big as musicians.
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In Romagna, an Italian district, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the owners of an estate are the professor Edoardo, always lost in reveries, and his wife Maria. They have a son, Robertino, who has a friend: Zvanin. Zvanin is the son of Mingòn and Marianna, two peasants. Dolly is an american cousin and every summer she comes in Romagna. The movie narrates their stories over the years until the post I World War period.
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Guido Carani, an engineer of noble descent, has just lost his son born to him by a chorus dancer, who, desperate, has become a nun. After a while he also loses his wife and daughter in a boating accident. Poor Guido is in despair, but soon he meets Lina, a woman who is a dead ringer for Luisa.
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In a luxury hotel in Miramare, a competition is organized between pop music singers. Famous celebrities and famous singers are invited.
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The story of an honest young man entangled by a night singer in the Camorra.
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Riccardo, a brilliant pianist studying in Rome, falls in love with Germaine, a young and pretty French tourist.
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After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.
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Венеция, 1866 год, последние дни австро-венгерской оккупации. Партизаны готовят освобождение города. А в это время между австрийским красавцем-офицером и очаровательной венецианской графиней разгорается страстный любовный роман.
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Мара Гуалтьери, девушка легкого поведения, во время железнодорожной аварии спасает маленькую польскую девочку, родители которой погибли. Девочка напомнила Маре её умершую дочь. Мара хочет удочерить девочку, но она не может этого сделать, пока не устроится на работу. С трудом она находит работу на заводе. Случайно Мара встречает своего бывшего любовника, который был отцом её дочери. Он женат, но в семье нет детей. Он думает, что девочка - его дочь...
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An Italian drama based on the play by Luigi Pirandello.
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Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war widow who comes on pilgrimage in Italy.
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Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself with gas because he lost a lot of money due to some wrong investments.
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Northern Italian Stefano marries sweetheart Maria by proxy while working abroad in Canada. However, she is mistakenly accused of her sister's crime of abandoning her own child and, when Stefano finds out, he decides to call off their marriage.
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Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.
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A young widow flees from her small town and moves to the seaside, where she falls for a fisherman.
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Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.
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Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.
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In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the pieces of film given to him bit by bit, Cottafavi shot Una donna ha ucciso, a minor film that marked his comeback to directing. (Gianni Rondolino)
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The tragic love story between Guido, the owner of a marble quarry and Luisa, the humble daughter of one of his employees, ends up in her giving birth to a baby boy. Giulio's mother is against them: at first she takes her son abroad with an excuse and then has her grandson kidnapped making Luisa think the boy died in a fire.
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Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.
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Diavolo's bandits fight Napoleon's troops and so King Ferdinand IV, the Neapolitan king, makes Fra Diavolo a Colonel. In the meantime the bandit also falls in love with Marietta, the king's illegitimate child.
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Saverio Luparello is the manager of Sicilian baron Occipinti's estate. The cunning greedy man intentionally lets the land turn into a wasteland, hoping that his employer, discouraged by its low returns, will sell his earth to him for next to nothing. His plans are thwarted by a share cropper, Diego Costa, who farms his lot zealously and to good results.
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Anna flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover, an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit, the couple’s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother to help support their child.
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The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
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Bianca, a rich heiress, being an orphan, lives in her palace with her guardian uncle and cousin Olga.
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A family drama involving a wife torn between her husband and her criminal ex-lover.
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Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
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Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue following World War II.
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A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
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Труппа бродячих актеров комедии дель’арте приезжает в одну из деревень, чтобы дать очередное представление. Здесь клоун-горбун Тонио после долгих сомнений находит в себе силы признаться в любви красавице Недде, жене хозяина труппы Канио. Однако слышит в ответ лишь смех. Затаивший обиду Тонио следит за Неддой и видит, как она ласково говорит с местным крестьянином Сильвио. Шут зовет Канио, который становится свидетелем разговора явно влюбленной друг в друга парочки. В ярости он пытается требовать от Недды объяснений, но подходит время спектакля, и Паяц вынужден надевать маску, хотя сердце его разрывается от ревности и боли предательства любимой женщины.
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A famous painting by Antonello da Messina, "the man with a gray glove", has been entrusted to an old restorer. When, subsequently, the painting is withdrawn from the restorer's studio and exposed, the art critic Drago discovers that it is not the original, but a copy.
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Two little angels, a boy and a girl, come down on earth to choose their parents prior to birth. They choose the daughter of a retired general as their future mother and an opera singer as their dad. But making the two chosen ones meet, fall in love and marry will prove to be anything but easy.
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In the 19th century, a thug from the slums of Paris pretends to be a young aristocrat, but is unmasked by a demi-mondaine, from the same background as him.
Set Decoration
Фабрицио дель Донго, молодой архиепископ, тратит все силы на свои любовные романы, а не на церковь, создавая сложности для всех вокруг. Графиня Сан Северина - одна из женщин, которые любят его и ревнуют друг к другу. Сам же Фабрицио влюблен в дочь тюремщика, которая дала клятву Деве Марии, что никогда больше не увидит его снова.
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The story of the most infamous bandit in Romagna, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.
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Marco and his son Toto work in a Venetian gondola yard and maintain the old traditions of gondoliers. When a newly-arrived businessman decides he wants to buy the yard and demolish it, Marco and company want to fight to preserve their way of life. The businessman, however, knows Marco is badly in debt and uses this to try to leverage Marco out of business. Can tradition win out in the face of naked commercialism?
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Leo (Vittorio De Sica) is young man trying to make a living without any success. Through fortuitous circumstances, he is assigned by the director of a big firm to accompany for one night the daughter of the firm's accountant, Titi (María Mercader). Leo pretends then to be the son of a tycoon, and takes her in a luxurious restaurant.
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A husband states that a possible betrayal of his wife, he would kill her without mercy. The case is that his hypothesis turns into a presumed reality.
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1875. After completing her studies in boarding school, the young Duchess Anna Castellani, returns home and meets by chance a friend of her father, a count much older than herself.
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Young Rosalia marries the painter Corrado Palmieri, but gets disowned by her family, opposed to the marriage. Then during a fight, Corrado kills his brother in law and is sentenced to a life sentence.
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This film relates the story of Russian Princess Fedora (Louise Ferida), in Czarist times, whose royal lover is assassinated on the eve of their marriage. She pledges vengeance, only to become the victim of her vow when she falls in love again.
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The nephew of a wealthy nobleman, convicted for a forged check, is replaced in prison by a poor engineer. From the exchange of people derives a chain of misunderstandings and messes that ends out well.
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A comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (de Sica) has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletta Prima (Magnani). After his creditors threaten to sell his belongings, he takes a job as an orphanage health inspector to pay his debts and ends up engaged to wealthy Lilli, daughter of a mattress tycoon, and chased after by the orphan Teresa Venerdí, while trying to keep his life in order.
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Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.
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In Naples in the second half of the nineteenth century, a young noblewoman falls in love with a nobleman of ill repute.
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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, offers to marry her but she, not wanting to give up an advantageous connection, turns him down, advising the youth to not change the nature of their relationship. Then, the boy feeling the entire baseness of his situation, returns home to his parents who welcome him back with joy and takes up again a commitment to sport.
