Italian Films 1910s-1930s


1. 1911 L'Inferno
Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
Director: Francesco Bertolini
Stars: Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano

2. 1913 Quo vadis
A religious woman seeks to save her people from destruction by seducing and murdering the enemy leader, but her plans get complicated once she falls for him.
Director: Enrico Guazzoni
Stars: Amleto Novelli, Gustavo Serena

3. 1913 Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Two love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
Director: Mario Caserini
Stars: Fernanda Negri Pouget, Eugenia Tettoni Fior

4. 1914 Cabiria
Three centuries before Christus. Young Cabiria is kidnapped by some pirates during one eruption of the Etna. She is sold as a slave in Carthage, and as she is just going to be sacrificed to god Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by both Fulvio Axilla, a Roman noble, and his giant slave Maciste.
Director: Giovanni Pastrone
Stars: Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta

5. 1915 Assunta Spina
Napoli, gli inizi del secolo. Assunta Spina è una bella stiratrice ed ha per amante Michele, ma Raffaele continua a girarle attorno.
Director: Francesca Bertini
Stars: Francesca Bertini, Gustavo Serena

6. 1915 Maciste
A young girl, pursued by a band of conspirators, hides in a movie theatre where she watches the film Cabiria. She determines to seek the aid of that film's strongman, Maciste.
Director: Luigi Romano Borgnetto
Stars: Bartolomeo Pagano, Leone Papa

7. 1916 Cenere
Anania grows to adulthood and retains possession of an amulet, but he is haunted by his mother’s absence and tries to locate her.
Director: Giovanni Pastrone
Stars: Pina Menichelli, Febo Mari

8. 1917 Thaïs
Paphnutius, a wealthy Alexandrian, is about to embrace the new faith of Christianity, but is persuaded by a friend to first see Thais, the most notable courtesan of her time.
Director: Hugo Ballin
Stars: Mary Garden, Hamilton Revelle

9. 1918 Fabiola
It is an adaptation of the 1854 novel Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman about the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Director: Enrico Guazzoni
Stars: Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto, Bruto Castellani

10. 1918 La storia di un peccato
Director: Carmine Gallone
Stars: Soava Gallone, Ciro Galvani

11. 1921 The Mechanical Man
The mechanical man possess super-human speed and strength. The scientist is killed however by a gang of criminals, led by a woman named Mado, who wish to get the instructions for building the mechanical man.
Director: André Deed
Stars: Giulia Costa, André Deed

12. 1924 Messalina
It portrays the life of Messalina, the third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Director: Enrico Guazzoni
Stars: Rina De Liguoro, Calisto Bertramo

13. 1924 Quo Vadis
Watch the Apostles and other followers like Saul preach the gospel and spread the message of love and hope in this high quality entertaining animated feature for your kids and family.
Director: Gabriellino D'Annunzio
Stars: Emil Jannings, Elena Sangro

14. 1926 Maciste in the Lion's Cage
Maciste in the Lion's Cage was part of the popular Maciste series of films. It was the penultimate film of the silent series.
Director: Guido Brignone
Stars: Bartolomeo Pagano, Elena Sangro

15. 1935 Don Bosco
The film is a portrayal of the life of the Catholic Priest John Bosco (1815–1888). It was made by Riccardo Gualino's Lux Film, one of the bigger Italian companies of the era.
Director: Goffredo Alessandrini
Stars: Gianpaolo Rosmino, Maria Vincenza Stiffi

16. 1936 Amazzoni bianche
Commedia degli equivoci di ambiente sportivo. In montagna, un circolo di sciatori organizza una gara per sole signorine con un vistoso premio di duecentomila lire per la prima classificata.
Director: Gennaro Righelli
Stars: Dusca Alexandrowna, Maria Arcione

17. 1938 Ettore Fieramosca
Ettore Fieramosca is a 1938 Italian historical film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Mario Ferrari and Elisa Cegani.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti
Stars: Gino Cervi, Mario Ferrari