Cinema paradiso

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poster Quo Vadis?

Quo Vadis?

120mn - Drama, History

During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's pro…

poster The Royal Tigress

The Royal Tigress

"Tigre Reale" (1916) was the film that consolidated Frau Menichelli's stardom, a film more than suitable for her performing skills and silent idiosyncrasy that any silent diva would kill to star in… In "T…

poster Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

45mn - Drama, Romance

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to b…

poster Pierrot the Prodigal

Pierrot the Prodigal

A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…

poster Malombra

Malombra

75mn - Mystery, Drama, Horror

Marina di Malombra (Borelli) lives in a castle prior to her wedding. She begins to read letters written by an ancestor called Cecilia. She finds out that Cecilia was driven to her death by her uncle. Mari…

poster Love In Limbo

Love In Limbo

Ken Riddle (Craig Adams), to whom sex is a mystery, joins his two mates from work, Arthur (Russell Crowe) and Barry (Aden Young), on a trip to Kalgoorlie’s infamous red light street in a fumbling attempt …

poster Anita Garibaldi

Anita Garibaldi

Kismet

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

Padre

Directed by Dante Testa and Gino Zaccaria.

poster Trinity and Sartana Are Coming

Trinity and Sartana Are Coming

103mn - Western, Comedy

Two clever con artists team up in the Wild West, outsmarting villains and outlaws at every turn while somehow never managing to keep the loot for themselves in this action-packed comedy Western adventure.

poster The Magic Lantern

The Magic Lantern

Two impish clowns construct a magic lantern. They prop it up at an angle, and use it to project pictures onto a wall. When the picture show ends, they open up the lantern to reveal a group of dancing girl…

poster Christus

Christus

Antamoro's CHRISTUS, epic in scale and ambition, and featuring decidedly otherworldly special effects, was released in 1916. Telling the story of the Life of Christ, the film is divided into three segment…

poster Forbidden Paradise

Forbidden Paradise

76mn - Comedy, Romance

Alexei, a young officer, saves the Czarina of a small European kingdom from revolutionary conspirators and is rewarded with her love. Infatuated, he deserts his sweetheart, Anna, the Czarina's lady-in-wai…

Rukus

87mn - Drama, Animation, Fantasy

A hybrid of documentary and fiction, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds.

poster The Campus Carmen

The Campus Carmen

A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

poster A Society Sensation

A Society Sensation

25mn - Drama, Comedy

A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a meek 24 minutes so the lead would be in every scene. Titl…

poster El satario

El satario

9mn - Fantasy, Horror

One of the earliest surviving pornographic films. A group of young women is frolicking in the countryside. Then a satyr appears and forces one woman to receive and perform oral sex and then have sex with…

poster The Treasures of Satan

The Treasures of Satan

3mn - Horror, Fantasy

The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seve…

poster A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

A Sea Cave Near Lisbon

1mn - Documentary

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from above almost in a vertical plunge onto the deep, rocky grou…

poster Grave Images

Grave Images

Anthology suspense / horror film with the creepy caretaker of a cemetery introducing some of its occupants and how each was murdered. Segments include "Made for Each Other," "Art Lover," "Whodunit to Whom…

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