Paolo Azzurri
Actor · b. 1878 · Italy
Movies10
Movie5.0DramaRomanceAfter seven years of traveling, Aeneas and the other Trojans are surprised by a storm that wrecks their ship on the African coast. Here they are led by the Amazons to the Queen of Carthage, Dido, who soon falls in love with Aeneas. When the King of Numidia, Iarbas, comes to marry Dido, she rejects him. But in the meantime Anchises appears to Aeneas in dreams, and commands him to leave to found Rome. So, while Iarbas’ army surrounds Carthage, Aeneas embarks secretly for Rome.
Didone Abbandonata
1910 · 1 votes
Movie6.0DramaItalian short drama directed by Luigi Maggi.
Movie4.0DramaA Prince is suffering from winter doldrums; his palace alchemist gives him some magical doodads to ease his distress.
- Movie6.5FantasyDrama
A mother confronts Death as to why he has to take her young boy. And he shows her the future to explain why he need to be eliminated.
- Movie5.0
Italian short drama directed by Luigi Maggi.
La nave dei leoni
1912 · 1 votes
Movie6.0RomanceWarA grandfather recalls how he and his wife met and fell in love during the Second Italian War of Independence.
- Movie4.0Comedy
Tweedledum goes out dining with a girl. He discovers that his worthy father is out on a little lark and is in the next booth to him. Many amusing complications result and in the end the old man buys his son's silence by paying both checks.
Robinet padre e figlio
1912 · 1 votes
MovieFantasyHorrorA humble fisherman's singing distubs some witches. The eldest witch tries to make him stop, to no avail. She throws handfuls of gold into the sea, making the fisherman crave for riches. He becomes a lord, a spendthrift, a gambler and, poor again, a bandit. Full with remorse, he returns to the sea only to drown himself.
Movie4.2DramaCount Christian of Sivry secretly marries a beautiful factory worker, but his father disowns him. Living as a poor worker, he becomes a jockey when his money runs out. After a steeplechase fall, he is brought to his parents, who finally forgive him.
Movie5.5HistoryDramaRoman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace. Informed of the danger of an imminent popular uprising, Nero orders to set fire to the city, which he watches from a terrace, rejoicing and playing his lyra.