Memo Benassi
Actor · 1886 – 1957 · Sorbolo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Movies22
Movie5.4HistoryDocumentaryThis early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
The Conquest of the Air
1931 · 5 votes
Movie6.6DramaGaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
Movie6.1RomanceDramaIn Florence, at the time of Lorenzo de Medici, known also as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the aristocrat brothers Chiaramantesi rule with an iron fist the streets of the city. Ruthless and fierce, the two brothers have chosen as their special victim the innocent and harmless Giannetto. Even though determined to not react to the cruel pranks of the brothers, Giannetto is forced to take a stand when Ginevra, a beautiful girl that works in the Chiaramantesi household, is dragged into the game. To defend his honor and protect the girl, Giannetto works out a fiendish plot that will end in blood and madness.
Movie10.0DramaHistoryItalian version of 'Princess Tarakanova'. A film about the story of princess Élisabeth Tarakanova.
Movie10.0HistoryAdventureA sweeping, cinematic pseudo-documentary history of human flight, starting with the failed attempt of Icarus, and ending with the aviation triumphs of the fascist regime.
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- Movie7.0Drama
Peccatori
1945 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyIl vagabondo
1941 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaHistoryPadua, 1540. Angelo is married to Caterina but has an affair with Tisbe, an actress who travels with Rodolfo, presented as her brother but actually her lover and also Caterina's first and true love. Tisbe is also searching for the daughter of the woman who saved her mother from capital punishment and to whom she had given a crucifix. Caterina, victim of a plot hatched by Angelo and Tisbe, is saved by her at the last minute, as she recognizes her as the daughter of the woman who saved her mother from capital punishment.
Il Tiranno di Padova
1946 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DramaA married society woman strikes up a romance with a young musician. She introduces the man to high society. The society woman eventually decides to break off the relationship and the musician attempts to blackmail her.
Movie4.1DramaHistoryA story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.
Movie9.0ComedyA comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of outlaws and lands up becoming involved romantically with a gangster.
- Movie8.0DramaAdventure
Das Abenteuer der Sybille Brant
1925 · 1 votes
Movie5.5WarDramaA story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
MovieDramaHistoryDente per dente
1943
- Movie9.0Mystery
Il trattato scomparso
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaLe due orfanelle
1942 · 2 votes
Movie9.0DramaMusicThe famous composer's life and his career. His love story with Isabella Colbran, the soprano who was to become his wife and the singer in all his operas up to the unfortunate day she lost her voice.
Rossini
1942 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAn elderly chestnut vendor lives in poverty but once a month puts on a show with silk and a carriage to impress her daughter in a convent. One day she is robbed of her meager savings.
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Melodrama, about a father and son sharing the love for the same charming girl. A dramatic night storm leads to jealousy and loss of honor.
Movie8.0ComedyQuarta pagina
1942 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
L'ultimo sogno
1944 · 1 votes