Roberto Pasetti
Actor
Movies7
Movie8.0DramaA ferryman assists a woman who had a car accident and falls in love with her. When she leaves suddenly, he sets out to find her.
L'argine
1938 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaIn Italy, in 1736, Pergolese is in love with Maria. But Maria's brother, Count Raniero, forbids his sister to marry a modest composer. Pergolese kidnaps the young girl, but they are caught. Maria is locked up in her castle while Pergolese dies in the convent that takes him in.
Les Amours de Pergolese
1933 · 1 votes
Movie5.7HistoryThe film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic Church. He comes back to Italy and he tries to get the help of the government of Piedmont. The Count Cavour, although he appreciates the Cardinal's deeds in Africa, cannot grant his Cabinet's support to the Cardinal's plans. The missionary man, trusting the Divine Providence, goes back to Africa by himself. The Cardinal, who is known among the people as Abuna Messias, becomes a friend of king Menelik. The support of the king is fundamental to spread his word and accomplish his mission. The Head of the Coptic Church, Abuna Attanasio, does whatever he can to prevent Massaia from reaching his goals and to get him exiled from Ethiopia. Menelik refuses to help Abuna Attanasio, who decides to address the Emperor, thus igniting a war between the Emperor and his subject Menelik. In order to end the war, the Cardinal decides to leave Africa.
Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana
1939 · 6 votes
MovieComedy
Movie10.0DramaThe servant girl Carmela arrives from her village to work in the house of the notary Don Domenico, a hypocritical and ambiguous man, who seduces her. The girl flees from the house and falls into the clutches of a shrew who flatters her with promises and wants to exploit her beauty. A young man, Salvatore, known as Il Nero, who works in the sulfur mines, rescues her from the vile house and forces the notary to make amends for his wrongdoing by marrying her. The girl goes through the various events as if in a daze. On her wedding day, she faints before entering the church and falls seriously ill. Before she dies, she reveals that the sulfur miner was her only love and that his lack of understanding caused her illness.
Movie5.4DramaHistoryItalian historical drama portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.
Beatrice Cenci
1941 · 5 votes
Movie6.8DramaHistoryFollows the life of Catholic Priest John Bosco (1815–1888).
Don Bosco
1935 · 2 votes