Afro Poli
Actor · 1902 – 1988 · Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Movies13
Movie5.1FantasyAdventureIn this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediately on arrival, he falls in love with the king's delectable, briefly clad daughter Iole. Before he can win her, he must succeed in a series of quests, in the course of which he teams up with Jason, true heir of Iolcus, whom he accompanies on the famous voyage of the Argonauts.
MovieMusicDramaBased on Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The film recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda and Silvio. The only actor in the cast who also sang his role was the celebrated Italian baritone, Tito Gobbi, but the film is largely very faithful to its source material, presenting the opera nearly complete.
Pagliacci
1948 · 1 votes
Movie5.5DramaThe Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.
Movie5.4DramaMusicThis Italian film version of Verdi's opera stars Sophia Loren on the screen, with Renata Tebaldi providing the vocals.
Aida
1953 · 10 votes
Movie10.0DramaMusicL'amore di Norma
1951 · 1 votes
Movie9.0AdventureActionIl leone di Amalfi
1950 · 2 votes
MovieDramaRomanceCavalcata d'eroi
1950
Movie7.5DramaHistoryChristina of Sweden, in exile in Rome, takes a handsome Italian officer as her lover. But he is in love with the very young wife of an elderly count. After many adventures, duels, settling of old scores, the officer and the countess get married. Former Queen Christina finds herself another captain of the guard.
Movie7.0DramaSoprano Anna Moffo stars as winsome courtesan Violetta Valery -- who tries to protect her rash lover, Alfredo, even if it means lying and breaking his heart -- in this 1968 version of composer Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece. Recorded at the Rome Opera House with renowned conductor Giuseppe Patanè leading the orchestra and chorus, the production also stars Gino Bechi as Alfredo's angst-ridden father.
La traviata
1967 · 2 votes
Movie10.0RomanceMusic1949 movie version of the Rossini opera
Cenerentola
1949 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaA nasty Rome police chief circa 1800 forces the lover of a painter, suspected of harboring a political prisoner, to reveal the hiding place and to yield to his power and lust.
Tosca
1956 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MusicDramaA film adaptation of Gaetano Donizetti's famous opera from 1835. Lucia is forced by her brother to marry for political reasons. Her fiancé reacts very badly and curses her. Lucia goes mad and her fiancé kills himself.
Lucia di Lammermoor
1946 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaLa sultana Safiyè
1955 · 1 votes