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Fiamme sul mare (1948) Vittorio Cottafavi, Michal Waszynski, Carlo Ninchi, Evi Maltagliati, Silvana Jachino
A former war captain buys a wrecked ship Read More »
Jailbirds AKA Avanzi di galera (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Richard Basehart, Walter Chiari, Eddie Constantine
Three prisoners are discharged from jail: Stefano Luprandi, a surgeon accused of murdering Read More »
Hercules and the Captive Women AKA Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide (1961) Vittorio Cottafavi, Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni
The ever intrepid world-trotting hunk of a man Herc (Hercules to those who are not his friends) Read More »
Messalina Venere imperatrice (1960) Vittorio Cottafavi, Belinda Lee, Spyros Fokas, Carlo Giustini
After the tyrannical Emperor Caligula was murdered by his Praetorian Guards, Rome needs a new emperor. Read More »
Traviata ’53 (1953) Vittorio Cottafavi, Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress Read More »
A Woman Has Killed (1952) Vittorio Cottafavi, Frank Latimore, Lianella Carell, Alessandro Serbaroli
In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film Read More »
The Legions of Cleopatra (1959) Vittorio Cottafavi, Linda Cristal, Ettore Manni, Georges Marchal
Roman Emperor Octavian rules the empire from Rome, and his rival Marc Antony has taken Egyptian queen Cleopatra Read More »
The Warrior and the Slave Girl (1958) Vittorio Cottafavi, Gianna Maria Canale, Ettore Manni, Mara Cruz
Marcus Numidius (Ettore Manni), a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators’ revolt Read More »
I cento cavalieri (1964) Vittorio Cottafavi, Mark Damon, Antonella Lualdi, Gastone Moschin
In medieval times, Spain is occupied by the conquering Moors of North Africa. Read More »
A Free Woman (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Françoise Christophe, Pierre Cressoy, Gino Cervi, Drama
Liana, a girl with a good family, is about to marry an engineer, but the meeting with the musician Gerardo makes her change her mind. Read More »
Nel gorgo del peccato / Eternal Song of Love (1954) Vittorio Cottafavi, Elisa Cegani, Fausto Tozzi, Margot Hielscher, Drama
As Cottafavi himself said, “it is a story of love, death and drugs”. Read More »
Il boia di Lilla / Milady and the Musketeers (1952) Vittorio Cottafavi, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Lebon, Armando Francioli, Action, Adventure, Drama
La storia narra della vita Anne de Beuil, meglio conosciuta come Milady De Winter, famosa per essere la nemica dei 3 moschettieri, donna crudele dal passato oscuro legato a quello del conte de La Fère , prima come moglie e poi come avversari. La donna riuscirà a sopravvivere al tentato omicidio del marito ma la rincontrerà con il nome di Athos. Alla fine verrà condotta al patibolo, e il boia che deve ucciderla si scopre essere…
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