Giovanni Onorato

Acting

Giovanni Onorato

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The Little World of Don CamilloThe Little World of Don Camillo · 1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
7.61952
MovieComedy
In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
The Return of Don CamilloThe Return of Don Camillo · 1953
The Return of Don Camillo
7.21953
MovieComedy
Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
The King's JesterThe King's Jester · 1941
The King's Jester
7.01941
MovieDrama
Based on a Victor Hugo play, and scored with music from the later opera by Giuseppe Verdi, the film tells about a hunchbacked clown whose beautiful daughter falls in love with the lecherous king.
Don Camillo's Last RoundDon Camillo's Last Round · 1955
Don Camillo's Last Round
7.31955
MovieComedyHistory
Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.
Girl of the Golden WestGirl of the Golden West · 1942
Girl of the Golden West
6.51942
MovieWesternDrama
Ettore FieramoscaEttore Fieramosca · 1938
Ettore Fieramosca
6.61938
MovieHistory
ETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the most important director of the Italian fascist period, Alessandro Blasetti, it was intended to boost current patriotic fervor and pride in the Italian nation, and it contributed to a revival of Italian nationalism.
La carovana del peccatoLa carovana del peccato · 1953
La carovana del peccato
1953
MovieDramaRomance
The Blind Woman of SorrentoThe Blind Woman of Sorrento · 1953
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
7.51953
MovieDrama
In 19th-century Naples, Doctor Pisani is a patriot unjustly accused of having killed a marquise. He does not want to betray the cause and allows himself to be executed. Ten years later, his son Oliviero, who becomes an ophthalmologist, uncovers the truth and wants to marry Béatrice, the Marquise's daughter, who became blind during the assault on her mother's castle by revolutionary patriots.

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The GorgonThe Gorgon · 1942
The Gorgon
9.01942
MovieDramaHistory
1017 AD. The Republic of Pisa is organizing a fleet to drive out the Saracens who are infesting the Mediterranean. While the forces are away "The Gorgon," the young daughter of a Pisan nobleman who has been heroically killed, comes to be solemnly invested as the figurehead virgin who will maintain a lantern to celebrate the men's victorious return. In charge of the home guard is an ambitious young Florentine who feels deprived of the forthcoming honour and glory, and who seeks revenge by violating the sacred person of the virgin. He gains access to her well guarded quarters, but when the Gorgon falls helplessly in love with him, his desire for vengeance falls away. His plot exposed, he commits suicide rather than invoke the wrath of the Pisans. The Gorgon too takes her life by throwing herself from a high tower. Meanwhile, the victorious Pisan vessels return.

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