Osvaldo Valenti

Acting

Osvaldo Valenti

Born February 17, 1906 · Istanbul, Turkey

Died April 30, 1945 · aged 39

No biography available.

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La sonnambulaLa sonnambula · 1941
La sonnambula
1941
MovieComedyHistory
SongSong · 1928
Song
7.31928
MovieDrama
After committing a murder for his lover, Gloria, the famous painter Jack is forced to go underground. In the harbor district, he saves the poor Malaysian girl Song in front of two intrusive sailors. She loves him for it, and together Song and Jack appear in the tingle dungeon of the port, he as a knife artist, she as a dancer.
The Iron CrownThe Iron Crown · 1941
The Iron Crown
5.61941
MovieAdventureFantasy
In the kingdom of Kindaor, traitor Sedesmondo kills his brother, the King of Kindaor, and becomes the tyrant of kingdom. He abandons the prince Arminio to beasts in the woods, but lions don't kill him and breed him as one of them.
L'invasoreL'invasore · 1949
L'invasore
1949
MovieDramaRomance
Kolossal - The Magnificent MacistiKolossal - The Magnificent Macisti · 1977
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
9.01977
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on the history of Italy's peplum genre.
Gli ultimi filibustieriGli ultimi filibustieri · 1943
Gli ultimi filibustieri
9.01943
MovieAdventure
Sequel to "Il figlio del corsaro rosso." Neala, daughter of the Red Corsair, is taken prisoner by the governor of Las Palmas, who wants to marry her for her dowry. Her brother, helped by the filibustieri, goes to her rescue.
The Jester's SupperThe Jester's Supper · 1942
The Jester's Supper
6.11942
MovieRomanceDrama
In 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.
La zia smemorataLa zia smemorata · 1940
La zia smemorata
1940
MovieComedy

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Beyond LoveBeyond Love · 1940
Beyond Love
8.01940
MovieDramaHistory
Set in the Papal States in the first half of the 19th century, it tells the story of the Roman noblewoman Vanina Vanini and her secret love for the Carbonaro Pietro Mirilli. The latter, given his commitments in the underground struggle, decides to abandon his young lover, who is nevertheless willing to marry him. Left alone, Vanina is unable to escape her despair and tries in every way to reunite with her companion, even going so far as to denounce the Carbonari to the Cardinal of Romagna, naming them all except Pietro and revealing the hiding place where they meet. Pietro, learning of Vanina's betrayal, casts her out. Only then does Vanina realize the gravity of her actions and decides to join the Carbonari, even participating in combat operations, during one of which she is wounded. This brings the two young people closer together forever.

Livio Savelli

HarlemHarlem · 1943
Harlem
9.01943
MovieDrama
This propaganda film was partly inspired by the story of the first Italian heavyweight champion Primo Carnera who, after winning the title with Al Capone’s help in 1933, was beaten the following year by the Jewish Max Bear and then again by the ‘Brown Bomber’ Detroit Joe Lewis in June 1935, on the eve of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. This match provoked numerous racial skirmishes on the streets of Harlem between the Black community and pro-Fascist Italian-Americans. The film overturns historical facts and here, obviously, it is the white boxer who wins in order to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan Italians” over the “sinister Jewish entrepreneurs” and the “savage Afro-American fans in Yankee Stadium”. In the film, these were played by South African prisoners-of-war interred in a work camp, which the German and Italian propaganda ministries had set up near Cinecittà “for cinematic purposes”.

Chris Sherman