Directing
Riccardo Freda
Born February 24, 1909 · Alexandria, Egypt
Died December 20, 1999 · aged 90
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took …
Known For
Theodora, Slave Empress · 1954Theodora, Slave Empress
★ 6.31954
MovieHistoryRomance
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
The Witch's Curse · 1962The Witch's Curse
★ 4.71962
MovieAdventureFantasy
Maciste travels to Hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world.
O Caçula do Barulho · 1949O Caçula do Barulho
★ 9.01949
MovieComedy
In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray.
D'Artagnan's Daughter · 1994D'Artagnan's Daughter
★ 5.71994
MovieAdventureAction
It is 1654, in the South of France. When horsemen follow a runaway slave into the convent where he's taken sanctuary and kill both the fugitive and the Mother Superior, they little realise that one of the novices is the spirited daughter of retired musketeer D'Artagnan.
In campagna è caduta una stella · 1939In campagna è caduta una stella
★ 9.01939
MovieComedy
An American starlet inflames two Italian peasants who forget about their respective fiance's. One of them even thinks of marrying her and begins to plan for the engagement banquet. When the girl decides to live the countryside harmony reigns again.
Double Cross · 1951Double Cross
★ 6.71951
MovieDrama
A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.
Tutta la città canta · 1945Tutta la città canta
★ 7.51945
MovieComedy
A shy and oppressed professor inherits a musical theater show, so he has the opportunity to change is life and find the real love.
My Name Is Kate · 1994My Name Is Kate
★ 6.41994
MovieTV MovieDrama
Kate (Donna Mills) is an alcoholic--and, as is often the case, she is in full denial regarding her illness. Only when she is threatened with mass desertion by her husband, children and best friend does the sullen Kate agree to seek out treatment.
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