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Giuseppe de Liguoro

Born January 10, 1869 · Naples, Campania, Italy

Died March 19, 1944 · aged 75

Giuseppe de Liguoro (1869–1944) was an Italian actor and film director of the silent era. He came from an aristocratic neapolitan family. De Liguoro was a pioneering figure of early Italian cinema, making a number of historical films in early 1910s such as L'Inferno (1911) and Mary Tudor (1911). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giuseppe de Liguoro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list o…

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Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno · 1911

Dante's Inferno

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The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.

L'Odissea

L'Odissea · 1911

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Film adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.'

Odette

Odette is a 1916 Italian silent drama film based upon the play by Victorien Sardou, directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro, and starring Francesca Bertini, Alfredo De Antoni, and Carlo Benetti. It was remade in 1928 and 1935, with both versions also starring Bertini. Only 25 minutes survives of the 1916 film.

Fedora

An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.

Burgos

MovieDocumentary

The documentary was entirely filmed in the province of Burgos, containing monuments and architecture considered emblematic of Spanish heritage. Color was added to the film at a later date, by hand. Burgos is a fine example of the timeless beauty of hand-stenciled film, as well as sound actuality filmmaking by two cinematic pioneers.

Christus

Christus · 1914

Count Ugolino

Count Ugolino · 1911

Count Ugolino is sent to hell and Dante tells the story of how he deserves his place.

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Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno · 1911

Dante's Inferno

MovieFantasyHorror

The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.

Director

L'Odissea

L'Odissea · 1911

MovieAdventureFantasy

Film adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.'

Director

Odette

Odette is a 1916 Italian silent drama film based upon the play by Victorien Sardou, directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro, and starring Francesca Bertini, Alfredo De Antoni, and Carlo Benetti. It was remade in 1928 and 1935, with both versions also starring Bertini. Only 25 minutes survives of the 1916 film.

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Fedora

An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.

Director

Burgos

MovieDocumentary

The documentary was entirely filmed in the province of Burgos, containing monuments and architecture considered emblematic of Spanish heritage. Color was added to the film at a later date, by hand. Burgos is a fine example of the timeless beauty of hand-stenciled film, as well as sound actuality filmmaking by two cinematic pioneers.

Director

Christus

Christus · 1914

Director

Count Ugolino

Count Ugolino · 1911

Count Ugolino is sent to hell and Dante tells the story of how he deserves his place.

Director