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Lionello De Felice

Born September 9, 1916 · Naples, Campania, Italy

Died December 14, 1989 · aged 73

Lionello De Felice was an Italian film director and screenwriter active from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. Born in Naples, he began his career as an assistant director before making his directorial debut with Senza bandiera (1951). De Felice directed several films across various genres, including Too Young for Love (1953), Cento anni d'amore (1954), and Constantine and the Cross (1961). His w…

Known For

Goliath and the Sins of BabylonGoliath and the Sins of Babylon · 1963
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon
★ 5.51963
MovieAdventureFantasy
Goliath battles for the freedom of the Babylonian people.
Constantine and the CrossConstantine and the Cross · 1961
Constantine and the Cross
★ 5.31961
MovieAdventureDrama
Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
The Age of IndiscretionThe Age of Indiscretion · 1953
The Age of Indiscretion
★ 8.51953
MovieComedy
In a small provincial Italian town, a fifteen-year-old boy meets and falls in love with a girl.
The Revenge of the GladiatorsThe Revenge of the Gladiators · 1964
The Revenge of the Gladiators
★ 7.01964
MovieHistoryAdventure
Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. It was shot back to back with Seven Slaves Against the World.
100 Years of Love100 Years of Love · 1954
100 Years of Love
★ 7.51954
MovieComedyDrama
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.
The Murder ClinicThe Murder Clinic · 1966
The Murder Clinic
★ 6.51966
MovieHorrorCrime
Patients and those working in an isolated mental hospitals are murdered, one by one, by a madman lurking in the corridors
Four Steps in the CloudsFour Steps in the Clouds · 1942
Four Steps in the Clouds
★ 7.41942
MovieDramaComedy
Travelling family man Paolo agrees to pose as husband to an unwed pregnant girl he meets on a train. However, once faced with her father, things do not go as planned.
Countdown to DoomsdayCountdown to Doomsday · 1966
Countdown to Doomsday
★ 7.51966
MovieThrillerAction
NY private eye Jeff Milton is investigating a case of kidnapping in Caracas.

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Seven Rebel GladiatorsSeven Rebel Gladiators · 1965
Seven Rebel Gladiators
★ 6.51965
MovieHistoryAdventure
The ruthless Roman tribune, Vadio, joins forces with the evil Morakeb to take over the throne of Aristea, usurping King Krontal and stealing away his lovely daughter in the process. Meanwhile, Marco Aulo, now a Roman centurion, comes to Aristea to learn where his legions war funds have gone. Vadio has him framed for treason and is thrown into the arena to fight a group of six formidable gladiators. During the fights, Marco refuses to kill those he defeats until finally, he himself loses after exhaustion takes its toll. Admiring this man, the six warriors join him and together they escape Vadio's clutches and plot to free the kingdom from the two conspiring killers. Edited from Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules

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