Deep Archive Finds in the Vein of Frauenraub in Marokko: Cult Guide

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

Angelo Musco leaves his small town in Sicily to go to Rome for an operation. Once there, he decides he likes that continental air and proceeds to acquire a veneer of same...and also acquires a dancer, sporting-and-claiming an even-larger dose of Continental Veneer. They return together to Sicily with Musco under the impression she comes from the continent. Leda's clothes, manners, habits and flirting ways start a small revelation-style revolution, which is not to Musco's liking. He ships Leda back to Rome, but not before learning that he has been taken in by a Scilian native, as Leda was born in a near-by town.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Those Two perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

This picture portrays the terrible assault upon Derna, in which the young Italian captain, Adolfo Bertini, was wounded in the forehead and, after a conflict, fell into the hands of the Arabs. This officer managed to protect a young Arabian girl from insult by the Turks, and thus gained the good will of the tribe to which she belonged. When the cries of the news vendors in Naples announced the capture of Captain Bertini his wife lost her senses from the shock. Eminent alienists proclaimed it a case of mental torpor, which could only be cured upon again seeing her husband. Maria, the little daughter of Captain Bertini, planned to go to Africa to find her father. Her mother did not notice her leave taking because of her condition. She disguised herself as a boy and managed to find a place on a merchant vessel. Her good disposition succeeded in gaining for her the affection of everyone. The father was freed and returned with his daughter to Naples. The presence of her husband and child brought the young woman out of her stupor, and happiness once again reigned in the house.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Heroine from Derna perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Comedy of a man deserting his own impossible family, and comforting a rich widow who sees in him a resemblance to her lost husband.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Lo smemorato perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

Mara Flores, a capricious and unscrupulous man-eater, is addicted to high society life. During an evening out with friends at a club, Mara meets engineer Carlo Valderi, who falls madly in love with her.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Fünf bange Tage perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Remake of the famous novel, "Trilby"

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

In this farce about a new European republic, a peasant yokel is nominated at a convention and thwarts a Royalist plot after he is elected.

Dir: Gennaro Righelli

An old teacher got married with a young girl, the school caretaker's daughter, to save her from the dishonour caused by a guy. However he wants her to stay with her beloved guy....