Essential Cult Cinema Drawn from the Same DNA as Hingabe: Cult Guide

Dir: Guido Brignone

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Guido Brignone

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Guido Brignone

Socrate, a weird parrot, one day flies away through an open window.

Dir: Guido Brignone

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La fuga di Socrate perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Italian pioneers in turn of the century South America: the father helps build a railway.The daughter reconnects with a disillusioned doctor she had met on the boat coming in. The story follows their grandson and into WWI.

Dir: Guido Brignone

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Guido Brignone

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

Old fashioned opera adaptation: A feisty and free spirited woman of the Tyrol withdraws to a mountain peak when she is separated from the man she loves. When he later attempts to rejoin her, disaster results.

Dir: Guido Brignone

Having lost the money for the honey moon on a mishap during the bachelor party the night before, groom and bride get stranded in their trip 'til they meet by chance and ex partner of the husband that finds him a job in her theater company.

Dir: Guido Brignone

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Il gigante delle Dolomiti perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Guido Brignone

Florence 15th century: Ginevra falls into a state of catalepsy after a marriage imposed on her by her father. She is thought to be dead and buried but manages to leave her tomb and goes for help to her father and husband who however think she is a ghost. Antonio a poor struggling painter helps her but he's put to trial since he's thought to have stolen Ginevra's corpse.

Dir: Guido Brignone

"Telefoni bianchi" comedy. A young man inherits from his uncle under strict conditions: he must live for three years in the luxurious house that was left to him without ever leaving it and without ever receiving a visit from a young girl.