Rare Cinematic Gems Sharing the Atmosphere of Maciste in Africa: Cu...

Dir: Mario Camerini

A young honeymooning couple are lured away to a seaside resort by a high-society sleazeball, who has plans to seduce the girl, while at the same time her hubby in desperation stakes all his money on the roulette wheels.

Dir: Mario Camerini

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Je vous aimerai toujours perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Alternate French version of T'Amero Sempre: Coming to Paris after an unhappy youth, a lonely woman has a love affair but when she is pregnant the man abandons her. Will she be able to find a new happiness?

Dir: Mario Camerini

An Italian proprietor of a squalid Djibouti bar collaborated in selling arms to Ethiopians fighting his own country's invasion but after finding his long lost son on the Fascist front he decides to choose patriotism over selfish profit.

Dir: Mario Camerini

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Last Roll-Call perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Gold is a millionaire tired of the hypocrisy that surrounds him. After saving a homeless man's life, he gets hold of his clothes by wandering around town in search of someone who appreciates him for who he really is, not for his money.

Dir: Mario Camerini

A youth and an elderly libertine aristocrat vie for the favors of a beautiful woman, amid the setting of Rapallo.

Dir: Mario Camerini

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of I'll Give a Million perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers to an island where a timid man has retreated.After 3 ruffians come in search of gold, he summons the courage to defend her and his turf.

Dir: Mario Camerini

Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. He weds Elisa Cegani, a servant girl, who turns out to be a more appealing wife than any of the others could have been. Assis Noris decorates the screen well as one of the chasers and pursuers. In 1937, De Sica and Noris made a film, "II Signor Max," which, other than the setting and character role names, basically has the same plot as this film.

Dir: Mario Camerini

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'ultima avventura perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In the 17th century the Spanish governor of Naples falls in love with a beautiful woman and puts her husband in jail so he can seduce her.

Dir: Mario Camerini

A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims.

Dir: Mario Camerini

When young Adriana gives birth to her daughter, she understands that her baby's father won't come back to her; he is, in fact, a playboy, Diego. Years pass by and Adriana is now happy with her new job in a hair salon but, when one day Diego comes in the salon, he sees Adriana and he tries to speak with her but she tries to hide herself. He visits her another night but she refuses him; in the meantime, a colleague of Adriana, the accountant Mario Fabbrini.....