Luigi Chiesa

Grandmother's Lamp (1913)

Hoping to please her, some children give their grandmother an electric lamp for her birthday, but the elderly lady does not intend to put the old oil lamp in the attic and tells the young people that the object has a huge value for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Maggi
CAST:  Fernanda Negri Pouget  •  Umberto Scalpellini  •  Luigi Chiesa  •  Luciano Manara

Hoping to please her, some children give their grandmother an electric lamp for her birthday, but the elderly lady does not intend to put the old oil lamp in the attic and tells the young people that the object has a huge value for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Maggi
CAST:  Fernanda Negri Pouget  •  Umberto Scalpellini  •  Luigi Chiesa  •  Luciano Manara

Satan's Castle (1914)

A shepherd, answering the question of some tourists why the ruined castle near which they were standing was named "Satan's Castle," tells them the story on the screen.  (more)

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CAST:  Luigi Chiesa  •  Antonietta Calderari

A shepherd, answering the question of some tourists why the ruined castle near which they were standing was named "Satan's Castle," tells them the story on the screen.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Luigi Chiesa  •  Antonietta Calderari

The Destruction of Carthage (1914)

In ancient times Rome looked upon Carthage as her greatest rival, and determined to plan her downfall. Cato, a Roman Senator, appealed to the Senate to conquer Carthage, and under a pretext that she had failed to keep faith, the Romans began a new war. The Roman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Maggi
CAST:  Eugenia Tettoni Fior  •  François-Paul Donadio  •  Luigi Chiesa  •  Giuseppina Valdata-Farinon

In ancient times Rome looked upon Carthage as her greatest rival, and determined to plan her downfall. Cato, a Roman Senator, appealed to the Senate to conquer Carthage, and under a pretext that she had failed to keep faith, the Romans began a new war. The Roman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Maggi
CAST:  Eugenia Tettoni Fior  •  François-Paul Donadio  •  Luigi Chiesa  •  Giuseppina Valdata-Farinon

Cinderella (1913)

A Italian variation of the Cinderella story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eleuterio Rodolfi
CAST:  Fernanda Negri Pouget  •  Mary Cleo Tarlarini  •  Ubaldo Stefani  •  Anna Crosetti

A Italian variation of the Cinderella story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eleuterio Rodolfi
CAST:  Fernanda Negri Pouget  •  Mary Cleo Tarlarini  •  Ubaldo Stefani  •  Anna Crosetti