Petr Sharov

Die Macht der Finsternis (1924)

Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad Wiene
CAST:  Petr Sharov  •  Mariya Germanova  •  Maria Egorowa  •  Maria Kryshanovskaya

Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad Wiene
CAST:  Petr Sharov  •  Mariya Germanova  •  Maria Egorowa  •  Maria Kryshanovskaya

East Zone, West Zone (1962)

Defeated Germany has just been divided into two zones ( Soviet and Allied ) when Hans, a young inhabitant of Berlin, decides to cross the demarcation line to join his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piero Vivarelli
CAST:  Helmut Griem  •  Nana Osten  •  Erina Torelli  •  Vittorio Pugliese

Defeated Germany has just been divided into two zones ( Soviet and Allied ) when Hans, a young inhabitant of Berlin, decides to cross the demarcation line to join his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piero Vivarelli
CAST:  Helmut Griem  •  Nana Osten  •  Erina Torelli  •  Vittorio Pugliese

Verginità (1951)

Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonardo De Mitri
CAST:  Irene Genna  •  Eleonora Rossi Drago  •  Leonardo Cortese  •  Otello Toso

Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonardo De Mitri
CAST:  Irene Genna  •  Eleonora Rossi Drago  •  Leonardo Cortese  •  Otello Toso

Crime and Punishment (1923)

Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis, that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a crooked loaning house, as well as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wiene
CAST:  Gregori Chmara  •  Elisabeta Skulskaja  •  Alla Tarasova  •  Andrei Zhilinsky

Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis, that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a crooked loaning house, as well as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wiene
CAST:  Gregori Chmara  •  Elisabeta Skulskaja  •  Alla Tarasova  •  Andrei Zhilinsky

Guarany (1948)

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  António Vilar  •  Mariella Lotti  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Guglielmo Barnabò

Based on José de Alencar's novel, directed by Riccardo Freda.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  António Vilar  •  Mariella Lotti  •  Gianna Maria Canale  •  Guglielmo Barnabò

Aquila Nera (1946)

An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and insinuates himself into his enemy's castle by pretending to be a French teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Irasema Dilián  •  Gino Cervi  •  Rina Morelli

An evil Czarist landowner had mistreated the father and friends of an officer.The officer wreaks vengeance by committing masked coach robberies and insinuates himself into his enemy's castle by pretending to be a French teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Irasema Dilián  •  Gino Cervi  •  Rina Morelli

The Testimony (1946)

A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of mind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pietro Germi
CAST:  Roldano Lupi  •  Marina Berti  •  Ernesto Almirante  •  Sandro Ruffini

A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of mind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pietro Germi
CAST:  Roldano Lupi  •  Marina Berti  •  Ernesto Almirante  •  Sandro Ruffini

L'ebreo errante (1948)

Matthew, a rich nationalist Jew and a contemporary of Jesus, regards the latter as an obstacle in this struggle to free their people from the Roman yoke by means of revolt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goffredo Alessandrini
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Inga Gort  •  Noëlle Norman

Matthew, a rich nationalist Jew and a contemporary of Jesus, regards the latter as an obstacle in this struggle to free their people from the Roman yoke by means of revolt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goffredo Alessandrini
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Inga Gort  •  Noëlle Norman