Giovanni Onorato

Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Claude Sylvain  •  Gino Cervi  •  Leda Gloria

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Claude Sylvain  •  Gino Cervi  •  Leda Gloria

Don Camillo (1952)

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Gino Cervi  •  Vera Talchi  •  Franco Interlenghi

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Gino Cervi  •  Vera Talchi  •  Franco Interlenghi

Torna! (1954)

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Yvonne Sanson  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Nino Marchesini

Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raffaello Matarazzo
CAST:  Yvonne Sanson  •  Franco Fabrizi  •  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Nino Marchesini

The Return of Don Camillo (1953)

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Gino Cervi  •  Leda Gloria  •  Édouard Delmont

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Gino Cervi  •  Leda Gloria  •  Édouard Delmont

Il pirata sono io! (1940)

In Santa Cruz, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Governor of the island, to ingratiate himself with the Viceroy, contrives to make assaulting the island from a mock pirate ship and, with a mock battle, defeat the aggressors and throw them back into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Erminio Macario  •  Juan de Landa  •  Enzo Biliotti  •  Dora Bini

In Santa Cruz, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Governor of the island, to ingratiate himself with the Viceroy, contrives to make assaulting the island from a mock pirate ship and, with a mock battle, defeat the aggressors and throw them back into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Mattoli
CAST:  Erminio Macario  •  Juan de Landa  •  Enzo Biliotti  •  Dora Bini

The King's Jester (1941)

Based on a Victor Hugo play, and scored with music from the later opera by Giuseppe Verdi, the film tells about a hunchbacked clown whose beautiful daughter falls in love with the lecherous king.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bonnard
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  María Mercader  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Doris Duranti

Based on a Victor Hugo play, and scored with music from the later opera by Giuseppe Verdi, the film tells about a hunchbacked clown whose beautiful daughter falls in love with the lecherous king.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bonnard
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  María Mercader  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Doris Duranti

Montevergine (1939)

Venice Film Festival 1939  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Campogalliani
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Leda Gloria  •  Elsa De Giorgi  •  Enzo Biliotti

Venice Film Festival 1939  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Campogalliani
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Leda Gloria  •  Elsa De Giorgi  •  Enzo Biliotti

Girl of the Golden West (1942)

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DIRECTION:  Carl Koch
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Isa Pola  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Valentina Cortese

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DIRECTION:  Carl Koch
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Isa Pola  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Valentina Cortese

Tombolo, paradiso nero (1947)

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DIRECTION:  Giorgio Ferroni
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Nada Fiorelli  •  Dante Maggio  •  Luigi Pavese

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DIRECTION:  Giorgio Ferroni
CAST:  Aldo Fabrizi  •  Nada Fiorelli  •  Dante Maggio  •  Luigi Pavese

La forza del destino (1950)

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Tito Gobbi  •  Nelly Corradi  •  Gino Sinimberghi  •  Giulio Neri

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Tito Gobbi  •  Nelly Corradi  •  Gino Sinimberghi  •  Giulio Neri

La cieca di Sorrento (1953)

A small girl goes blind when her mother is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giacomo Gentilomo
CAST:  Antonella Lualdi  •  Paul Campbell  •  Enzo Biliotti  •  Marilyn Buferd

A small girl goes blind when her mother is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giacomo Gentilomo
CAST:  Antonella Lualdi  •  Paul Campbell  •  Enzo Biliotti  •  Marilyn Buferd

Le due tigri (1941)

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DIRECTION:  Giorgio Simonelli
CAST:  Luigi Pavese  •  Massimo Girotti  •  Sandro Ruffini  •  Alanova

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DIRECTION:  Giorgio Simonelli
CAST:  Luigi Pavese  •  Massimo Girotti  •  Sandro Ruffini  •  Alanova

The Gorgon (1942)

1017 AD. The Republic of Pisa is organizing a fleet to drive out the Saracens who are infesting the Mediterranean. While the forces are away "The Gorgon," the young daughter of a Pisan nobleman who has been heroically killed, comes to be solemnly invested as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Mariella Lotti  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Camillo Pilotto  •  Piero Carnabuci

1017 AD. The Republic of Pisa is organizing a fleet to drive out the Saracens who are infesting the Mediterranean. While the forces are away "The Gorgon," the young daughter of a Pisan nobleman who has been heroically killed, comes to be solemnly invested as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido Brignone
CAST:  Mariella Lotti  •  Rossano Brazzi  •  Camillo Pilotto  •  Piero Carnabuci

The Adulteress (1946)

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DIRECTION:  Duilio Coletti
CAST:  Clara Calamai  •  Roldano Lupi  •  Carlo Ninchi  •  Delia Brandi

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DIRECTION:  Duilio Coletti
CAST:  Clara Calamai  •  Roldano Lupi  •  Carlo Ninchi  •  Delia Brandi

Barrier of the Law (1954)

An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piero Costa
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Lea Padovani  •  Maria Frau  •  Jacques Sernas

An undercover policeman infiltrates a criminal gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piero Costa
CAST:  Rossano Brazzi  •  Lea Padovani  •  Maria Frau  •  Jacques Sernas