Maria Caserini
Biography: Maria Caserini began acting in stage productions at an early age. Her first film was in 1906 for Cines in Rome, in what is considered the first film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, directed by Mario Caserini, her husband. She starred in Romeo and Juliet in 1908 and then in thirteen other films until 1909. One of these films was Macbeth, directed by her husband. From 1910 to 1927 she acted in 65 films, many of them always directed by her husband, such as Lucrezia Borgia, whose performance gave her greater notoriety. She resumed theatrical activity soon after abandoning her film career. She was buried in the Maggiore Cemetery in Milan, where her remains were later interred in a small cell.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 24, 1884
Deathday: April 15, 1969
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Gabriella di Beaulieu
1911-02-01
Gabriella di Beaulieu
Overview: The Count of Beaulieu wants to give his daughter Gabriella to the Viscount of Armagnac as a wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1911-02-01
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Regina per quindici giorni
1911-01-01
Regina per quindici giorni
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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L'abbandonata
1910-01-01
L'abbandonata
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1910-01-01
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Anita Garibaldi
1910-09-01
Anita Garibaldi
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Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1910-09-01
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Macbeth
1909-11-27
Macbeth
Overview: The play opens with the scene on the wild heath where the three witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo, as they are returning from their victorious battle with the rebels. They predict the kingship of Macbeth with the words, "All Hail, King, that shall be hereafter."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1909-11-27
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Otello
1906-10-30
Otello
Overview: An Italian movie about Othello.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1906-10-30
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Love Everlasting
1913-10-03
Love Everlasting
Overview: Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise Sthar steals military documents, Julius is accused of betrayal. He kills himself while Elsa is forced to leave. Homeless, she begins wandering the streets until, on the Riviera, she starts her performing career under the pseudonym of Diana Cadouleur and becomes a successful actress and singer. One day, in a small church, she meets an elegant young man and she falls in love with him. But during a tour on the Lucarno Lake she runs into Sthar who, rejected by Elena, spreads rumors about Prince Massimiliano’s behavior.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1913-10-03
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Floretta e Patapon
1913-01-01
Floretta e Patapon
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1913-01-01
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Life and Death
1917-01-01
Life and Death
Overview: An eight-minute fragment of this Italian Golden Age film survives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Agrippina
1911-01-01
Agrippina
Overview: In "Agrippina" (1910), Guazzoni recreates the particular and troublesome relationship between Agrippina, the second wife of the Emperor Claudius, and her son Nero.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Parsifal
1912-11-12
Parsifal
Overview: A fantasy film about the knight Parsifal, who has to protect the Holy Grail from wizards.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1912-11-12
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Amleto
1910-09-26
Amleto
Overview: A selection of Hamlet’s most famous scenes are reproduced in this Italian production from 1910.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-09-26
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Christus
1916-04-08
Christus
Overview: Antamoro's CHRISTUS, epic in scale and ambition, and featuring decidedly otherworldly special effects, was released in 1916. Telling the story of the Life of Christ, the film is divided into three segments-- three Mysteries. The first of these includes the Birth of Jesus, the arrival of the Magi, Herod and the slaughter of the innocents, the flight into Egypt. The second Mystery features the expulsion of the merchants from the Temple, Mary Magdalene's conversion and Christ's entry into Jerusalem. The third Mystery is itself divided into three separate parts, which are The Passion, The Death and The Resurrection.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1916-04-08
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Nero and Agrippina
1914-01-01
Nero and Agrippina
Overview: Short costume picture on the infamous Roman Emperor.
Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1914-01-01
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The Railway Owner
1919-02-25
The Railway Owner
Overview: Filippo Derblay, a young man of humble birth, became, thanks to his job, the owner of the ironworks. He is secretly in love with Clara, the daughter of the Marquis of Beaulieu, who lost all his fortune. Clara is engaged to the Duke of Bligny, a vain cousin of her. After learning of Clara’s financial disgrace, the Duke prefers to engage to Atenaide Moulinet, a social climber and daughter of the industrialist Moulinet, the “King of Cacao”. To get revenge, Clara agrees to marry Filippo Derblay, despite she considers him an upstart and she despises him. But Filippo, who loves her deeply, can’t tolerate to be humiliated, will prove how much her prejudice was wrong and, at the end, he will win her love. Among the most captivating aspects of the film, the intense performance of the great diva Pina Menichelli and the high level of the photography, that captures spaces from life as the remarkable images of the factory and the workers at the machinery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1919-02-25
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Monna Vanna
1916-03-25
Monna Vanna
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1916-03-25
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Beatrice Cenci
1909-01-01
Beatrice Cenci
Overview: A short movie about a young girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1909-01-01
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