Umberto Spadaro
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ancona, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: November 08, 1904
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 12, 1981
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I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli)
Overview: Sicily, 17th Century. When his fiancée is kidnapped, a young man sets out to find her.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-03-27
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Bitterly
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-12-24
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Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-08-20
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Fumeria d’oppio
Overview: A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested, in possession of some of the jewels of the victim. The passionate protests of his sister arouse the compassion of Za la Mort, who promises to help the girl.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1947-09-05
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The Vanquished
Overview: Three tales of privileged youth entangled in murder: French students kill for money, an Italian student smuggles cigarettes, and an English poet exploits a grim discovery.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-22
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Difficult Years
Overview: Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-12-28
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Scampolo 53
Overview: A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for Sardinia. He decides to take the girl with him, who has been waiting for this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-03-08
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Il gatto mammone
Overview: Lando Buzzanca plays a man desperate to father a male heir. However, his wife (Roseanne Podesta) is apparently barren. They decide to use a surrogate mother, which, since this was in the days before artificial insemination, means Buzzanca will have to impregnate the surrogate the "old-fashioned" way. After a mishap involving a VERY unattractive but fertile widow, Buzzanca sets his sights on young girl (Gloria Guida) at an orphanage for unwed mothers (who has already given an illegitimate child up for adoption). They hire her as a maid, but she is under the impression they're going to adopt her, leading to some quasi-incestual misunderstandings...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-05
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The Wide Blue Road
Overview: Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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Lasciateci in pace
Overview: A mild-mannered man is mistaken for a subversive.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Totò nella fossa dei leoni
Overview: The explorer Smith leaves with Laura, a beautiful but naive girl, in search of Professor Berti, who mysteriously disappeared in Africa in the midst of one of his researches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1943-05-31
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Senza cielo
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1940-11-24
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The Eye of the Needle
Overview: Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in getting them to complete the trial, but one, who in the meantime has fallen in love with the victim.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-09-14
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Smell of Flesh
Overview: Domenico Modguno is a horn dog who loves looking up skirts and travels back to Italy to stay with his brother and wife. His brothers stepdaughter is hot and he spends most of the movie forcing himself on her, and for a change of pace her mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-08
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A Woman Has Killed
Overview: In 1951, two years after the “scandal” of the Fiamma che non si spegne, Cottafavi got the opportunity to work on a film with a small production company, Novissima Film. With little means, a number of technical and financial problems and working Sundays with the pieces of film given to him bit by bit, Cottafavi shot Una donna ha ucciso, a minor film that marked his comeback to directing. (Gianni Rondolino)
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-01-04
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Outlaw Girl
Overview: Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-12-06
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Giorno di nozze
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1942-09-28
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Vietato ai minorenni
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1944-03-02
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Appointment for Murder
Overview: A woman has jumped or been pushed from five stories of an apartment house. The detective on the case lives there, and he discovers that the woman's estranged husband does also.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-01-10
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A Husband for Anna
Overview: Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-08-22
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The Four Monks
Overview: Four petty criminals pretend to be friars escaped from communist Hungary and go and live in a Sicilian convent
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-31
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Sun City
Overview: 1600, Southern Italy is under the Spanish Government. A few years before an attempt at rebellion, inspired by the preaching of the philosopher and monk Tommaso Campanella, is severely quelled by the Government. Tommaso Campanella, under the charge of the plot, is put into a prison in Naples and waits for the conclusion of an endless process. Throughout the Calabrian countries his name is wrapped up in legend, he becomes almost a myth. Someone believes he has escaped from prison and wanders about under a false name.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-05
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The Governess
Overview: Catania, Italy. The Platania family hires a new French governess, the beautiful Caterina. The life of the whole family will be soon turned upside down.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-02-01
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Tombolo, paradiso nero
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1947-10-24
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The Eternal Chain
Overview: As the Legion Etrangère puts in at Napoli, legionnaire Walter escapes from the ship to meet a woman he still loves ,in spite of his five years away from home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-05-02
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Il segreto delle tre punte
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-09-26
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Love and Troubles
Overview: Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-12-19
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Headlines of Destruction
Overview: Released from prison after two years, Michel Gérard sets out to find his wife Alice. Alice, luxuriously maintained by her lover, Jacques Rupert, editor-in-chief of a major newspaper, rejects him. Shortly afterwards, Rupert discovers Alice dead, murdered. Fearing charges, he asks one of his reporters, Barney Morgan, to direct suspicion to Michel. But Michel's lawyer shows Barney that the husband is innocent.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-11-10
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Furia
Overview: Melodrama of sexual cravings: The bored wife of a horse breeder is the object of attention by both a stud keeper and a half idiot stable hand.The young daughter of the household is later added to this mixture of passions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-02
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A Very Handy Man
Overview: In late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters an old flame now married to a wealthy landowner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-23
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Il corriere di ferro
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-03-20
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Lacrime d'amore
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-28
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Bicycle Thieves
Overview: Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1948-07-21
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The Outlaws
Overview: Turi, having returned to Sicily from abroad, learns that his sister Maruzza is the lover of Cosimo Barrese, a militant of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, who, abandoned by everyone, has become a bandit. The two would like to get married, but life as an outlaw seems an insurmountable obstacle. Turi asks for revenge on the bandit who has dishonored the family and uses a shady and devious lawyer to drive him into a trap.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-06-09
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Seduced and Abandoned
Overview: The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-30
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Lebbra bianca
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-02-01
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Don Camillo's Last Round
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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Pact with the Devil
Overview: The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-01-11
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Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
Overview: Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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Manos sucias
Overview: Miguel is a truck driver who dreams of owning a service station. To raise money he agrees to sabotage a truck of his boss' rival, which results in the death of its driver. Miguel gets his station but is haunted by what he did to obtain it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-06-07
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The Big Family
Overview: Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-03-03
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Angelo
Overview: An Italian man is released from prison after World War II, excited to meet the son his late wife had while he was away, only to be shocked when he discovers that the son is half-black, the result of an encounter between his wife and an American GI. Released in America as "Angelo"
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-04-08
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Il nido di falasco
Overview: A young cabaret trainer, Viola, who has just compromised herself in a case, flees. On the train, she meets Dominique, who lives in a cabin in Tuscany, on the edge of the marshes. Dominique and Viola settle in the hut and soon the young woman is expecting a baby...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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The Best Part
Overview: Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-12-30
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The Man in My Life
Overview: L'homme de ma vie stars Madeleine Robinson as Madeleine, who after being abandoned by her lover is forced to raise her baby all by herself. Supporting herself and her child as a prostitute, Madeleine manages to give her daughter an expensive girl's-school education, all the while keeping her own identity and profession a secret. The girl grows up to be an insufferable snob; nonetheless, Madeleine attempts to re-establish a relationship. Things take a sorry turn when the daughter takes drastic actions to defend her mother's honor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-04-16
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Fatal Desire
Overview: In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-01-14
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The Barons
Overview: Leopoldo Lalumera, grandson of a wealthy eighty-four-year-old baron, infuriated during a galactic convention with a prosaic maid, discovers, on the eve of the wedding with his cousin Mariantonia, that he has become impotent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-11
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Sempre più difficile
Overview: Sicily, early 1900s. An impoverished prince settles into the house of a rich shipowner and becomes his counselor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1943-05-01
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A Fistful of Dollars
Overview: The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-12
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Lost Treasure of the Incas
Overview: A cowboy goes to help out his friend, who has been falsely accused of murder. The two find themselves in the rugged and mysterious Pallidi Mountains, where they come up against an outlaw gang that is searching for a buried Inca treasure, which is guarded by a lot Inca tribe.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-10-15
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Angel in the crowd
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-10-17
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Hell in the City
Overview: A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-01-29
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Magic Village
Overview: Robert and his fiancée Lucienne were due to go on vacation together to a tented village in Sicily. Robert is forced to postpone his trip and only joins Lucienne a few days later, taking advantage of the departure of a following group. During the train journey, he befriends Thérèse, a young Sicilian living in Paris, who wants to make a pilgrimage to the land of her ancestors. Lucienne is away from the camp when Robert arrives, so he can continue to see Thérèse, and little by little they discover that they love each other. When Lucienne returns, an explanation and reconciliation take place, then Robert changes his mind and, with the vacations over, leaves Lucienne alone to live in Sicily with Thérèse, who wants to stay in her family's homeland.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-03-22
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Le ore nude
Overview: In this sex-charged character study, a woman's husband persuades her to share in his predilection for group sex. Later, she meets a student and has a one-day affair with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-08-27
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Ya tenemos coche
Overview: Don Jose is a good family man and a model employee. He lives in his house as a King with his wife and children who make him happy. His only enemy is Dona Rosa, her mother, who has the habit of saying the last word on everything.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-11-24
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Non vogliamo morire
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-03-04
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Dogs and Cats
Overview: In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they were once romantically involved many years before. To spite her rival, the innkeeper arranges to have her nephew set up a second pharmacy to take business away him. Unbeknownst to them a romance is developing between the younger generation of the families.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-10-15
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Malacarne
Overview: A film that is going to be viewed on Filmoteca
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-12
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Passionate song
Overview: Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-11-20
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Serenata amara
Overview: Mario and Fabrizio are two boxer friends who fall for the same girl and become enemies because of her. As time goes by things get better between the two men but... tragedy looms behind the corner.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-11-21
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Siempre Carmen
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Il principe ribelle
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-04-30
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