Alfredo Varelli
Also Known As: Fred Farrell
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: August 31, 1914
Deathday: August 18, 1996
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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La gondola del diavolo
Overview: In the Venetian Republic a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a gondola.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1946-11-21
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Assassination
Overview: John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA who have arranged the subterfuge so they can use him as a double agent.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-18
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Seven Dollars on Red
Overview: A little boy is abducted by ruthless bandit gang leader El Cachal after Cachal and his men butcher the boy's family with the exception of his father. Johnny Ashley, the gunslinger father of the boy, goes searching for his son. Alas, the boy has grown up to be a mean and vicious criminal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-03-16
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Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
Overview: The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-08-19
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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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The Barbarians
Overview: Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, has Massimo accused of the murder of Prince Orsini whereas he himself has woven it. Massimo is rejected by an outraged Angela and banned from Rome.Meanwhile the Eternal City has to face a brutal attack by armed invaders from Spain. The Spaniards are about to storm Rome when Massimo and his troops appear. The invading forces are defeated and Massimo is acclaimed by the crowd. After clearing his name, he can marry Angela.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-09-29
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I, His Father
Overview: An ex-boxer has trained his own son and leads him on to win the middle-weight championship of Italy. But the boy falls easy prey to a woman of light morals and renounces the hard work of sport to follow her to a winter luxury resort and at a certain moment, offers to marry her but she, not wanting to give up an advantageous connection, turns him down, advising the youth to not change the nature of their relationship. Then, the boy feeling the entire baseness of his situation, returns home to his parents who welcome him back with joy and takes up again a commitment to sport.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1939-03-08
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Il conte di Sant'Elmo
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Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-04-18
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F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck
Overview: An Interpol agent is tasked with investigating the deaths of several other agents.
Genres: Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-06-29
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I, Hamlet
Overview: The adventures of Hamlet who, following many adventures, manages to kill Claudio the usurper, marry Ophelia and be elected President of the Republic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-09-27
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The Jester's Supper
Overview: In Florence, at the time of Lorenzo de Medici, known also as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the aristocrat brothers Chiaramantesi rule with an iron fist the streets of the city. Ruthless and fierce, the two brothers have chosen as their special victim the innocent and harmless Giannetto. Even though determined to not react to the cruel pranks of the brothers, Giannetto is forced to take a stand when Ginevra, a beautiful girl that works in the Chiaramantesi household, is dragged into the game. To defend his honor and protect the girl, Giannetto works out a fiendish plot that will end in blood and madness.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1942-02-10
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Vino, whisky e acqua salata
Overview: An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-07
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Killer Rules
Overview: Two adoptive brothers -- one a mob hit man, the other a Department of Justice investigator -- who are unaware of each other's existence until they become involved with the same woman, end up in a deadly triangle in this thriller.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-24
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Quo Vadis
Overview: After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-08
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The Night of the Great Attack
Overview: In 15th century Romagna rules violence and fright. Cesare Borgia wants to incorporate the duchy of Catherine Sforza. But in between is the independent county Fabis, which he wants to bring into his possession.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-10-29
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The Belly of an Architect
Overview: The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-23
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Orizzonte infuocato
Overview: Because of a drunken father, Manuela is threatened by Vasco, an adventurer involved in shady business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-09-23
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Old Guard
Overview: There were very few commercial feature films made during the Italian fascist era that were as openly propagandistic as this famous (notorious?) dramatic paean to the Blackshirts. The story takes place in a small village in Italy in October of 1922, on the eve of the fascist "March on Rome", in which King Victor Emanuel III was persuaded to consign power to Benito Mussolini. Gianfranco Giachetti is Dr. Cardini, a doctor at the local psychiatric hospital, where a strike has been called by the local socialists. Cardini turns to the fascists to help avert the strike. His son Roberto (Mino Doro) rounds up fascist friends to fight those aligned with the strikers and the town's socialists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1934-06-01
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Il Tiranno di Padova
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1946-12-28
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Mutiny in the South Seas
Overview: Three soldiers find they can no longer handle the battlefield slaughter of World War II. They desert and make their way to a serene South Seas island hopeful that they can find peace. Mutiny in the South Seas
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1965-10-07
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The Man From Cairo
Overview: "The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-03
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Siege of Syracuse
Overview: Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-03-17
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Duel of Champions
Overview: A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-19
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The Giants of Thessaly
Overview: In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-12-06
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Night Police Station
Overview: Rome police headquarters. A new commissioner, promoted by the political team at "night", has to deal with the case of a girl seriously injured at Villa Borghese.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-01
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Sign of the Gladiator
Overview: Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-03-05
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All'ombra della gloria
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1945-04-18
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The Cavern
Overview: Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they survive?
Genres: Adventure War Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-06-26
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Love and Poison
Overview: Christina of Sweden, in exile in Rome, takes a handsome Italian officer as her lover. But he is in love with the very young wife of an elderly count. After many adventures, duels, settling of old scores, the officer and the countess get married. Former Queen Christina finds herself another captain of the guard.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-02-21
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Pontius Pilate
Overview: The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-02-15
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Stranger on the Prowl
Overview: A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-03-12
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Colossus and the Amazon Queen
Overview: Two muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-08
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Tizio, Caio, Sempronio
Overview: A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-12-15
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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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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Overview: Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-25
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Fear No Evil
Overview: The life of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western Monasticism.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1945-09-21
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