Luigi Maggi
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Birthday: December 21, 1867
Deathday: August 22, 1946
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Fiamma simbolica
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Overview: Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined to conquer Jone. Glaucus purchases Nydia, the blind and long-suffering slave. Nydia falls in love with Glaucus and asks Arbaces for his help. He gives her a potion to make Glaucus fall in love with her-- In fact, a poison which will cause violent insanity.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1908-01-02
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Galileo Galilei
Overview: Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his daughter, and denounces Galilei to the Holy Office.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1909-05-15
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The Golden Wedding
Overview: A grandfather recalls how he and his wife met and fell in love during the Second Italian War of Independence.
Genres: Romance War Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1911-10-27
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The Damnation of Cain
Overview: "What hast thou done? Listen, the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground." Two farmers love the same woman, who can choose only one of them. The rejected suitor takes revenge, and causes the fatal accident of his rival.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1911-09-13
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Nero, or The Fall of Rome
Overview: Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace. Informed of the danger of an imminent popular uprising, Nero orders to set fire to the city, which he watches from a terrace, rejoicing and playing his lyra.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1909-10-28
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The False Oath
Overview: An adaptation of Balzac's La Grande Bretêche
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1909-07-09
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Hero and Leander
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1910-01-01
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La vagabonda
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1918-03-22
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Alice's Awful Dream
Overview: Alice, a beautiful dressmaker, musing on her hard lot, falls asleep and dreams that she wins the heart of a wealthy admirer, who lavishes his wealth upon her. Through an accident, her face becomes terribly disfigured, and her lover abandons her. She awakens as her sweetheart, a poor but honest workman, calls, and realizes that his loyal heart is worth more than all the riches in the world.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1911-08-11
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The Slave of Carthage
Overview: Italian silent film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1910-11-02
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The Queen of Nineveh
Overview: The Queen of Nineveh plots with Prince Canach to destroy the King. Hidden behind a curtain they see the King drink poisoned wine. The High Priest takes the King's young son Aznra, and hides him, and fifteen years later brings him forth and presents him to the populace, which greets him with acclamation and moves on the palace to avenge the death of the King. Prince Canach cravenly hides when the Queen bids him lead the royal guard against the mob, and she dons his armor and takes his place at the head of the troops. A sensational battle takes place .reaching its height on the steps of the palace. Azura singles out, as he thinks, Prince Canach and when his opponent falls mortally wounded he finds it was his own mother.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-06-01
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