Franco Silva
Also Known As: Franco Vistarini
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Genova, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: February 18, 1920
Age: 105 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 10, 1995
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Overview: Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-12-06
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Charge of the Black Lancers
Overview: Sergio of Tula goes to Dubno to free Princess Mascia, who is prisoner of Queen Jassa, but he is seduced by the latter, who stirs his ambition by putting her army at his service to take King Stephen's throne.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-30
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Mi permette babbo!
Overview: While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-12-06
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The Last Race
Overview: Two young men are training for a rowing race on the Tiber. One of them, "Marco" is distracted by a new found love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-05-23
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The Queen of Sheba
Overview: The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-11-06
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High Time
Overview: The historic clock of a small town needs to be repaired but there is no money in the town coffers to pay for it. Don Paolo (Peppino Spadaro), the Priest, raises the money by lottery and thinks the surplus should go to the poor. The Communists and Socialists object because they are afraid the priest will get the credit and they claim it as "the people's money." The democratic mayor (Arturo Brogaglia) can think of no solution other than organizing committees and sub-committees. Finally, Rocchetti (Paola Stoppi), the town mechanic who has no answers for town problems and hates the clergy and politicians alike, comes forward and repairs the clock for the sheer joy of work.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-04-12
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Femmina Senza Cuore
Overview: Nannina is in love with Vincenzo who is poor and goes to Belgium to make his fortune. Nannina marries a rich elderly man. Vincenzo returns from Belgium and the passion flames up again. Nannina loses her head and wants to kill her husband; however, she is killed by an idiot servant whom she had always rejected.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-09-06
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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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Song of Naples
Overview: A famous singer abandons his wife and goes to live abroad with a woman he met in a nightclub. A car accident upsets his life - he loses his job and his new love but he regains his sons and peace of mind.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-05-31
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Guardatele ma non toccatele
Overview: An American military aircraft with some female soldiers crash lands in an Italian air base to the delight of the Italian soldiers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-06-27
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Frine cortigiana d'Oriente
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Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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Adorable and Lying
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-08-07
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The Mongols
Overview: During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-08-31
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Occhi senza luce
Overview: A blind girl and a disabled singer fall in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-12-14
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This Freedom to Have... Wet Wings
Overview: A writer attempts to blackmail a publisher into printing his latest book
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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Patrick Still Lives
Overview: A group of strangers are summoned to the secluded home of Patrick, a young man rendered comatose after a freak accident, but soon find themselves falling victim to Patrick's mysterious psychic powers and murderous rage.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-05-15
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Spasmo
Overview: While walking along the beach, Christian and his girlfriend discover a mysterious woman washed ashore. The following day, Christian meets the woman again at a yacht party and soon finds himself entangled in a web of lust, intrigue and murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-02-16
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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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Hannibal
Overview: A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-12-21
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The Assassination of Matteotti
Overview: How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-09-13
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Forbidden song
Overview: A married woman is startled by the return of her former fiancé, whom she thought was killed during the war.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-13
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The Woman Who Came from the Sea
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-01-22
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The Count of Bragelonne
Overview: Raoul de Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues from Cardinal Mazarin.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-12-09
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Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino
Overview: A young man is a servant in the court of a great king of Dalmatia.He was bought when he was still a child ,but he is a high-born gentleman.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1952-02-13
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The Tough and the Mighty
Overview: Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-09-23
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Malavita
Overview: Renato, a young and honest man, falls for Lidia, a gangster's moll, and is forced to join his band.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-06-04
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Il canto dell'emigrante
Overview: An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that his former girlfriend is in prison.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Il leone di Amalfi
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-10-11
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Processo all'amore
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1956-07-31
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Ho visto brillare le stelle
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1940-03-17
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