Bartolomeo Pagano
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Biography: Italian motion picture actor of the Silent Era. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character for the next 14 years in a series of sequels. Pagano became an international star. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year. The actor retired from films in 1929 to marry and raise a family in his home town of Genoa. He died there, aged 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Genova, italy
Birthday: September 27, 1878
Deathday: June 24, 1947
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Gender: Male
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Cabiria
Overview: Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla, a good-hearted Roman spy, and his powerful slave, Maciste. The trio are broken up as Cabiria is entrusted to a woman of noble birth. With Cabiria's fate unknown, Maciste punished for his heroism, and Fulvius sent away to fight for Rome, is there any hope of our heroes reuniting?
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1914-06-01
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Gli ultimi zar
Overview: A real anti-communist potboiler directer by Italian director Baldassarre Negroni.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-01
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Maciste in Hell
Overview: The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1925-10-19
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Maciste
Overview: A young girl, pursued by a band of conspirators, hides in a movie theatre where she watches the film Cabiria. She determines to seek the aid of that film's strongman, Maciste. When she locates him, he helps her overcome her enemies, but not without many thrilling and dangerous adventures.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Thriller Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1915-05-02
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Giuditta e Oloferne
Overview: Giuditta e Oloferne is a 1929 Italian silent historical film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Jia Ruskaja and Franz Sala. It was the final film of Pagano, who had been famous during the silent era for his portrayals of Maciste. The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1929-01-01
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The Warrior
Overview: A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war to rescue a young woman from the castle where she is imprisoned.
Genres: War Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1916-12-06
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Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
Overview: Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste in Maciste in the Lions' Den. A Italian silent from 1926.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-11
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Maciste contro lo sceicco
Overview: A young girl is abducted by her tutor, and they set off in a ship which has a sheik on board, who tries to molest her, but she is saved by a sailor. He and Maciste fight off the entire crew but the girl is captured again by the sheik and carried off to his harem, where Maciste and the sailor rescue her and take her back to Italy.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1926-02-28
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Maciste the Ranger
Overview: Silent Maciste film from Italy.
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Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1916-01-01
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Maciste the Sleepwalker
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-06-01
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Maciste in Love
Overview: Maciste, for the first time, suddenly discovers to be in love. The object of his love is Ada, the daughter of Thompson, an enlightened industrialist persecuted by Bethel, a competitor without scruples. He first makes use of a small group of agitators in order to foment the workers, then he tries to affect his loved ones, kidnapping his daughter. But he hasn’t squared things up with Maciste. In Maciste innamorato private and politic life interlace and condition each other. Maciste, a new popular hero, acts in advance of his time and sees himself as a media idol: after punishing the instigators, the crowd will recognize him as a movie star and promptly forget their claims carrying him shoulder-high. A hero, though, doomed to an unhappy love.
Genres: Action Romance Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1919-05-01
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Maciste poliziotto
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1918-04-01
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Maciste atleta
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1918-05-02
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Maciste salvato dalle acque
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1921-03-01
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Maciste medium
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1918-04-01
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La trilogia di Maciste
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1920-05-01
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Maciste on His Vacation
Overview: The most explosive and surreal episode of the Maciste series in which we see the hero up against the hardships of the average man: stress, women and cars. The Itala studios are in a disorderly state, the crew watches Maciste in the courtyard as he happily darts around in his new car, a single seater renamed Diattolina in honor of the car maker Diatto, the film’s “sponsor”. Maciste is happy; he caresses the car and talks about his vehicle as if it were his bride. The only thing missing is the honeymoon. But peace and tranquility are not easy to come by: in every corner of the country Maciste is recognized as a generous film star. Waiters, salesmen, passersby and little kids: everyone has a problem for him. Who said something about relaxing? An abandoned castle looks like a peaceful place, but Maciste has not met the wild American girl hiding in the cellar…
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1921-05-01
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Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
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Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1923-11-17
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Maciste Emperor
Overview: Maciste takes advantage again of a break of acting in order to wash away injustice and castigate the wicked, this time in the name of dynastic legitimacy. Otis, the prince of Sirdagna kingdom, lives undercover in a foreign land, waiting to ascend the throne; Stanos the evil ruler though, is willing to do anything in order to prevent the legitimate prince installation. The court is a dangerous place, Otis is young and naïf: in order to solve the situation, Maciste, following the advice of his friend Saetta, temporarily takes Otis’s place, and presents himself as the legitimate prince. The crowd, enamored by his good looks, applauds him immediately as the emperor.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1924-11-01
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Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-03-01
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Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-07-01
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La rivincita di Maciste
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Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1921-08-18
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Maciste e il nipote d'America
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Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1924-03-01
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Il gigante delle Dolomiti
Overview: The Giant of the Dolomites (Italian: Il gigante delle Dolomiti) is a 1927 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Aldo Marus and Elena Lunda.[1] It was the last in a series of silent films featuring the peplum hero Maciste, but the character was later revived in the 1960s.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1927-01-20
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Maciste's Testament
Overview: A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani who supports Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-22
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Maciste's Journey
Overview: A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani, starring Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-16
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Maciste Against Death
Overview: Maciste is on the trail of a gang of criminals who have kidnapped the beautiful princess Maria Letícia de Livonia, traveling to Rome, and go to hide near a port. in this adventure, Maciste is helped by his friend, the journalist Tito Fabrizi, who was breastfed by the same woman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-08
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