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L'imperatore della città d'oro DVD (1952)
Also known as: Císaruv pekar DVD (original title)
Country: Czechoslovakia,
Spoken Languages: Czech
Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Martin Fric
Cast: Jan Werich (as Rudolf II / pekar Matej), Marie Vásová (as Countess Katharina Strada), Natasa Gollová (as Katerina aka Sirael), Bohus Záhorský (as Lang, komorí), Jirí Plachý (as Edward Kelley), Zdenek Stepánek (as Rusworm, marsál), Frantisek Filipovský (as Court astrologer), Frantisek Cerný (as Scotta), Václav Trégl (as Emperor's servant), Vladimír Leraus (as Hungarian delegate), Milos Nedbal (as Court doctor), Bohus Hradil (as Tycho de Brahe), Frantisek Holar (as Commander of guard), Vladimír Repa (as Majitel pekárny), Lubomír Lipský (as Alchymista), Theodor Pistek (as Portreeve), Bohumil Bezouska (as Hans Von Aachen - painter), Felix Le Breux (as Bourgeois delegation), Josef Kemr (as Alchemist breaking atom lead), Fanda Mrázek (as Halberdier), Ota Motycka (as Písar), Miroslav Svoboda (as Master of Ceremonies), Jan S. Kolár (as Alchemist 1), Milos Kopecký (as Alchemist 2), Eliska Kucharová (as Gardener), Josef Hlinomaz (as Journeyman), Alois Dvorský (as Man before bakery), Jana Werichová (as Girl 1), Eva Jirousková (as Girl 2), Gustav Hrdlicka (as Barbier 1), Frantisek Miroslav Doubrava (as Barbier 2), Marie Nademlejnská (as Women before bakery), Vladimír Svitácek (as Juggler), Ladislav Rychman (as Man with a writing desk), Vera Chytilová (as Maid-in-waiting 1), Anna Pitasová (as Maid-in-waiting 2), Jaroslav Vlk (as Stripling), Antonín Soukup (as Baker), Václav Svec (as Servant), Antonín Jirsa (as Doctor's assistant), Martin Raus (as Servant with vase), Emanuel Kovarík (as Chamberlain)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Rudolph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, does not have a simple life. And yet he manages to complicate it even more with his frequent outbursts of anger. While he searches for a mythical Golem, an animated clay statue, Matthew the Baker is thrown into the dungeon for selling the special buns for the emperor to people. Matthew is accidentally mistaken for the emperor and takes his place. And when the Golem is finally found, it will complicate things beyond comprehension...
L'imperatore di Capri DVD (1949)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Comedy
Director: Luigi Comencini
Cast: Totò (as Antonio De Fazio), Galeazzo Benti (as Dodo della Baggina), Nerio Bernardi (as Osvaldo), Mario Castellani (as Asdrubale Stinchi), Pina Gallini (as La suocera), Aldo Giuffrè (as Omar Bey Kahn di Agapur), Enrico Glori (as Il maggiordomo), Laura Gore (as Lucia), Alda Mangini (as Emanuela), Nino Marchetti (as Geremia), Marisa Merlini (as La baronesa von Krapfen), Lino Robi (as Basilio), Yvonne Sanson (as Sonia Bulgarov), Piero Tordi (as Il marito di Emanuela), Toni Ucci (as Pupetto Turacciolo)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel, for the Arab prince Bey of Agapur and makes an appointment with him for the following day in Capri. Antonio goes there behind his wife and mother in law's back. Due to a lucky series of circumstances he really does becomes the prince of the island.
L'imperatrice Caterina DVD (1934)
Also known as: The Scarlet Empress DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Romance, History
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich (as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II), John Lodge (as Count Alexei), Sam Jaffe (as Grand Duke Peter), Louise Dresser (as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna), C. Aubrey Smith (as Prince August), Gavin Gordon (as Capt. Gregori Orloff), Olive Tell (as Princess Johanna Elizabeth), Ruthelma Stevens (as Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'), Davison Clark (as Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope), Erville Alderson (as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef), Philip Sleeman (as Count Lestoq), Marie Wells (as Marie Tshoglokof), Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (as Ivan Shuvolov), Gerald Fielding (as Lt. Dmitri), Maria Riva (as Sophia as a Child), Richard Alexander (as Count von Breummer , uncredited), Nadine Beresford (as Sophia's Aunt , uncredited), Thomas C. Blythe (as Narcissus , uncredited), Hal Boyer (as Paul - Lackey #1 , uncredited), James Burke (as Guard , uncredited), Jane Darwell (as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse , uncredited), Clyde David (as Narcissus , uncredited), John Davidson (as Marquis de la Chetardie , uncredited), George Davis (as Jester , uncredited), Anna Duncan (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Elinor Fair (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), May Foster (as Elizabeth's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Julanne Johnston (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), James A. Marcus (as Innkeeper , uncredited), Petra McAllister (as Sophia's Aunt , uncredited), Eunice Murdock Moore (as Sophia's Aunt , uncredited), Patricia Patrick (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Warner Richmond (as Castle Guard , uncredited), Blanche Rose (as Sophia's Aunt , uncredited), Barbara Sabichi (as Elizabeth's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Katherine Sabichi (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Dina Smirnova (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Elaine St. Maur (as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Agnes Steele (as Elizabeth's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Minnie Steele (as Elizabeth's Lady-in-Waiting , uncredited), Belle Stoddard (as Sophia's Aunt , uncredited), Akim Tamiroff (as Bit Part , uncredited), Kent Taylor (as Paul , uncredited), Jameson Thomas (as Lt. Ovitsyn , uncredited), Edward Van Sloan (as Herr Wagner , uncredited), Bruce Warren (as Lackey , uncredited), Leo White (as Beautician Curling Catherine's Hair , uncredited), Harry Woods (as Doctor #1 , uncredited)
Medium: DVD R/RW
L'imperatrice Yang-Kwei-Fei DVD (1955)
Also known as: Yôkihi DVD (original title)
Country: Japan,
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Genre(s): Drama, Romance, History
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast: Machiko Kyô (as Princess Yang Kwei-fei), Masayuki Mori (as Emperor Xuan Zong), Sô Yamamura (as An Lushan), Eitarô Shindô (as Kao Li-hsi), Eitarô Ozawa (as Yang Kuo-chung), Haruko Sugimura (as Princess Yen-chun), Yôko Minamida (as Hung-tao), Bontarô Miake (as Chen-Hsuan-li), Tatsuya Ishiguro (as Li Lin-fu), Kinzô Shin (as Servant), Osamu Maruyama (as Li Kuei-nien), Isao Yamagata (as Yang Hsien), Chieko Murata (as Lu-hua), Michiko Ai (as Honghua), Noboru Kiritachi (as Cuihua), Rieko Himeji, Yoshiko Kusunoki, Yasuko Kawakami, Fujio Harumoto, Tatsuo Hanabu, Tadashi Itô, Kenji Tani, Yûzô Hayakawa, Yasushi Sugita, Manabu Morita, Yoshio Takee, Gai Harada, Akira Natsuki, Shizuo Chûjô, Akira Naoki, Keiko Miyashiro
Medium: DVD R/RW
Subtitles: Italian
Plot: In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
El imperio de Dracula DVD (1967)
Also known as: The Empire of Dracula DVD (English title)
Country: Mexico,
Spoken Languages: Spanish
Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Director: Federico Curiel
Cast: Lucha Villa (as Patricia), César del Campo (as Luis Brener), Eric del Castillo (as Baron Draculstein), Ethel Carrillo (as Diana), Guillermo Zetina (as Dr. Wilson), Robin Joyce (as Lily), Fernando Osés (as Igor), Víctor Alcocer (as Sr. Brener), Mario Orea (as Inspector), Rebeca Iturbide (as Sra. Brener), Altia Michel, Gigi Moret, Carlos Ortigoza, José Dupeyrón (as Chofer), July Ortega, Erick del Castillo Jr.
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: A group of beautiful female vampires lure men to their estate so they can feed on their blood.
L'impero dei gangster DVD (1952)
Also known as: Hoodlum Empire DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Film-Noir
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Brian Donlevy (as Sen. Bill Stephens), Claire Trevor (as Connie Williams), Forrest Tucker (as Charley Pignatalli), Vera Ralston (as Marte Dufour), Luther Adler (as Nick Mancani), John Russell (as Joe Gray), Gene Lockhart (as Sen. Tower), Grant Withers (as Rev. Simon Andrews), Taylor Holmes (as Benjamin Lawton), Roy Barcroft (as Morris Draper), William Murphy (as Pete Dailey), Richard Jaeckel (as Ted Dawson), Don Beddoe (as Sen. Blake), Roy Roberts (as Police Chief Tayls), Richard Benedict (as Silky Tanner), Phillip Pine (as Louis Barretti), Damian O'Flynn (as Ralph Foster), Pat Flaherty (as Mikkelson), Joe Bailey (as FBI Agent Eckert , uncredited), Whit Bissell (as Filby - The Pickpocket , uncredited), Andy Brennan (as Taxi Driver , uncredited), Ralph Brooks (as Party Guest , uncredited), Mikel Conrad (as Chunce , uncredited), Tony Dante (as Tommy , uncredited), Don Michael Drysdale (as Joe Gray's Boy , uncredited), Matty Fain (as Eddie Fostie , uncredited), Elizabeth Flournoy (as Miss Adams, Secretary , uncredited), Eddie Foster (as Flowers Club Doorman , uncredited), Don Haggerty (as Mark Flynn , uncredited), Betty Hall (as Pearl , uncredited), John Halloran (as Insp. Willard , uncredited), Thomas Browne Henry (as Commissioner Mermant , uncredited), Gil Herman (as Officer O'Neill , uncredited), Douglas Kennedy (as Henchman Brinkley , uncredited), Fred Kohler Jr. (as German Soldier , uncredited), Mike Lally (as Frankie, the Chauffeur , uncredited), Paul Livermore (as Mike , uncredited), George Magrill (as Man at Bill's Speech , uncredited), Sydney Mason (as Burns , uncredited), Tom Monroe (as Rocco , uncredited), Ellanora Needles (as Mrs. Ruth Stephens , uncredited), Dick Paxton (as Elevator Operator , uncredited), John Phillips (as Radio Commentator , uncredited), John Pickard (as Detective , uncredited), Francis Pierlot (as Uncle Jean , uncredited), Richard Reeves (as Rollins , uncredited), Suzanne Ridgeway (as Flowers Club Patron , uncredited), Ric Roman (as Fergus , uncredited), Jeffrey Sayre (as Coin Collector-Counter , uncredited), Sam Scar (as Sporty , uncredited), William Schallert (as Inquiry Clerk , uncredited), Lee Shumway (as U.S. Marshal , uncredited), Sid Tomack (as Meyers , uncredited), Arthur Tovey (as Photographer in Courtroom , uncredited), Charles Trowbridge (as Commissioner Garrison , uncredited), George Volk (as Finter , uncredited), Leah Waggner (as Billie , uncredited), Stanley Waxman (as Lonnie , uncredited), Mervin Williams (as Floyd, Servant , uncredited)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: A former gangster who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life, out of the rackets. However, when he is called before a grand jury probing organized crime activities, his former colleagues in the mob are afraid he'll spill the beans, and prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't.
L'impero del crimine DVD (1957)
Also known as: Guns Don't Argue DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Drama, Crime
Director: Richard C. Kahn
Cast: Myron Healey (as John Dillinger , archive footage), Jean Harvey (as 'Ma' Barker , archive footage), Paul Dubov (as Alvin Karpis , archive footage), Sam Edwards (as Fred Barker , archive footage), Richard Crane (as Homer Van Meter , archive footage), Tamar Cooper (as Bonnie Parker , archive footage), Baynes Barron (as Clyde Barrow , archive footage), Doug Wilson (as Charles Arthur 'Pretty Boy' Floyd , archive footage), Jim Davis (as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator , archive footage), Lyle Talbot (as Dr. William Guellfe, Plastic Surgeon , archive footage), Sydney Mason (as Lieutenant Bill Baxter , archive footage), Lash La Rue (as 'Doc' Barker , archive footage), Ralph Moody (as Arthur 'Pa' Barker , archive footage), Jeanne Carmen (as Paula , archive footage), Ann Morriss (as Mildred Jaunce, The Lady in Red , archive footage), Aline Towne (as Shirley, Girl with Karpis , archive footage), Regina Gleason (as Hope , archive footage), Jeanne Bates (as Mrs. Ross Baxter , archive footage), Helen Van Tuyl (as Texas Lady Governor , archive footage), Knobby Schaeffer (as Adam Richetti , archive footage), Russ Whitney (as Verne Miller , archive footage), Coulter Irwin (as FBI Agent Ross Baxter , archive footage), Robert Kendall (as Baby Face Nelson , archive footage), Sam Flint (as FBI Chief , archive footage), Bill Baldwin (as Special Agent Fenton / Narrator , archive footage), William Boyett (as FBI Agent on Pier , archive footage, uncredited), Ray Boyle (as Raymond Hamilton , archive footage, uncredited), Scott Douglas (as FBI Agent Clifton , archive footage, uncredited), Darlene Fields (as Connie, Dillinger's Girl , archive footage, uncredited), Dick Foote (as Prison Trustee , archive footage, uncredited), Texas Joe Foster (as Tony Milento , archive footage, uncredited), Joseph J. Greene (as Arthur Troser , archive footage, uncredited), Billy Griffith (as Bucher , archive footage, uncredited), Frank Hamer (as Himself, Texas Ranger , archive footage, uncredited), Harold 'Tommy' Hart (as Garageman , archive footage, uncredited), Percy Helton (as Pool Room Proprietor , archive footage, uncredited), Glenn Holden (as Dillinger's Jail Guard , archive footage, uncredited), Florence Lake (as Bessie, the Landlady , archive footage, uncredited), Hank Patterson (as Scully Wass, Farmer , archive footage, uncredited), Robert Vanselow (as John Hamilton , archive footage, uncredited), Smoki Whitfield (as The Bootblack , archive footage, uncredited)
Medium: DVD R/RW
L'impero del mitra DVD (1955)
Also known as: Gang Busters DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Drama, Crime
Director: Bill Karn
Cast: Myron Healey (as John Omar Pinson , archive footage), Don C. Harvey (as Det. Lt. Walsh , archive footage), Sam Edwards (as Wayne Long , archive footage), Frank Gerstle (as Det. Fuller , archive footage), Frank Richards (as Slug Bennett , archive footage), Kate MacKenna (as Landlady , archive footage), Rusty Wescoatt (as Mike Denike , archive footage), William Justine (as Louie Feth , archive footage), Allan Ray (as Larry Ogilvie , archive footage), William Fawcett (as Truck Driver , archive footage), Ed Colbrook (as Pete - Pool Hall Operator , archive footage), Charles Victor (as Police Officer Rondeau , archive footage), Robert Carson (as Dr. Hall , archive footage), Joyce Jameson (as Girl in Car , archive footage), Mike Ragan (as Police Officer , archive footage), Ed Hinton (as Prison Guard , archive footage), Robert Bice (as Prison Guard , archive footage), Gabriel Heatter (as Himself / Narrator in Prologue , archive footage), Phillips Lord (as Narrator , archive sound, uncredited)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Hardened criminal repeatedly breaks out of Oregon State Prison, eluding police for prolonged periods afterwards.
L'impero dell'odio DVD (1962)
Also known as: Black Gold DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Drama, Adventure
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Philip Carey (as Frank McCandless), Diane McBain (as Ann Evans), James Best (as Jericho Larkin), Fay Spain (as Julie), Claude Akins (as Chick Carrington), William Phipps (as Albert Mailer), Dub Taylor (as Doc), Ken Mayer (as Felker), Iron Eyes Cody (as Charlie Two-Bits), Vincent Barbi (as Klein), Rusty Wescoatt (as Wilkins), Chuck Hicks (as (uncredited), Bill Zuckert (as Sheriff , uncredited)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Two friends join together to strike oil during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s, and wind up fighting over the same oil wells and the same girl.
L'impero della lussuria DVD (1972)
Also known as: Tokugawa sekkusu kinshi-rei: shikijô daimyô DVD (original title)
Country: Japan,
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Genre(s): Drama, Erotic
Director: Noribumi Suzuki
Cast: Audrey Cruise, Ryôko Ema, Kaya Hozumi, Emi Jo, Sandra Julien (as Sandra), Utako Kyô, Yôko Mihara, Ryôta Minowada, Kinji Nakamura, Tadashi Naruse, Hiroshi Nawa (as Tadateru Ogura), Hachirô Oka, Miwako Onaya, Keisuke Ootori, Miki Sugimoto (as Kiyohime), Taiji Tonoyama, Fumio Watanabe (as Hatakaya), Akira Ôizumi
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and Kiyohime's strict morals lead to significant crisis in their marriage. To improve his sexual prowess, the lord is introduced to Sandra, a French woman held captive by usurer-smuggler Hatakaya. This results in the lord's choosing Sandra as his mistress. Kiyohime's attendants see this move as an insult and have Sandra beaten and imprisoned. Nevertheless, Sandra escapes with the help of Morita, a retainer of the lord. Out of bitterness and as some sort of revenge, the lord imposes a sex ban on his subjects.
L'impero delle termiti giganti DVD (1977)
Also known as: Empire of the Ants DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Joan Collins (as Marilyn Fryser), Robert Lansing (as Dan Stokely), John David Carson (as Joe Morrison), Albert Salmi (as Sheriff Art Kincade), Jacqueline Scott (as Margaret Ellis), Pamela Susan Shoop (as Coreen Bradford), Robert Pine (as Larry Graham), Edward Power (as Charlie Pearson), Brooke Palance (as Christine Graham), Tom Fadden (as Sam Russell), Irene Tedrow (as Velma Thompson), Harry Holcombe (as Harry Thompson), Jack Kosslyn (as Thomas Lawson), Ilse Earl (as Mary Lawson), Janie Gavin (as Ginny), Norman Franklin (as Anson Parker), Florance McGee (as Phoebe Russell), Jim Wheelus (as Crewman), Mike Armstrong (as Jim), Tom Ford (as Pete), Charles Redd (as Taxi Driver)
Medium: DVD R/RW