RAREFILMS - Peplum - History films on DVD
Le 7 fatiche di Alì Babà (1962)
Also known as:: The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Peplum
Director: Emimmo Salvi
Cast: Bella Cortez, Salvatore Furnari, Omero Gargano, Iloosh Khoshabe, Aristide Massari, Furio Meniconi, Mario Polletin, Yvonne Sire, Amedeo Trilli, Liliana Zagra
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: A wizard summons Ali Baba to transport a sacred crown to a nearby country. An evil ruler has taken over the land, and the crown is needed to free the people from his influence.
A fil di spada DVD (1952)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Peplum
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Cast: Frank Latimore, Milly Vitale, Pierre Cressoy, Doris Duranti, Peter Trent, Arturo Bragaglia, John Kitzmiller, Enrico Glori, Jone Morino, Ugo Sasso, Leslie Daniels, Luciana Vedovelli, Antonio Chinnici, Ignazio Leone, Leonardo Bragaglia
Medium: DVD R/RW
L'abito nero da sposa DVD (1945)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, History
Director: Luigi Zampa
Cast: Fosco Giachetti, Jacqueline Laurent, Enzo Fiermonte, Carlo Tamberlani, Aldo Silvani, Domenico Viglione Borghese, Manoel Roero, Fausto Guerzoni, Evelina Paoli, Peppino Spadaro, Renato Chiantoni, Emilio Petacci, Franco Pesce, Giuliana Pitti, Elena Sangro
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Strozzi, the chief of a mercenary army, kills the banker Chigi, because the man refused to let him marry his daughter Berta, who is engaged to Giuliano de' Medici. Giuliano is accused of the murder, he is arrested and imprisoned to be tried. Strozzi, who feels very confident about Giuliano's trial, confesses to Giuliano's brother, the Cardinal Giovanni, he is the real killer. Giovanni cannot plead the innocence of his brother because he cannot reveal what he learned during the Holy Confession. Giuliano is sentenced to death. With a trick, on the day of the execution, Giovanni is able to make Strozzi reveal his crime, while witnesses are secretly listening to them. The truth is finally established and the guilty soldier finally faces his destiny.
Afrodite la Dea dell'amore (1958)
Also known as:: Aphrodite Goddess of Love (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, History
Director: Mario Bonnard
Cast: Isabelle Corey, Anthony Steffen, Irène Tunc, Ivo Garrani, Giulio Donnini, Carlo Tamberlani, Gian Paolo Rosmino, Andrea Aureli, Matteo Spinola, Adriano Micantoni, Mino Doro, Germano Longo, Paul Muller, Livio Lorenzon, Liliana Gerace
Medium: DVD R/RW
L'accusato di Norimberga DVD (1939)
Also known as: Das unsterbliche herz DVD (original title)
Country: Germany
Spoken Languages: German
Genre(s): Drama, History
Director: Veit Harlan
Cast: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Wegener, Raimund Schelcher, Michael Bohnen, Paul Henckels, Ernst Legal, Eduard von Winterstein, Franz Schafheitlin, Jakob Tiedtke, Wolf Dietrich, Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg, Josef Dahmen, Hans Quest, Bernhard Minetti
Medium: DVD R/RW
Agente britannico DVD (1934)
Also known as: British Agent DVD (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Drama, War, Romance, History
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, Irving Pichel, Ivan F. Simpson, Halliwell Hobbes, J. Carrol Naish, Walter Byron, Cesar Romero, Arthur Aylesworth, Alphonse Ethier, Frank Reicher, Tenen Holtz, Doris Lloyd
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot Outline: It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph Stalin, to sign in Petrograd a separate treaty with the Germans. Germany had been at war with its neighbors. Steve has to deal with Elena Moura, the attractive secretary of Lenin and spy too. Steve falls in love with Elena.
Agi Murad il diavolo bianco (1959)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Adventure
Director: Riccardo Freda
Cast: Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Scilla Gabel, Renato Baldini, Gérard Herter, Milivoje Zivanovic, Nikola Popovic, Jovan Gec, Niksa Stefanini, Milivoje Popovic-Mavid, Antun Nalis, Marija Tocinoski, Pasquale Basile, Goffredo Unger, Dragomir Felba
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: The story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.
Aguirre furore di Dio (1972)
Also known as:: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (original title)
Country: WestGermany
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, History, Biography
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera, Daniel Ades, Edward Roland, Alejandro Chavez, Armando Polanah, Daniel Farfán, Julio E. Martínez, Alejandro Repulles, Indianern der Kooperative Lauramarca, Justo González, Antonio Marquez
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to "the golden city", or to certain destruction?
Gli amanti del deserto DVD (1957)
Also known as: Los amantes del desierto DVD (Spanish title)
Country: Italy/Spain
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Adventure, peplum
Director: Fernando Cerchio
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Carmen Sevilla, Gino Cervi, José Guardiola, Franca Bettoia, Manuel Guitián, Domingo Rivas, Manuel Alcón, Mariangela Giordano, Joaquín Bergía, Félix Briones, Pilar Gómez Ferrer
Medium: DVD R/RW
Amanti imperiali DVD (1956)
Also known as: Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe DVD (original title)
Country: Austria
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, History
Director: Rudolf Jugert
Cast: Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger, Winnie Markus, Lil Dagover, Erik Frey, Attila Hörbiger, Adrienne Gessner, Greta Zimmer, Walter Reyer, Karl Ehmann, Otto Wögerer, Josef Kahlenberg, C.W. Fernbach, Eduard Volters, Karl Schwetter
Medium: DVD R/RW
Ambra DVD (1947)
Also known as: Forever Amber DVD (original title)
Country: USA,
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, History
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Linda Darnell (as Amber St. Clair), Cornel Wilde (as Bruce Carlton), Richard Greene (as Lord Harry Almsbury), George Sanders (as King Charles II), Glenn Langan (as Capt. Rex Morgan), Richard Haydn (as Earl of Radcliffe), Jessica Tandy (as Nan Britton), Anne Revere (as Mother Red Cap), John Russell (as Black Jack Mallard), Jane Ball (as Corinne Carlton), Robert Coote (as Sir Thomas Dudley), Leo G. Carroll (as Matt Goodgroome), Natalie Draper (as Countess of Castlemaine), Margaret Wycherly (as Mrs. Spong), Alma Kruger (as Lady Redmond), Edmund Breon (as Lord Redmond), Alan Napier (as Landale), Mary Jane Shores, Robert Adler (as Cavalier , uncredited), Patrick Aherne (as Abram , uncredited), Mari Aldon (as Minor Role , uncredited), Jimmy Ames (as Galeazzo , uncredited), Robert Anderson (as Cavalier , uncredited), Niels Bagge (as Cavalier , uncredited), Richard Bailey (as Bob Starling , uncredited), Pati Behrs (as Makeup Artist , uncredited), Ted Billings (as Minor Role , uncredited), Susan Blanchard (as Beck Marshall , uncredited), Leonard Carey (as Dead Caller , uncredited), David Cavendish (as Fop , uncredited), Sanders Clark (as Second , uncredited), Gordon B. Clarke (as Second , uncredited), Ellen Corby (as Marge , uncredited), Harry Cording (as Minor Role , uncredited), Robert Cory (as Member of Mother Red Cap's Gang , uncredited), James Craven (as Messenger , uncredited), Jean De Briac (as Hairdresser , uncredited), Cyril Delevanti (as Cobbler , uncredited), Leslie Denison (as Fop , uncredited), John Dexter (as Second , uncredited), Tom Dillon (as Turnkey , uncredited), Vernon Downing (as Fop , uncredited), David Dunbar (as Ruffian , uncredited), Alan Edmiston (as Mr. Poterell , uncredited), Arthur Elliott (as Cavalier , uncredited), Charles Elmergreen (as Cavalier , uncredited), Edith Evanson (as Sarah , uncredited), Betty Fairfax (as Mrs. Poterell , uncredited), Gerald Fielding (as Cavalier , uncredited), Walter Findon (as Depraved Man , uncredited), Art Foster (as Ruffian , uncredited), Fred Fox (as Doctor , uncredited), C. 'Tex' Gilmore (as One-Legged Man , uncredited), Arthur Gould-Porter (as Moss Gumble , uncredited), Robert Greig (as Magistrate , uncredited), Bobby Hale (as Bit Role , uncredited), Ruth Hall (as Orange Girl , uncredited), Tom Handley (as Cavalier , uncredited), Dolores Hart (as Child , uncredited), Ivo Henderson (as Fop , uncredited), Bert Hicks (as Minor Role , uncredited), Ramsay Hill (as Major-Domo , uncredited), Leyland Hodgson (as Guard , uncredited), Victoria Horne (as Quaker Woman , uncredited), Robin Hughes (as Benvolio , uncredited), Colin Hunter (as Fop , uncredited), Tim Huntley (as Ivers , uncredited), Boyd Irwin (as Lord Rossmore , uncredited), Doretta Johnson (as Orange Girl , uncredited), Ian Keith (as Tybalt , uncredited), Skelton Knaggs (as Blueskin , uncredited), Jimmy Lagano (as Bruce - Age 3 , uncredited), Marten Lamont (as Jack - Wounded Cavalier , uncredited), George Leigh (as Fop , uncredited), Fred Libby (as Man Grabbing Amber in Tavern , uncredited), Lillian Molieri (as Queen Catherine , uncredited), Tom Moore (as Killigrew , uncredited), Clive Morgan (as Minor Role , uncredited), Harry Hays Morgan (as Courtier , uncredited), David Murray (as Cavalier , uncredited), Ottola Nesmith (as Mrs. Chiverton , uncredited), Eric Noonan (as First Mate , uncredited), Vesey O'Davoren (as Fop , uncredited), Brian O'Hara (as Fop , uncredited), Tempe Pigott (as Midwife , uncredited), Tom Pilkington (as Balthasar , uncredited), John Power (as Doctor , uncredited), Robert H. Purcell (as Watchman , uncredited), Frank Radcliffe (as Footman , uncredited), David Ralston (as Drunken Fop , uncredited), Bruce Riley (as Fop , uncredited), John Rogers (as Nicks , uncredited), Peter Shaw (as Deacon , uncredited), Mildred Shay (as Girl , uncredited), Yorke Sherwood (as Bit Role , uncredited), Paul Stader (as Fighter , uncredited), Will Stanton (as Dead Eye , uncredited)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Gli amori di Cleopatra (1953)
Also known as:: Serpent of the Nile (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure
Director: William Castle
Cast: Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron, Michael Ansara, Michael Fox, Conrad Wolfe, John Crawford, Jane Easton, Robert Griffin, Frederic Berest, Julie Newmar
Medium: DVD R/RW
Andrei Roublev (1966)
Also known as:: Andrey Rublyov (original title)
Country: Soviet Union
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, War, History, Biography
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Cast: Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Sergeyev, Irma Raush, Nikolay Burlyaev, Yuriy Nazarov, Yuri Nikulin, Rolan Bykov, Nikolai Grabbe, Mikhail Kononov, Stepan Krylov, Irina Miroshnichenko, Bolot Bejshenaliyev, K. Aleksandrov
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th Century Russian history, a period marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and by Tatar invasions.
Angelica (1964)
Also known as: Angélique marquise des anges (original title)
Country: France
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Claude Giraud, Giuliano Gemma, Charles Regnier, Jacques Toja, Madeleine Lebeau, Jean Topart, Bernard Woringer, Philippe Lemaire, Jean Ozenne, François Maistre, Robert Porte, Etchika Choureau
Medium: DVD R/RW
Angelica alla corte del Re (1965)
Also known as: Angélique et le roy (original title)
Country: France
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Toja, Sami Frey, Estella Blain, Fred Williams, Pasquale Martino, Jean Parédès, René Lefèvre, Michel Galabru, Philippe Lemaire, Ann Smyrner, Carol Le Besque, Michel Thomass
Medium: DVD R/RW
Angelica e il gran sultano (1968)
Also known as: Angélique et le sultan (original title)
Country: France
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jacques Santi, Helmuth Schneider, Roger Pigaut, Ettore Manni, Erno Crisa, Bruno Dietrich, Pasquale Martino, Renato De Carmine, Henri Cogan, Aly Ben Ayed, Claudio Previtera, Gaby Mesée
Medium: DVD R/RW
Annibale (1959)
Also known as: Hannibal (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Cast: Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti, Rita Gam, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Franco Silva, Terence Hill, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Aureli, Andrea Fantasia, Renzo Cesana, Bud Spencer, Pina Bottin, Remo De Angelis, Piero Mitri
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: After making his historic crossing of the Alps with elephants transporting supplies and troops, Hannibal marches on Rome in a war of revenge. During his advance, he captures Sylvia, the niece of Roman Senator Fabius Maximus but, instead of holding her prisoner, he shows her his powerful army and herds of elephants, then sets her free...
Antonio e Cleopatra (1965)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Romance, History
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi
Cast: Enrico Maria Salerno, Valeria Valeri, Daniele Tedeschi, Achille Millo, Mario Lombardini, Enrico Canestrini, Renzo Palmer, Roberto Del Giudice, Stefano Varriale, Oreste Lionello, Nico Bellini, Michele Riccardini, Vittorio Duse, Giuseppe Fortis, Marcello Selmi
Medium: DVD R/RW
L'arciere del Re (1955)
Also known as: Quentin Durward (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole, Alec Clunes, Duncan Lamont, Laya Raki, Marius Goring, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Eric Pohlmann, Harcourt Williams, Michael Goodliffe, John Carson, Nicholas Hannen, Moultrie Kelsall
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: In 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom, for political reasons, the Duke of Burgundy intends she marry. A man of honour who may have sworn too many oaths, Durward finds he and Isabelle being used as pawns in a deadly game by the Duke and devious King Louis XI. One look at Isabelle has convinced Durward this is where he and his heart have to be.
L'arciere di fuoco DVD (1950)
Also known as: The Flame and the Arrow (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Aline MacMahon, Frank Allenby, Nick Cravat, Lynn Baggett, Gordon Gebert, Norman Lloyd, Victor Kilian, Francis Pierlot, Robin Hughes
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Twelfth-century Lombardy lies under the iron heel of German overlord Count Ulrich 'The Hawk', but in the mountains, guerillas yet resist. Five years before our story, Ulrich stole away the pretty wife of young archer Dardo who, cynical rather than embittered, still has little interest in joining the rebels. But this changes when his son, too, is taken from him. The rest is lighthearted swashbuckling, plus romantic interludes with lovely hostage Anne.
L'arciere di fuoco (1970)
Country: Spain
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Peplum
Director: Giorgio Ferroni
Cast: Giuliano Gemma, Mark Damon, Silvia Dionisio, Mario Adorf, Daniele Dublino, Valerie Forques, Nello Pazzafini, Manuel Zarzo, Lars Bloch, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Valerio Colombaioni, Pierre Cressoy, Luis Dávila, Pupo De Luca, Giulio Donnini
Medium: DVD R/RW
L'arciere nero (1959)
Also known as: De zwarte boogschutter (German title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, Peplum
Director: Piero Pierotti
Cast: Jolanda Addolori, Gianni Baghino, Sandro Baranger, Stelio Candelli, Erno Crisa, Marisa Cucchi, Franco Fantasia, Tom Felleghy, Fulvia Franco, Ivy Holzer, Gérard Landry, Ignazio Leone, Livio Lorenzon, Nino Marchesini, Terry Mason
Medium: DVD R/RW
Gli arcieri di Sherwood (1960)
Also known as: Sword of Sherwood Forest (original title)
Country: UK
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, History
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Nigel Green, Niall MacGinnis, Jack Gwillim, Edwin Richfield, Oliver Reed, Patrick Crean, Vanda Godsell, Dennis Lotis, Derren Nesbitt, James Neylin, John Franklin
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: The sheriff of Nottingham plots to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bortrey, who has died on Crusade. The Archbishop of Canterbury speaks against this plot, and the sheriff plans to eliminate him. Robin Hood pretends to undertake the assassination of the Archbishop for the plotters; Maid Marion, meeting him thinks him the leader of a gang of murderers, and leads him into a trap.
Arma bianca DVD (1936)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure
Director(s): Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Cast: Mimi Aylmer, Nerio Bernardi, Oreste Bilancia, Enzo Biliotti, Antonio Centa, Andrea Checchi, Romolo Costa, Leda Gloria, Tina Lattanzi, Guglielmo Morresi, Giuseppe Pierozzi, Mauro Serra, Lidia Simoneschi, Gino Viotti, Cesare Zoppetti
Medium: DVD R/RW
Armi della vendetta, Le (1964)
Also known as:: Hardi Pardaillan! (original title)
Country: France
Spoken Languages: French
Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure, Romance, History
Director: Bernard Borderie
Cast: Gérard Barray, Valérie Lagrange, Christiane Minazzoli, Jacqueline Danno, Isa Miranda, Caroline Rami, Sophie Hardy, Philippe Lemaire, Yvan Chiffre, Jean Topart, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Guy Delorme, Robert Berri, Jacques Castelot, Francis Claude
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri III.Jean gives his full to thwart the Duke of Guise's attempts to have the king assassinated. A heartthrob more than ever, Pardaillan will awake serious interest in many a girl, at times becoming their prey like with Bianca Farnese, De Guise's agent...
L'assedio di Siracusa (1960)
Also known as: Archimedes - Löwe von Syrakus (German title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Romance, History
Director: Pietro Francisci
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Tina Louise, Sylva Koscina, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gino Cervi, Alberto Farnese, Luciano Marin, Alfredo Varelli, Walter Grant, Mara Lombardo
Medium: DVD R/RW
Attila (1954)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Action, Drama, History
Director: Pietro Francisci
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Claude Laydu, Irene Papas, Colette Régis, Ettore Manni, Eduardo Ciannelli, Georges Bréhat, Christian Marquand, Anthony Pawley, Guido Celano, Aldo Pini, Marco Guglielmi, Antonio Amendola
Medium: DVD R/RW
Avventura nell'arcipelago DVD (1958)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure
Director(s): Dino B. Partesano
Cast: Diego Pozzetto (as Professore Bellini), Piero Giagnoni (as Tullio), Paola Avoglio (as Laura), Lorenzo Codina (as Luca), Antonio Canu (as Giovanni), Gabriele Rinaldi (as Giacomo), Luigi Atzeni (as Carletto)
Medium: DVD R/RW
Le avventure di Cadet Rousselle (1954)
Also known as: Cadet Rousselle (original title)
Country: France
Spoken Languages: French
Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure, History
Director: André Hunebelle
Cast: François Périer, Dany Robin, Bourvil, Madeleine Lebeau, Christine Carère, Noël Roquevert, Jean Parédès, Henri Crémieux, Alfred Adam, Pierre Destailles, Louis Arbessier, Jacques Dufilho, René Génin, Jacques Dynam, Jacques Fabbri
Medium: DVD R/RW
Le avventure di Scaramouche (1963)
Also known as: La máscara de Scaramouche (original title)
Country: France
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, History
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Cast: Gérard Barray, Michèle Girardon, Gianna Maria Canale, Yvette Lebon, Alberto de Mendoza, George Rigaud, Andrés Mejuto, Gonzalo Cañas, Irán Eory, Rafael Durán, Rafael Bruguera, Antonio Gradoli, Fernando Montes, Xan das Bolas, Álvaro de Luna
Medium: DVD R/RW
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes (1967)
Also known as: Cervantes (original title)
Country: Spain
Spoken Languages: Spanish
Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, History, Biography
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Horst Buchholz, Gina Lollobrigida, José Ferrer, Louis Jourdan, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Soledad Miranda, Antonio Casas, Ángel del Pozo, Uzzieno Cortini, Ricardo Palacios, José Jaspe, José Nieto, André Spengler, Maurice de Canonge
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: A highly fictionalized filming of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote".
Le avventure e gli amori di Omar Khayyam (1957)
Also known as: Omar Khayyam (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, History
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Yma Sumac, Margaret Hayes, Joan Taylor, Sebastian Cabot, Perry Lopez, Morris Ankrum, Abraham Sofaer, Edward Platt, James Griffith, Peter Adams
Medium: DVD R/RW
Gli avventurieri del pianeta Terra DVD (1975)
Also known as: The Ultimate Warrior DVD (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles, William Smith, Richard Kelton, Stephen McHattie, Darrell Zwerling, Lane Bradbury, Nate Esformes, Mel Novak, Mickey Caruso, Gary Johnson, Susan Keener, Stevie Myers, Fred Slyter
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
L'avventuriero di re Artù (1963)
Also known as: Siege of the Saxons (original title)
Country: UK
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, History
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Ronald Howard, John Laurie, Mark Dignam, Jerome Willis, Francis De Wolff, Charles Lloyd Pack, Peter Mason
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
I Baccanali di Tiberio (1960)
Also known as: Tiberius (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Comedy, History
Director: Giorgio Simonelli
Cast: Walter Chiari, Abbe Lane, Ugo Tognazzi, Mara Berni, Tino Buazzelli, Aroldo Tieri, Luigi Pavese, Tiberio Murgia, Luciano Salce, Olimpia Cavalli, Mimmo De Ninno, Janine Hendy, Mario Castellani, Elga Andersen, Paolo Cavallo
Medium: DVD R/RW
Il bacio di Giuda (1954)
Also known as: El beso de Judas (original title)
Country: Spain
Spoken Languages: Spanish
Genre(s): History, Drama
Director: Rafael Gil
Cast: Rafael Rivelles, Francisco Rabal, Gérard Tichy, Fernando Sancho, José Nieto, Manuel Monroy, Félix Dafauce, Francisco Arenzana, Gabriel Alcover, Pedro Anzola, Luis Hurtado, Mercedes Albert, Jacinto San Emeterio, Santiago Rivero, Tony Hernández
Medium: DVD R/RW
Barabba (1961)
Also known as: Barabbas (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, History, Biography
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews, Vittorio Gassman, Norman Wooland, Valentina Cortese, Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine, Arnoldo Foà, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Payne, Douglas Fowley, Guido Celano
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was spared crucifixion when Pilate manipulated the crowd into to pardoning him, rather than Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
I beati Paoli DVD (1948)
Also known as: I cavalieri dalle maschere nere DVD (alternative title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, History
Director: Pino Mercanti
Cast: Otello Toso, Lea Padovani, Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa, Paola Barbara, Mario Ferrari, Carlo Ninchi, Michele Abruzzo, Umberto Spadaro, Rosolino Bua, Gaspare Lupo, Francesco A. Bertini
Medium: DVD R/RW
Bellezze rivali (1946)
Also known as:: Centennial Summer (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): History, Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, William Eythe, Walter Brennan, Constance Bennett, Dorothy Gish, Barbara Whiting, Larry Stevens, Kathleen Howard, Buddy Swan, Charles Dingle, Avon Long
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot Outline: In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchma who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Benito Mussolini (1962)
Also known as: Blood on the Balcony (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): War, Documentary, History, Biography
Director: Pasquale Prunas
Medium: DVD R/RW
Benito Mussolini: anatomia di un dittatore (1962)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Documentary, History
Director: Mino Loy
Medium: DVD R/RW
Bianco e nero (1975)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Documentary, History
Director: Paolo Pietrangeli
Cast:
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Political documentary, close to the positions of the Italian Communist Party (PCI)- about neofascist's "strategy of tension" in Italy 1974-75; focuses on the bombings of train Italicus and of a Communist meeting in Brescia.
La bibbia (1966)
Also known as: The Bible: In the Beginning... (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Zoe Sallis, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Franco Nero, Pupella Maggio, Robert Rietty, Peter Heinze
Medium: DVD R/RW
La Bibbia aveva ragione (1977)
Also known as: ...und die Bibel hat doch recht
Country: West Germany
Spoken Languages: German
Genre(s): Documentary, History
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Werner Jacobs, Hildegard Knef, Ricci Monseñor, Dr. Boris Oses, Holger Petzold (voice), Manfred Seipold (voice), Ren Steinitz
Medium: DVD R/RW
Bionda incendiaria (1945)
Also known as:: Incendiary Blonde (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: English
Genre(s): Romance, Biography, Musical, History
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles, Albert Dekker, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Philips, Bill Goodwin, Eduardo Ciannelli, Maurice Rocco, The Maxellos
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also finds romance and heartbreak.
Brenno il nemico di Roma DVD (1963)
Also known as: Battle of the Spartans DVD (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Adventure, Peplum
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo
Cast: Gordon Mitchell, Ursula Davis, Massimo Serato, Tony Kendall, Erno Crisa, Vassili Karis, Margherita Girelli, Carla Calò, Nerio Bernardi, Andrea Aureli, Michel Gaida, Anna-Maria Pace, Roland Gray, Carlo Lombardi, Lucio De Santis
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Brennus of Gaul moves on Rome in 391 BC. Unfortunately the one man who cansave the empire has been dismissed and wants nothing to do with the empire.Three brothers are dispatched to try to make peace andthen...Brennus, a stone faced golem of a man was a real individual. Here, playedby Gordon Mitchell he is a frightening monster of a villain...
Bronte: cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato DVD (1972)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, History
Director: Florestano Vancini
Cast: Ivo Garrani, Mariano Rigillo, Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Rudolf Kukic, Miodrag Loncar, Andjelko Stimac, Loris Bazzocchi, Zvonimir Jelacic-Buzimski, Giuliano Petrelli, Janez Skof, Bert Sotlar, Stole Arandjelovic, Andrea Aureli, Filippo Scelzo, Mico Cundari
Medium: DVD R/RW (1972)
Ça ira Il fiume della rivolta DVD (1964)
Also known as: Tell It Like It Is DVD (English title)
Country: Italy
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Music, War, Documentary, History
Director: Tinto Brass
Medium: DVD R/RW
La caduta dell'impero Romano DVD (1964)
Also known as: The Fall of the Roman Empire (original title)
Country: USA
Spoken Languages: Italian
Genre(s): Drama, History
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland
Medium: DVD R/RW
Plot: Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome. Here is the story of personal lust for power, and the shattering effects of that power's loss. Here is the tale of the plight of a people living on the brink of a political abyss.
