Maciste in hell 1926 features a character originally portrayed by actor bartolomeo pagano in the italian historical epic cabiria 1914. Chapter 1 silent film historiography and italian film historiography. Maciste allinferno maciste in hell guido brignone, 1926 english. He then lands on an island overrun with headhunters. African slave in ancient rome to a white italian in contemporary northern italy. High resolution french movie poster image for maciste nelle miniere di re.
Jacqueline reich traces the racial, class, and national transformations undergone by this italian strongman from african slave in cabiria 1914, his first film, to bourgeois gentleman, to alpine soldier of the great war, to colonial officer in italys. The caves, discovered in 1938 by the speleologist franco anelli, are situated 1 kilometer 0. The character of maciste was created by giovanni pastrone in his remarkable 1914 film cabiria based on a script by gabriele danunzio. Ubaldo arata 23 march 1895 7 december 1947 was an italian cinematographer. Maciste, no more a black slave, but an active and dynamic actor of the 1910s in torino, is still the generous defender of the. The ep contains fifteen songs, about 50 minutes in length. Maciste contro ercole nella valle dei guai maciste against hercules in the vale of woe 1962, com frank gordon como maciste. Maciste in hell 1925 the mistress of atlantis 1932 night fright 1968 how awful about allan 1970 panic 1976 piranha, piranha 1972. Elena sangro in maciste in hell 1925 maciste in hell 1925 domenico.
Les hommes 1973in french with english subs, beautiful letterboxed print. The collections highlights include films from the great age of italian divas with stars like francesca bertini, pina menichelli and lyda borelli, serial comedies polidor, krikri, and cretinetti, war documentaries, actuality films, historical blockbusters, the maciste films and neapolitan. Kirk morris, laura brown are topbilled in colossus and the headhunters. Maciste in hell is one of my favorite silent films. The album was recorded live while a projection of the movie maciste allinferno 1925 was running at the rock school barbey, bordeaux, france, on 29 may, 2003. Louvre in 1911 did, however, make it to the screen in a 1931 german version. Italian film star bartolomeo paganos maciste played a key role in his nations narratives of identity during world war i and after. Directory share and download study presentations upload. First lead role for the gentle giant maciste original name bartolomeo pagano, who stole the scene to the leaders and the princesses in cabiria. Maciste then becomes involved in an effort to restore to the throne of memphis its rightful ruler, prince iram. Arata worked on more than a hundred films between 1918 and his death in 1947. He was italys greatest man of letters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A hell of a french gangster film with henry silva, marcel bofuzzi, and michel constatine. The fascist regimes dislike towards the italian gothic on. Here pagano as maciste is a virtuous man of the 19th century who is confronted by the devil appearing in his snidley whiplash persona in. Maciste contro tutti centro pecci 18 settembre 1992 youtube massimo zamboni 30 anni di ortodossia il film duration. The evil queen tenefi demands that a steady supply of young women be sacrificed to the god of fire. Replacing dantes protagonist is legendary muscleman maciste, played as usual by bartolomeo pagano. Maciste in hell is a 1962 peplumfantasy film, directed by riccardo freda. While maciste was a second role in cabiria as a slave of herculean strength and great virtue living in the third century bc, he became one of the favourite characters of italian silent films. Ricercatore puo interpretare immagine e foto per tuo macchina. The devil takes maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality. Imagining ancient cities in film charting a century and more of film and television, this adventurous and timely critical survey will be an invaluable companion for anyone interested in how, and why, modern cultures represent the ancient world in the ways that they do. Arata entered cinema in the silent era, and worked prolifically during the 1920s including on one of the final entries into the longrunning maciste series.
Scholars tend to agree on riccardo fredas i vampiri 1957 being the first italian horror film. The period and the location are different, but not the essence. Share and download educational presentations online. The title was changed to maciste in hell to the witchs curse and sold as a horror movie instead of the swordandsandal flick it was, the unconventional setting notwithstanding. The title character, played by morris, barely escapes an earthquake. Guido brignone 6 december 1886 6 march 1959 was an italian film director and actor. It is a 1920s supernatural adventure even dante could be proud of. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of italy from the 1910s to the mid1960s he is usually depicted as a herculeslike figure, utilizing his massive strength to achieve heroic feats that ordinary men cannot.
Maciste travels to hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world. However, users may print, download, or email articles for. Frankenstein 1931 universal studios classic monster collection frankenstein and the monster from hell 1974. It, come supercar, due superpiedi quasi piatti e altro ancora. A pillar of virtue, maciste incurs the wrath of pluto, king of the underworld, who dispatches several lesser demons to earth, where they attempt. Catalogo film mediateca centro servizi culturali italy. Per i soci che lo desiderano, abbiamo a disposizione in dvd, salvo note i seguenti film o video. Maciste allinferno 1926 maciste in hell a cinema history. The movie is about a succession of settling of scores and the revenge of a mobster who think he has been framed. Maciste intervenes and saves from this sacrifice a villages women including the beautiful antea. They see the fires of tartarus, finding themselves in the innermost circle of hell. With bartolomeo pagano, umberto guarracino, mario saio, franz sala. Hell has a rule that maciste must be released from hell after three days unless a female demon kisses him. Maciste allinferno movie religion, spiritualism, and occult maciste in hell 1962, is a 1960 italian movie directed by riccardo freda.
Maciste tries to stick a fat demon gerione mario saio with a pitchfork, but he just breathes out fire. The movie is in the public domain, and thats spurred fans to reconstruct the film by editing different existing versions together. See the full list of maciste in hell cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. He was the father of actress lilla brignone and younger brother of actress mercedes brignone. Guardare maciste in hell streaming ita ijuxposition. Maciste allinferno maciste in hell guido brignone, 1926 english version. It features the best cinematic representation of the swirling chaos of hell ive ever seen, complete w demons and lost souls. Bartolomeo pagano, who created the character in cabiria interpreted it. With around 400 titles, it is one of the biggest collections in the world. Il trionfo di maciste the triumph of maciste 1962, com kirk morris. Key moments in ovidian film history part ii ovid on screen. The famous maciste allinferno maciste in hell, guido brignone was also connected to the early peplum genre.
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