Michael Strogoff

Michael Strogoff 1956

6.50

When Emir Feofar Khan, leader of the Tartar hordes, takes up arms and invades the steppes of Eastern Siberia, Czar Alexander II of Russia entrusts the brave officer Michael Strogoff with a dangerous mission.

1956

The Nun of Monza

The Nun of Monza 1962

5.00

Virginia de Leyva, daughter of a Spanish Lord, becomes a nun in Monza, in 1600s. She becomes very strict with herself and the students until she's unable to resist a romance with the nobleman Gian Paolo Osio which will lead both to danger.

1962

Carthage in Flames

Carthage in Flames 1960

5.10

Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.

1960

The Affairs of Messalina

The Affairs of Messalina 1951

4.00

A story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.

1951

La forza del destino

La forza del destino 1950

5.00

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.

1950

Carmen di Trastevere

Carmen di Trastevere 1962

9.00

Carmen, wife of a certain Vincenzo detained for theft, chooses Antonio as a friend. When the husband is released from prison, he accepts the relationship in progress and continues to use the woman in his shady businesses.

1962

Taxi di notte

Taxi di notte 1950

5.00

A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.

1950

Tosca

Tosca 1956

1

A nasty Rome police chief circa 1800 forces the lover of a painter, suspected of harboring a political prisoner, to reveal the hiding place and to yield to his power and lust.

1956

Il trovatore

Il trovatore 1949

1

Azucena, daughter of a Gypsy burnt at the stake, to take her revenge kidnaps one of the children of Count de Luna and raises him in secret as her own.

1949