The Best Films Photographed By Mario Bava (except his owns)
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1. La corona di ferro (1941)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross of Christ and the metal of Roman swords, becomes a legend and a symbol of justice.
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Elisa Cegani, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli, Gino Cervi
Votes: 430
additional photography (uncredited)
2. Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Georges Marchal, Gianna Maria Canale, Renato Baldini, Irene Papas
Votes: 287
additional photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
3. Cops and Robbers (1951)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Totò, Ave Ninchi, William Tubbs
Votes: 1,757
4. A Dog's Life (1950)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
Directors: Mario Monicelli, Steno | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gina Lollobrigida, Delia Scala, Tamara Lees
Votes: 336
5. The White Ship (1941)
77 min | Drama, War
Non professional actors, filmed in a semi documentary style, show the lives of sailors and their officers ,some of whom are transferred to a hospital ship ,during WWII in Italy .
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Augusto Basso, Elena Fondi
Votes: 303
camera operator/special visual effects
6. Odissea (1968)
GP | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.
Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Carlo Alighiero, Leonard Steckel, Constantin Andrieu
Votes: 860
director of photography on segment "Polifemo"/director of special effect sequences/second-unit shots
7. Ulysses (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà
Votes: 4,649
director of photography on "Kirke" episode/special optical effects (uncredited)
8. We Stole a Tram (1954)
91 min | Comedy
Cesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicycle, the accident costs Cesare the relegation to a ticket seller.
Directors: Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Bonnard | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Carlo Campanini, Juan de Landa, Lucia Banti
Votes: 162
9. Cose da pazzi (1954)
81 min | Comedy
Young Dalia Rossi is mistaken for a mad person and is committed to "Villa Felicità", a mental institution run by Professor Ruiz. When she is first examined she is found sane and sound. The ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Carla Del Poggio, Enrico Viarisio, Enzo Fiermonte
Votes: 50
10. Sins of Casanova (1955)
95 min | Comedy
1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they single, engaged, or even married.
Director: Steno | Stars: Gabriele Ferzetti, Corinne Calvet, Irene Galter, Nadia Gray
Votes: 110
11. Minnesota Clay (1964)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. The catch: he is going blind.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Georges Rivière, Ethel Rojo, Diana Martín
Votes: 933
additional photography/special optical effects (uncredited)
12. Gold for the Caesars (1963)
Approved | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A slave architect in Gaul is ordered by a Roman governor to lead an expedition, constantly under danger of attack by Celtic warriors, to the Valley of the Sil to find much-needed gold for Rome.
Directors: André De Toth, Sabatino Ciuffini, Riccardo Freda | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Mylène Demongeot, Ron Randell, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 174
exterrior shots/special optical effects (uncredited)
13. Love of a Clown - Pagliacci (1948)
67 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Tito Gobbi, Gina Lollobrigida, Onelia Fineschi, Afro Poli
Votes: 97
14. Inferno (1980)
R | 106 min | Horror
An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 24,027
camera operator/lighting technician/pick-up shots/special optical effects (uncredited)
15. Bordella (1976)
100 min | Comedy, Musical
The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips has chosen Eddie Mordace to open the ... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Al Lettieri, Gigi Proietti, Christian De Sica, Gianni Cavina
Votes: 163
additional photography (uncredited)
16. Beautiful But Dangerous (1955)
TV-PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Alda, Anne Vernon
Votes: 353
17. Nero's Mistress (1956)
104 min | Comedy, History
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her ... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson, Brigitte Bardot
Votes: 562
18. Attila (1954)
TV-14 | 80 min | Biography, Drama, History
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Claude Laydu
Votes: 790
additional photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
19. The Giants of Thessaly (1960)
86 min | Adventure, Fantasy
In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Roland Carey, Ziva Rodann, Alberto Farnese, Nadia Sanders
Votes: 381
second-unit shots/ special visual effects (uncredited)
20. The Witch's Curse (1962)
91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Maciste travels to Hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel, Vira Silenti, Angelo Zanolli
Votes: 525
second-unit shots/special visual effects/lighting technician
21. Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)
80 min | Adventure, Drama
Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gordon Scott, Yôko Tani, Dante DiPaolo, Gabriele Antonini
Votes: 314
matte shots (uncredited)
22. Two Guns and a Coward (1968)
80 min | Western
Superior marksman Roy excels in the circus arena but shies away from settling conflicts with his gun. By chance he is hailed a hero for killing outlaws he did not shoot and fails to live up to this image - until a little boy is kidnapped.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Richard Stapley, Luisa Baratto, Giovanni Cianfriglia
Votes: 102
additional photography/special optical effects (uncredited)
23. Hercules the Invincible (1964)
Unrated | 85 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.
Director: Alvaro Mancori | Stars: Dan Vadis, Spela Rozin, Carla Calò, Ken Clark
Votes: 456
co-director of photography/special visual effects/film designer (uncredited)
24. Gladiators 7 (1962)
Unrated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the ... See full summary »
Director: Pedro Lazaga | Stars: Richard Harrison, Loredana Nusciak, Livio Lorenzon, Gérard Tichy
Votes: 203
second-unit photographer (uncredited)
25. Esther and the King (1960)
Approved | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting... See full summary »
Directors: Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava | Stars: Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 914
26. Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin
Votes: 1,635
second-unit photographer (uncredited)
27. Hercules (1958)
G | 107 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 2,336 | Gross: $10.90M
28. Hercules Unchained (1959)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy
While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale.
Directors: Pietro Francisci, Mario Bava | Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Antonini, Patrizia Della Rovere
Votes: 2,325 | Gross: $5.45M
29. The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History
A demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
Director: Mario Bonnard | Stars: Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey, Barbara Carroll
Votes: 1,302
second-unit photographer (uncredited)
30. Sign of the Gladiator (1959)
98 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops - but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.
Directors: Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni, Riccardo Freda | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco Lulli, Chelo Alonso
Votes: 349
second-unit photographer/special optical effects (uncredited)
31. The White Warrior (1959)
91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Scilla Gabel, Renato Baldini
Votes: 327
32. Morgan the Pirate (1960)
93 min | Adventure
A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.
Directors: André De Toth, Primo Zeglio | Stars: Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani, Lidia Alfonsi
Votes: 422
additional photography/special visual effects/matte shots (uncredited)
33. Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Goliath must save the kidnapped women of his village from an evil zombie leader who needs their blood to feed his soldiers.
Directors: Sergio Corbucci, Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Gordon Scott, Leonora Ruffo, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 423
additional photography/lighting technician/film desinger (uncredited)
34. The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad.
Directors: Bruno Vailati, Arthur Lubin | Stars: Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel
Votes: 680
director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
35. Perseo l'invincibile (1963)
95 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Richard Harrison, Anna Ranalli, Arturo Dominici, Leo Anchóriz
Votes: 436
additional photography/matte shots (uncredited)
36. War of the Zombies (1964)
98 min | Action, Drama, Adventure
A fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Susy Andersen, Ettore Manni, Ida Galli
Votes: 191
director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
37. Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
PG | 360 min | Drama
A biopic of Moses, who led the Jewish people out of Egypt, ex. by parting the Red Sea and afterwards delivered the Ten Commandments from God.
Stars: Irene Papas, Aharon Ipalé, Yosef Shiloach, Marina Berti
Votes: 577
director of special effects
38. Atom Age Vampire (1960)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An exotic dancer is disfigured in a car accident. A scientist develops a treatment that restores her beauty. To preserve her appearance the doctor must give her additional treatments using glands taken from murdered women.
Director: Anton Giulio Majano | Stars: Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, Sergio Fantoni, Franca Parisi
Votes: 1,727
additional photography (uncredited)
39. The Bacchantes (1961)
102 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Taina Elg, Pierre Brice, Alberto Lupo, Alessandra Panaro
Votes: 146
additional photography/lighting technician/matte shots/special optical effects (uncredited)
40. Attack of the Normans (1962)
Not Rated | 79 min | Adventure
An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Geneviève Grad, Ettore Manni, Philippe Hersent
Votes: 90
matte shots (uncredited)
41. The Blancheville Monster (1963)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
The beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse - to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Gérard Tichy, Leo Anchóriz, Ombretta Colli, Helga Liné
Votes: 838
director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
42. S.O.S. Submarine (1941)
71 min | Drama
During maneuvers a submarine collides with a surface vessel and drops to the ocean floor. The crew have thirty hours worth of air to get it back to the surface.
Director: Francesco De Robertis | Stars: Felga Lauri, Diego Pozzetto, Marichetta Stoppa
Votes: 99
camera operator/special optical effects
43. Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi, Fausto Tozzi, Frank Villard
Votes: 149
additional photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
44. Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Unrated | 88 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Jany Clair, Anna Maria Polani, Nando Tamberlani
Votes: 1,991
co-director of photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
45. Hercules the Avenger (1965)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Reg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove undertakes another journey into the nether realms battling zombies and monsters in order to... See full summary »
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Reg Park, Gia Sandri, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Adriana Ambesi
Votes: 165
special visual effects/matte shots/ lighting technician (uncredited)
46. Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
90 min | Comedy, Western
An eccentric bounty hunter named Providence captures and sets free a criminal in order to collect the same bounty over and over again in different states, until they discover that a local sheriff is up to something crooked.
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer, Janet Agren, Dieter Eppler
Votes: 280
director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
47. Waterloo (I) (1970)
G | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 12,638 | Gross: $3.05M
additional photography/matte shots (uncredited)
48. Miss Italia (1950)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Journalist decides to report on Miss Italy candidates, in which detective intrigue is added.
Director: Duilio Coletti | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Richard Ney, Constance Dowling, Luisa Rossi
Votes: 86
49. The Last of the Vikings (1961)
Unrated | 103 min | Action, Adventure, War
Harald and his brother Guntar return to Norway to find their father murdered and his throne usurped. They try to take revenge on Sveno, but a traitor amongst them puts both brother's lives at risk.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Edmund Purdom, Isabelle Corey, Hélène Rémy
Votes: 233
co-director of photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
50. The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
93 min | Fantasy
A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.
Directors: Mario Bava, Henry Levin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Noëlle Adam, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi
Votes: 495
co-director of photography/special visual effects/film designer (uncredited)
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