With Società Anonima Ambrosio (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)
88 min | Adventure, Drama
Two love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
Directors: Mario Caserini, Eleuterio Rodolfi | Stars: Fernanda Negri Pouget, Eugenia Tettoni Fior, Ubaldo Stefani, Antonio Grisanti
Votes: 566
2. Satan (1912)
Drama, Horror
A four chapter film including Satan vs the Creator, Satan vs the Saviour, The Green Demon/Satan during the Dark Ages and The Red Demon/Satan in modern times.
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Mario Bonnard, Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Mario Voller-Buzzi
Votes: 27
3. Cenere (1917)
30 min | Short, Drama
Set in Sardinia, a barren and disconsolate land, where Rosalia, a poor young mother, entrusts her only son, Anania, to the natural father, who is well-off and already married. The years ... See full summary »
Directors: Febo Mari, Arturo Ambrosio | Stars: Eleonora Duse, Febo Mari, Nietta Mordeglia, Ettore Casarotti
Votes: 182
4. The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)
17 min | Short, Drama
Directors: Arturo Ambrosio, Luigi Maggi | Stars: Luigi Maggi, Lydia De Roberti, Umberto Mozzato, Mirra Principi
Votes: 91
5. Theodora (1921)
Drama
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But a love affair with a handsome Greek whom she meets in ... See full summary »
Director: Leopoldo Carlucci | Stars: Rita Jolivet, Ferruccio Biancini, René Maupré, Emilia Rosini
Votes: 21
6. Satan's Castle (1913)
Short, Drama, Horror
A mountaineer, in relating to some travelers the legends of his country, tells them the story of the somber castle in which they are interested. "Many years ago a soldier of fortune having ... See full summary »
Stars: Luigi Chiesa, Antonietta Calderari
7. The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola (1913)
77 min | Adventure
Episode 2: "Zingo and the White Elephant" Zingo and his wife, Sari, who are returning from their adventures in Mexico, when Zingo learns from his newspaper that the Royal Elephant of Siam ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Marcel Perez, Luigi Maggi | Stars: Marcel Perez, Nilde Baracchi, Alfredo Bertone, Filippo Castamagna
Votes: 190
8. The Devil on Two Sticks (1910)
14 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
A young man named Leandro tries to force himself onto his love interest, but she already has another man, and while escaping punishment for his rushed actions, he enters an alchemist's ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Gigetta Morano, Enrico Vaser, Ercole Vaser, Mario Voller-Buzzi
Votes: 57
9. Othello (1914)
Drama, Romance
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Arrigo Frusta | Stars: Paolo Colaci, Cesira Lenard, Ubaldo Stefani, Riccardo Tolentino
10. La gibigianna (1919)
Bianca works in a porcelain factory. Enrico Cernelli, the head foreman, falls in love with Bianca and marries her. Bianca, tired of living poorly, leaves the home for a life of luxury with ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Lucy Di San Germano, Sandro Ruffini, Maria Roasio, Dante Cappelli
11. L'innocente (III) (1912)
Director: Edoardo Bencivenga | Stars: Febo Mari, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Mary Cleo Tarlarini
12. A Friendly Vengeance (1911)
9 min | Short
Stars: Oreste Grandi, Gigetta Morano, Ernesto Vaser, Angelo Vestri
Votes: 7
13. Gens nova (1920)
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Guelfo Bertocchi, Giovanni Cimara, Oreste Grandi, Narciso Maffeis
14. La neuropatologia (1908)
Short
Directors: Camillo Negro, Roberto Omegna | Stars: Camillo Negro, Giuseppe Roasenda
Votes: 20
15. The Iron Foundry (1910)
Short, Drama
The Countess of Savern had a handsome young page who was devoted to her and for whom she entertained a great fondness. Robert, a wicked knight in her husband's service, had made advances to... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Alberto Capozzi, Romilde Nigra, Luigi Maggi
16. Salambo (1911)
Short, Drama
Salambo is in command of the mercenaries (hired foreign soldiers). Payment being delayed they make a hostile demonstration and the High Priestess addresses them. Salambo becomes infatuated ... See full summary »
Director: Arturo Ambrosio | Stars: Maria Bay, Alberto Capozzi, Giovanni Coppo, Oreste Grandi
17. Cuore di mamma (1909)
Short, Fantasy, Horror
In the form of an elegantly dressed gentleman, Mephistopheles appears with the intention of working havoc in the heart of a woman, whose devotion to her little daughter embodies all that ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Mirra Principi, Eugenia Torrielli
18. L'immortale (1921)
Director: Guido Parish | Stars: Marcella Albani, Mario De Vito, Roberto Villani
19. The Romance of Mignon (1914)
Stars: Cesira Lenard, Orlando Ricci, Annetta Ripamonti, Ubaldo Stefani
21. La bella mamma (1915)
Short
Director: Eleuterio Rodolfi | Stars: Tina Di Lorenzo, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Ubaldo Stefani, Armando Falconi
22. Noblesse oblige (1918)
Director: Marcello Dudovich | Stars: Lidia Benelli, Guelfo Bertocchi, Dante Cappelli, Vasco Creti
23. Nero. Or the Fall of Rome. (1909)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama
Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace.
Directors: Arturo Ambrosio, Luigi Maggi | Stars: Alberto Capozzi, Lydia De Roberti, Mirra Principi, Luigi Maggi
Votes: 515
24. La scintilla (1915)
Short
Director: Eleuterio Rodolfi | Stars: Tina Di Lorenzo, Armando Falconi, Oreste Bilancia, Annetta Ripamonti
25. The Gorgona (1915)
The action of this picture takes place in Pisa at the beginning of the XII century during the culmination of the Italian Sea republics, and commences exactly at the moment when the Pisan ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Caserini | Stars: Tina Di Lorenzo, Annibale Ninchi, Madeleine Céliat, Cesare Zocchi
26. Monna Vanna (1916)
Giannello was the son of a goldsmith, who had been commissioned to set some jewels for Monna Biancaone, one of the great ladies of Pisa, and mother of the beautiful Vanna. Father and son ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Caserini | Stars: Madeleine Céliat, Hamilton Revelle, François-Paul Donadio, Luigi Chiesa
27. Il Fauno (1917)
73 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A sculptor leaves his model alone in his atelier. The model, named Faith, is afraid of being left alone in the study, approaches the fireplace and lies down on the sofa, and in the study, there is also a marble statue of a faun.
Director: Febo Mari | Stars: Febo Mari, Nietta Mordeglia, Helena Makowska, Vasco Creti
Votes: 75
28. Bellezze italiche: Lagune e paesaggi (1912)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Pietro Marelli
Votes: 25
29. Prisoner of Caucasus (1911)
Short, Drama
A Russian officer is captured by the Circassians, and is brought to the village as a festival is being held, where feats of prowess and strength are being performed. A Circassian maid falls... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Vitrotti | Star: Mikhail Tamarov
32. Parsifal (1912)
50 min | Drama
The Story of the gallant knight Sir Parsifal (Percival) of Arthur's Round Table and his quest to find the Holy Grail.
Director: Mario Caserini | Stars: Vitale Di Stefano, Mario Bonnard, Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Maria Caserini
Votes: 40
33. If One Could See Into the Future (1911)
9 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A young mother loses her little son and seeks to recover him from the hands of death. The pitying angel of life guides her through storm and over obstacles, until at last she stands in the ... See full summary »
Director: Arrigo Frusta | Stars: Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Oreste Grandi, Ercole Vaser, Maria Bay
Votes: 59
34. The Napoleonic Epics (1914)
Drama, History
Director: Edoardo Bencivenga | Stars: Carlo Campogalliani, Vittorio Tettoni, Armand Pouget, Antonio Grisanti
35. The Life of Dante (1913)
44 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Director: Mario Caserini | Stars: Oreste Grandi, Fernanda Negri Pouget, Giovanni Enrico Vidali, Cesare Gani Carini
Votes: 19
36. Fricot's Itching Powder (1910)
Short, Comedy
Fricot finds his father asleep and takes advantage of the opportunity to pour down his parent's hack a handful of itching powder. The poor man's antics in attempting to relieve himself of ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Perez | Star: Marcel Perez
37. Angeli e demoni (1921)
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Mario De Vito, Maria Roasio, Roberto Villani
Votes: 10
38. Romanticismo (1915)
Directors: Carlo Campogalliani, Arrigo Frusta | Stars: Filippo Butera, Tullio Carminati, François-Paul Donadio, Helena Makowska
39. L'orchidea fatale (1920)
Directors: Alessandro Rosenfeld, Aleksandr Uralsky | Stars: Tatyana Pavlova, Osip Runich, Michael Vavitch
40. The Weed (1912)
Short
Director: Mario Caserini | Stars: Annita D'Armero, Oreste Grandi, Mario Voller-Buzzi, Rina Albry
42. The Life of John Bunyan (1912)
60 min | Drama
Director: Mario Caserini | Stars: Filippo Castamagna, Vitale Di Stefano, Antonio Grisanti, Lia Negro
43. Tweedledum's White Suit (1911)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Tweedledum wears a white suit and is caught in the rain. He stubbornly proceeds on his way and encounters so many accidents that he is forced to return home in a pitiful state.
Director: Marcel Perez | Star: Marcel Perez
Votes: 41
45. Generous Policeman (1907)
Short, Drama
A poor widow lies sick in bed. The doctor calls and writes a prescription. There is no money in the house for the medicine, and she and her little boy are overwhelmed with despair and ... See full summary »
Director: Giovanni Vitrotti | Star: Ernesto Vaser
46. For the Queen's Honor (1913)
63 min
In their sumptuous headquarters a small faction of the militia of the Kingdom of Ircania are conspiring to dethrone their King, Ircanus III, and they decide to act that night. It is Queen ... See full summary »
Director: Guido Volante | Stars: Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Alfredo Bertone, Oreste Grandi, Cesare Zocchi
47. The Queen of Ninevah (1911)
Short, Drama
The Queen of Nineveh plots with Prince Canach to destroy the King. Hidden behind a curtain they see the King drink poisoned wine. The High Priest takes the King's young son Aznra, and hides... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Maggi | Stars: Gigetta Morano, Luigi Maggi, Mirra Principi, Oreste Grandi
48. Robinet tra due fuochi (1911)
Short, Comedy
Director: Marcel Perez | Stars: Marcel Perez, Gigetta Morano, Nilde Baracchi, Ernesto Vaser