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Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice.

1911 silent film and Italy's first full-length feature film, loosely adapted from "Inferno", the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". It chronicles Dante's travel through the Circles of Hell, guided by the poet Virgil.

Dante goes on a journey through the first and worst part of the afterlife, Hell. Virgil guides and protects Dante on his dark journey descending circle-by-circle to the center of the Earth, and out into Purgatory (sequel).

Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern, marrying Betty along the way. An inspector calls the amusement pier unsafe but Carter bribes him. The pier collapses, leading to the inspector's suicide, injury to Pop McWade, trial for Carter, and Betty's leaving him. Carter starts over with an unsafe floating casino.

A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld - set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the U.S. Capitol. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous - and infamous - politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. And the Prince of Darkness himself.

Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.

A TV series of 100 episodes divided into 9 seasons: Dante is lost in a dark forest. Virgil appears to protect him and guide his way through Hell and Purgatory. Dante consummates his love relationship with Beatrice at the Gates of Paradise.

The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder, executed, and afterward swiftly taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity.

Estranged siblings, Bess and Jude, are reunited in Hell.

The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.

A film adaptation of Dante's Inferno that was never realized. Depicts the entry of the Great Poet in the dark forest, the meeting with Virgilio, access to the Inferno and the journey through the circles to the exit with the return to the surface world.

Giancarlo Rosso, a Sicilian hit man, gets a job to kill someone in Finland, Maria. He arrives in Helsinki, buys weapons, and invades her apartment, but it's deserted. He runs into her brother Martti and, although they don't speak each other's languages, they go to search for her together.

The first eight cantos of Dante's Inferno (up to the entrance to the city of Dis). The text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.

Dante is guided by his hero Virgil through each circle of Hell and its subdivisions until they reach the center of the Earth and emerged to the other hemisphere into Purgatory.

Siesta has a strange problem. Despite her best efforts, she always ends up falling unexpectedly asleep. Her dreams are wild interpretations of literary classics, mythological legends, along with the greatest stories of humanity.

A new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy channeling the tools of Edward Muybridge and a meditation on the perception of motion in a motion picture.

Radio program of the "Cineficción" magazine, devoted to horror and science fiction literature and movies.

The Divine Comedy, in particular Hell, becomes a nativity scene and therefore life in the visions of the trans-avant-garde artist.

This film is a narrative journey from Dante's own hand, through the worst of the afterlife, Inferno. It is a chronological descent to the deepest of Hell, circle by circle to the exit into Purgatory. It features most of Gustave Dore's illustrations and excerpts of the 1911 feature film "L'Inferno".

L'Inferno (1911) was the first Italian feature production in history. It was originally filmed in black and white and as a silent film.

Dante and Virgil exit Hell into Purgatory, a place set up on a mountain of seven terraces, one for each type of sinners.

Televised broadcasts of performances by NBC Opera Theatre. an opera company owned and operated by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). The company had been formed for the purpose of televising both established and new operas in English. During its history, it also gave live theatrical performances. The company performed a total of 43 operas for NBC, between 1949 and 1964. NBC disbanded the opera company in 1964 and liquidated its assets.

Symbol names reflecting the spirit of cities, with examples from their lives; accompanied by the successful names of Turkey, they come to the screens from the atmosphere of the countries they live in.