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  1. Il Dottor Churkill (1941 Film)

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    A cartoon portraying Churchill as a Jekyll and Hyde figure. In the vaults of the spooky Bank of England Churchill mixes solutions of democracy, fraternity and liberty to produce a concoction which turns him...

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  2. Tempesta Sui Balcan (1941 Film)

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    Celebrates Italy’s use of air power during the Balkan offensive. Footage of bombing missions, a jubilant commentary listing targets successfully destroyed, and a lively if somewhat odd musical soundtrack...

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  3. 17th Year, The (1940 Film)

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    A rare example of an Italian Fascist film. Mussolini is seen praising the achievements of his regime, 17 years after the take-over. Sequences of industrialisation, agriculture and Italian colonial conquest.

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  4. Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream - Nocturen, Ascerzo, Wedding March (1940 Film)

    Director
    George Freedland
    Producer
    George Richfield
    Subject
    Music

    Franco Ferrara conducts the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy in Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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  5. Cammino Degli Eroi, Il (1936 Film)

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    A documentary account of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia which concentrates on the planning and the organisation that lay behind the ‘new African Empire’. In 13 sections, each of which is preceded by an...

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  6. Amleto (1917 Film)

    aka: Hamlet

    Director
    Eleuterio Rodolfi
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film with Ruggero Ruggeri as Hamlet.`...Rodolfi finds an intriquing halfway style between film and theatre, eschewing a more conventional cutting scheme. Key thoughts are shown in close-up, there are...

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  7. Cajus Julius Caesar (1914 Film)

    aka: Julius Caesar Caio Guilio Cesare

    Director
    Enrico Guazzoni
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film. The story of Julius Caesar with just occasional borrowings from Shakespeare’s play. Filmed in the traditional Italian spectacular tradition the plot covers a good deal of Caesar’s life and...

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  8. Tragedia Alla Corte di Sicilia, Una (1914 Film)

    aka: Winter’s Tale, The Lost Princess, The Novella d’Inverno: Una Novella di Shakespeare

    Director
    Baldassare Negroni

    Abbreviated version of The Winter’s Tale. William Shakespeare reads the play to some friends. The story is largely the plot of the play but Autolycus is omitted and there is no pursuit of a bear. McKernan...

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  9. Othello (1914 Film)

    aka: Othello, Or, The Moor of Venice

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    Drama

    Silent film version of Othello filmed in Venice. Paolo Colachi plays Othello.

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  10. Marcantonio e Cleopatra (1913 Film)

    aka: Antony and Cleopatra

    Director
    Enrico Guazzoni
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film loosely based on Shakespeare’s play which was praised for its lavish costumes, spectacular sets, and ambitious special effects.

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