Vittorio Cottafavi Movies
- 1961
Amazons of Rome
Amazons of Rome4.51961HD
Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over...
- 1960
Goliath and the Dragon
Goliath and the Dragon5.21960HD
A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the...
- 1960
Messalina
Messalina5.51960HD
Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of...
- 1945
The Gate of Heaven
The Gate of Heaven61945HD
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our...
- 1954
A Free Woman
A Free Woman6.21954HD
Liana, an architecture graduate, is about to get married until she is confronted with the fact she is sacrificing the rest of her life for a man she...
- 1961
Hercules and the Captive Women
Hercules and the Captive Women4.41961HD
King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the...
- 1959
Legions of the Nile
Legions of the Nile5.21959HD
Octavio secretly sent his consul Curridio to Alexandria in a final attempt to reach peace. In the city, he meets Berenice, a mysterious and beautiful...
- 1965
Antonio e Cleopatra
Antonio e Cleopatra01965HD
- 1948
Fantasmi del mare
Fantasmi del mare01948HD
Evocation of a dramatic episode of the Second World War told by an old guard. Boarded as a non-commissioned officer on the battleship sailed from...
- 1958
Antigone
Antigone01958HD
Faithful TV adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy.
- 1949
The Flame that Never Dies
The Flame that Never Dies5.21949HD
Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice...
- 1971
Antigone
Antigone91971HD
Cottafavi's adaptation of the Greek tragedy for RAI.
- 1939
Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana
Abuna Messias - Vendetta africana51939HD
The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic...
- 1965
Life of Dante
Life of Dante01965HD
3-part biopic of Dante Alighieri made for Italian public television. Mixes reenacted scenes of Dante's public life with readings of his poems,...
- 1953
Traviata 53
Traviata 536.71953HD
An engineer has a romance with the mistress of a rich banker but she sacrifices herself,returning to the rich man, for the best interests of the...
- 1969
Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore
Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore01969HD
Television movie about Oliver Cromwell.
- 1975
The Persians
The Persians51975HD
An adaptation of the Aeschylus play.
- 1966
La fantarca
La fantarca01966HD
The operetta, which was introduced from the headlines and a preamble, is initiated by a particular ballet, which then gives way to the development of...
- 1970
I racconti di Padre Brown
I racconti di Padre Brown01970HD
- 1970
Knock o Il trionfo della medicina
Knock o Il trionfo della medicina01970HD
A film by Vittorio Cottafavi.