Carlo Campogalliani

Directing

Carlo Campogalliani

Born 1885-10-10 · Concordia sulla Secchia, Modena, Italia

Carlo Campogalliani was an Italian screenwriter, actor, and film director whose career spanned from the silent film era into the 1960s. He directed approximately eighty films and acted in around fifty. Notable directorial works include The Woman at Midnight (1925), Stadium (1934), and Goliath and the Barbarians (1959). Campogalliani was married to actress Letizia Quaranta, who appeared in several of his films.

Acting credits

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10.0

A 1924 film.

El consultorio de Madame René

1924

The Last Days of Pompeii poster
5.4

Well-respected Pompeiian Glaucus performs an act of kindness by purchasing Nydia, a blind slave being mistreated by her owner. Nydia falls in love with her new master, but he only has eyes for Ione. Ione in turn is lusted after by Arbace, an Egyptian high priest of Isis. When Nydia beseeches Isis for help in capturing Glaucus' heart, Arbace gives her a "love" potion-- an elixir made to drive Glaucus mad, securing Ione for himself. Ultimately, Mount Vesuvius will end their lives and seal their fates in a terrible, glorious eruption.

The Last Days of Pompeii

1913

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The Bells of Death

1913

La trilogia di Maciste poster
NR

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La trilogia di Maciste

1920

The Destruction of Carthage poster
NR

In ancient times Rome looked upon Carthage as her greatest rival, and determined to plan her downfall. Cato, a Roman Senator, appealed to the Senate to conquer Carthage, and under a pretext that she had failed to keep faith, the Romans began a new war. The Roman army embarked for Africa and landed near Carthage.

The Destruction of Carthage

1914

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9.0

A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani who supports Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste.

Maciste's Testament

1920

Kill or Cure poster
6.8

La tempesta in un cranio (Tempest in a Cranium) is an anarchic, quasi-surreal Italian comedy of multiple delights in which the timorous scion of a wealthy family is gaslit by his friends in order to prove that his fears of hereditary insanity are hogwash.

Kill or Cure

1921

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8.0

Maciste is on the trail of a gang of criminals who have kidnapped the beautiful princess Maria Letícia de Livonia, traveling to Rome, and go to hide near a port. in this adventure, Maciste is helped by his friend, the journalist Tito Fabrizi, who was breastfed by the same woman.

Maciste Against Death

1920

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8.0

A 1920 silent film directed by and starring Carlo Campogalliani, starring Bartolomeo Pagano in the role of Maciste.

Maciste's Journey

1920

La vuelta del toro salvaje poster
NR

Luis Gelán, a world-famous boxer known for his rapid and glorious career, nicknamed the Bull of the Pampas, who left boxing for love of his wife Isabel, lives with them at the Los Sauces ranch. Meanwhile, Bob Jackson, his former sparring partner, also retired, awaits the opportunity when Gelán returns to the ring and needs him. It is then that his sick son needs medication, and he decides to return to boxing.

La vuelta del toro salvaje

1924

Behind the camera

Mamma sconosciuta poster
7.0

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Mamma sconosciuta

1956

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10.0

A 1924 film.

El consultorio de Madame René

1924

Perdizione poster
NR

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Perdizione

1942

Captain Falcon poster
6.5

Baron Oddo de Serra who is cruel to his subjects, is neighbor of the Count Gualtiero of Roccalta. The servants of the baron cross the lands of Count to escape his abuses. Baron hatches a plot to assassinate the earl.

Captain Falcon

1958

Captain Falcon poster
6.5

Baron Oddo de Serra who is cruel to his subjects, is neighbor of the Count Gualtiero of Roccalta. The servants of the baron cross the lands of Count to escape his abuses. Baron hatches a plot to assassinate the earl.

Captain Falcon

1958

Sword of the Conqueror poster
6.1

Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman.

Sword of the Conqueror

1961

Son of Samson poster
6.3

Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) -- scion of the famed muscleman -- travels to the Egyptian city of Tanis to checkmate villainous Queen Smedes (Chelo Alonso), who's persecuting the citizenry.

Son of Samson

1960

The Doctor In Spite of Himself poster
9.0

This featurette is a burlesque of the Moliere play, The Doctor In Spite of Himself.

The Doctor In Spite of Himself

1931

The Avenger of Venice poster
6.3

Rolando, who was close to marrying the daughter of the Doge, is condemned after a highly unfair judicial process and locked up in Venice. Digging a tunnel with the aid of his cellmate, Rolando succeeds to escape.

The Avenger of Venice

1964

The Avenger of Venice poster
6.3

Rolando, who was close to marrying the daughter of the Doge, is condemned after a highly unfair judicial process and locked up in Venice. Digging a tunnel with the aid of his cellmate, Rolando succeeds to escape.

The Avenger of Venice

1964

Ursus poster
4.6

Ursus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to display much courage and strength as he and the blind girl Doreide embark upon a quest to retrieve Attea.

Ursus

1961

L'orfana del ghetto poster
8.0

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L'orfana del ghetto

1955

L'orfana del ghetto poster
8.0

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L'orfana del ghetto

1955

Song of Naples poster
9.0

A famous singer abandons his wife and goes to live abroad with a woman he met in a nightclub. A car accident upsets his life - he loses his job and his new love but he regains his sons and peace of mind.

Song of Naples

1957

Song of Naples poster
9.0

A famous singer abandons his wife and goes to live abroad with a woman he met in a nightclub. A car accident upsets his life - he loses his job and his new love but he regains his sons and peace of mind.

Song of Naples

1957

Goliath and the Barbarians poster
4.7

When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.

Goliath and the Barbarians

1959

Goliath and the Barbarians poster
4.7

When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them.

Goliath and the Barbarians

1959

Se vincessi cento milioni poster
10.0

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Se vincessi cento milioni

1953

Silenzio, si gira! poster
10.0

A comedy set behind the scenes at Cinecittà studios in Rome during the war, focusing on a famous, demanding tenor and his love interest.

Silenzio, si gira!

1943

Love and Poison poster
7.5

Christina of Sweden, in exile in Rome, takes a handsome Italian officer as her lover. But he is in love with the very young wife of an elderly count. After many adventures, duels, settling of old scores, the officer and the countess get married. Former Queen Christina finds herself another captain of the guard.

Love and Poison

1950

Beauties on bicycles poster
6.8

Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a lift, but the driver gets too fresh with them and they decide to continue the journey with any means of transport, including bicycles.

Beauties on bicycles

1951

Beauties on bicycles poster
6.8

Two chorus girls leave Milan to get to the famous Totò's theatre company. Unfortunately the bus they are on breaks down and they ask for a lift, but the driver gets too fresh with them and they decide to continue the journey with any means of transport, including bicycles.

Beauties on bicycles

1951

Il treno crociato poster
7.0

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Il treno crociato

1943

Il treno crociato poster
7.0

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Il treno crociato

1943