Writing

Ettore Maria Margadonna

Born — Died

1893-11-30 — 1975-10-28

Place of birth

Palena, Italy

Known for

Writing

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Frisky poster
7.2

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

Frisky

1954

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
7.0

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Bread, Love and Dreams

1953

Scandal in Sorrento poster
6.8

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.

Scandal in Sorrento

1955

La bella di Roma poster
5.6

Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman.

La bella di Roma

1955

The Monte Carlo Story poster
5.9

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.

The Monte Carlo Story

1956

The Bandit poster
6.4

Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living.

The Bandit

1946

Bread, Love and Andalucia poster
6.3

Determined to postpone his own wedding, a former marshal leaves his bride-to-be and participates in an international music festival in Spain, where he falls for a young dancer.

Bread, Love and Andalucia

1958

The Moralist poster
6.4

The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.

The Moralist

1959

Animal Crackers poster
5.2

After several unsuccessful suicide attempts, Totò finds himself in an animal asylum.

Animal Crackers

1939

Fast and Sexy poster
5.6

A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the village blacksmith.

Fast and Sexy

1958

Elementary School poster
6.2

Dante Trilli, who has been teaching in his village school for about twenty years, wins a competition for Milan. Waiting for him is his childhood friend, where he is the janitor in the school where Trilli will teach.

Elementary School

1954

The Street of Hope poster
5.9

Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a producer, however no artistic skills, Giuditta, the most inexperienced and naive, will have to choose between the dream of cinema and the reality of a marriage.

The Street of Hope

1953

Sant'Elena, piccola isola poster
6.0

The last days of Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena.

Sant'Elena, piccola isola

1943

Peccati d'estate poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Peccati d'estate

1962

The Opium Den poster
6.2

A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested, in possession of some of the jewels of the victim. The passionate protests of his sister arouse the compassion of Za la Mort, who promises to help the girl.

The Opium Den

1947

Under the Sun of Rome poster
7.1

A lovely, incisive portrait of adolescents in the crowded San Giovanni quarter of Rome during the last years of WWII.

Under the Sun of Rome

1948

Tempesta sul golfo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tempesta sul golfo

1943

Tempesta sul golfo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tempesta sul golfo

1943

The Suitcase of Dreams poster
6.7

A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an accidental fire and the risk of prison, he meets a rich producer who helps him to build a film museum.

The Suitcase of Dreams

1953

The Secret Conclave poster
8.8

No synopsis available yet.

The Secret Conclave

1952

I figli del marchese Lucera poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

I figli del marchese Lucera

1939

Gli uomini non sono ingrati poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gli uomini non sono ingrati

1937

Diamanti poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Diamanti

1939

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! poster
7.5

A landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She has fallen for a marshal.

Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!

1958

Retroscena poster
5.2

Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic after his last performance in Milan, attempts to find a way to win over the audience and the critics, while wooing his love interest.

Retroscena

1939

Il feroce saladino poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il feroce saladino

1937

No artwork available
8.0

An Italian film from 1939.

Return, Most Beloved

1939

Il conte di Sant'Elmo poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il conte di Sant'Elmo

1951

Incanto di mezzanotte poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Incanto di mezzanotte

1940

Malombra poster
7.2

A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she's possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.

Malombra

1942

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mare

1940

No artwork available
8.0

An 1938 Italian historical war film that portrays the life and death of Pietro Micca who was killed in 1706 at the Siege of Turin while fighting for the Duchy of Savoy against France in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Pietro Micca

1938