Alfredo Varelli

Acting

Alfredo Varelli

Born — Died

1914-08-31 — 1996-08-18

Place of birth

Saracinesco, Lazio, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Quo Vadis poster
7.1

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Quo Vadis

1951

L'isola del tesoro poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'isola del tesoro

1959

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio poster
8.0

A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire.

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio

1951

The Belly of an Architect poster
6.8

Stourley Kracklite, a driven, detail-obsessed architect, travels from America to Rome with his much younger wife, Louisa, to oversee an architectural homage to a personal hero, 18th-century master builder Etienne-Louis Boullée. En route by train, Stourley and Louisa conceive a much-wanted child — but Stourley's obsession with his wife's expanding belly, her perceived infidelity, and his own recurrent bouts of abdominal pain reach epic and dangerous proportions.

The Belly of an Architect

1987

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man poster
5.6

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962

The Cavern poster
6.4

Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they survive?

The Cavern

1964

Film credits

1960s · 13 titles

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man poster
5.6

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962

The Cavern poster
6.4

Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they survive?

The Cavern

1964

Seven Dollars on Red poster
4.9

A little boy is abducted by ruthless bandit gang leader El Cachal after Cachal and his men butcher the boy's family with the exception of his father. Johnny Ashley, the gunslinger father of the boy, goes searching for his son. Alas, the boy has grown up to be a mean and vicious criminal.

Seven Dollars on Red

1966

The Giants of Thessaly poster
4.9

In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.

The Giants of Thessaly

1960

Pontius Pilate poster
6.7

The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who unwillingly condemned Christ to death. Based on the biblical Gospel of John.

Pontius Pilate

1962

Siege of Syracuse poster
6.0

Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.

Siege of Syracuse

1960

Colossus and the Amazon Queen poster
4.8

Two muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.

Colossus and the Amazon Queen

1960

Assassination poster
4.8

John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA who have arranged the subterfuge so they can use him as a double agent.

Assassination

1967

Duel of Champions poster
5.6

A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...

Duel of Champions

1961

Vino, whisky e acqua salata poster
5.5

An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.

Vino, whisky e acqua salata

1962

Mutiny in the South Seas poster
7.5

Three soldiers find they can no longer handle the battlefield slaughter of World War II. They desert and make their way to a serene South Seas island hopeful that they can find peace. Mutiny in the South Seas

Mutiny in the South Seas

1965

F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck poster
6.0

An Interpol agent is tasked with investigating the deaths of several other agents.

F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck

1964

The Eye of the Needle poster
7.5

Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in getting them to complete the trial, but one, who in the meantime has fallen in love with the victim.

The Eye of the Needle

1963

1950s · 15 titles

Quo Vadis poster
7.1

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Quo Vadis

1951

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio poster
8.0

A satirical story set during the early years of the Roman Empire.

Tizio, Caio, Sempronio

1951

Sign of the Gladiator poster
4.6

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.

Sign of the Gladiator

1959

Cavalcata d'eroi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cavalcata d'eroi

1950

The Man From Cairo poster
5.6

"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the only credited director on the film print, finds Mike Canelli, the man from Cairo, nosing around Algiers with mystery surrounding the people he meets and the things he does and has done to him, all deriving from the war-time theft of $100,000,000 in gold which lies somewhere in the adjacent desert. People representing many nationalities and reasons are also seeking the gold. It boils down to a battle between Canelli and the original looter aboard a speeding train.

The Man From Cairo

1953

The Night of the Great Attack poster
5.7

In 15th century Romagna rules violence and fright. Cesare Borgia wants to incorporate the duchy of Catherine Sforza. But in between is the independent county Fabis, which he wants to bring into his possession.

The Night of the Great Attack

1959

Stranger on the Prowl poster
6.4

A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.

Stranger on the Prowl

1952

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore poster
6.2

The young Alberto Ruotolo leave the country cottage to go for the sharpshooter. But the command does not pull good air, three riflemen arrogant and unruly bear much disorder as anger Marshal Nero.

Tripoli, bel suol d'amore

1954

Buon viaggio, pover'uomo poster
10.0

A put upon, middle-aged employee receives a small sum of money as a gift and uses it to take a trip to Rome.

Buon viaggio, pover'uomo

1951

I, Hamlet poster
8.0

The adventures of Hamlet who, following many adventures, manages to kill Claudio the usurper, marry Ophelia and be elected President of the Republic.

I, Hamlet

1952

The Barbarians poster
6.5

Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, has Massimo accused of the murder of Prince Orsini whereas he himself has woven it. Massimo is rejected by an outraged Angela and banned from Rome.Meanwhile the Eternal City has to face a brutal attack by armed invaders from Spain. The Spaniards are about to storm Rome when Massimo and his troops appear. The invading forces are defeated and Massimo is acclaimed by the crowd. After clearing his name, he can marry Angela.

The Barbarians

1953

Il conte di Sant'Elmo poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il conte di Sant'Elmo

1951

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

Orizzonte infuocato poster
8.0

Because of a drunken father, Manuela is threatened by Vasco, an adventurer involved in shady business.

Orizzonte infuocato

1957

Non vogliamo morire poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Non vogliamo morire

1954

1940s · 7 titles

Dente per dente poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dente per dente

1943

Il Tiranno di Padova poster
3.0

Padua, 1540. Angelo is married to Caterina but has an affair with Tisbe, an actress who travels with Rodolfo, presented as her brother but actually her lover and also Caterina's first and true love. Tisbe is also searching for the daughter of the woman who saved her mother from capital punishment and to whom she had given a crucifix. Caterina, victim of a plot hatched by Angelo and Tisbe, is saved by her at the last minute, as she recognizes her as the daughter of the woman who saved her mother from capital punishment.

Il Tiranno di Padova

1946

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

L'angelo e il diavolo

1946

The Jester's Supper poster
6.1

In Florence, at the time of Lorenzo de Medici, known also as Lorenzo the Magnificent, the aristocrat brothers Chiaramantesi rule with an iron fist the streets of the city. Ruthless and fierce, the two brothers have chosen as their special victim the innocent and harmless Giannetto. Even though determined to not react to the cruel pranks of the brothers, Giannetto is forced to take a stand when Ginevra, a beautiful girl that works in the Chiaramantesi household, is dragged into the game. To defend his honor and protect the girl, Giannetto works out a fiendish plot that will end in blood and madness.

The Jester's Supper

1942

La gondola del diavolo poster
10.0

In the Venetian Republic a series of murders are carried out by a hooded man in black who always makes his escape through the city's waterways on a gondola.

La gondola del diavolo

1946

Fear No Evil poster
7.0

The life of Saint Benedict, the founder of Western Monasticism.

Fear No Evil

1945

All'ombra della gloria poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

All'ombra della gloria

1945

1930s · 2 titles

Series credits