Writing
Arrigo Frusta
Born — Died
1875-11-26 — 1965-07-12
Place of birth
Torino, Italy
Known for
Writing
Credits
35 titles
Known for
5.0A woman and a mistress fight.
The Limelight
1912
The 1914 Italian version of William Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello
1914
4.2Count Christian of Sivry secretly marries a beautiful factory worker, but his father disowns him. Living as a poor worker, he becomes a jockey when his money runs out. After a steeplechase fall, he is brought to his parents, who finally forgive him.
The Romance of a Jockey
1910
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sigfrido
1912
6.3Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his daughter, and denounces Galilei to the Holy Office.
Galileo Galilei
1909
5.0Sylvia and Janet lose their mother and are left destitute orphans. Jenny Smart (a leading moving picture actress) takes an interest in the girls and brings them to a studio. Sylvia is employed as a moving picture actress and is cast as the lead in a retelling of "Cinderella". A rare glimpse of filmmaking in Turin’s Ambrosio studio.
A Modern Cinderella
1913
Film credits
1910s · 4 titles
10.0This film shows the realistic battle scenes of the Siege of Moscow, with the sensational defeat of Napoleon, with the belching cannon, the battling soldiers, scenes of heroism and daring reproduced in the most exquisite photography.
Grenadier Roland
1911
NRIn 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this second film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering ascent from Cormayeur up to the Col du Geant by the Rifugio Torino. The purpose of the film is to show the beauty and spectacularity of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Escursioni sulla catena del Monte Bianco' and 'Sulle dentate scintillanti'.
From Courmayeur to the Col du Geant
1910
10.0In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this first film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering traverse in the Mont Blanc Massif. The purpose of the film is not to show a concret ascent, but to show the beauty and spectacularity of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Da Courmayeur al Colle del Gigante' and 'Sulle dentate scintillanti'.
Excursion on the Chain of Mont Blanc
1910
NRIn 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this third film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering ascent around Dent du Geant. The purpose of the film is not to narrate a concrete ascent, but to show the beauty & spectacle of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Escursioni sulla catena del Monte Bianco' and 'Da Courmayeur al Colle del Gigante'
Sulle dentate scintillanti vette
1910
Behind the camera
5.0A woman and a mistress fight.
The Limelight
1912
The 1914 Italian version of William Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello
1914
The 1914 Italian version of William Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello
1914
4.2Count Christian of Sivry secretly marries a beautiful factory worker, but his father disowns him. Living as a poor worker, he becomes a jockey when his money runs out. After a steeplechase fall, he is brought to his parents, who finally forgive him.
The Romance of a Jockey
1910
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sigfrido
1912
6.3Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his daughter, and denounces Galilei to the Holy Office.
Galileo Galilei
1909
5.0Sylvia and Janet lose their mother and are left destitute orphans. Jenny Smart (a leading moving picture actress) takes an interest in the girls and brings them to a studio. Sylvia is employed as a moving picture actress and is cast as the lead in a retelling of "Cinderella". A rare glimpse of filmmaking in Turin’s Ambrosio studio.
A Modern Cinderella
1913
6.9A fantasy film about the knight Parsifal, who has to protect the Holy Grail from wizards.
Parsifal
1912
An Italian movie.
Il Ventriloquo
1909
A man goes out on New Year's Day and is greeted by everyone with "Happy New Year", in the hope of getting a tip. The fellow is so annoyed that he runs into trouble with the law and almost loses his mind.
Happy New Year!
1909
A man goes out on New Year's Day and is greeted by everyone with "Happy New Year", in the hope of getting a tip. The fellow is so annoyed that he runs into trouble with the law and almost loses his mind.
Happy New Year!
1909
A mother confronts Death as to why he has to take her young boy. And he shows her the future to explain why he need to be eliminated.
If One Could See Into the Future
1911
7.0An adaptation of Balzac's La Grande Bretêche
The False Oath
1909
6.0A grandfather recalls how he and his wife met and fell in love during the Second Italian War of Independence.
The Golden Wedding
1911
10.0This film shows the realistic battle scenes of the Siege of Moscow, with the sensational defeat of Napoleon, with the belching cannon, the battling soldiers, scenes of heroism and daring reproduced in the most exquisite photography.
Grenadier Roland
1911
Italian short drama directed by Luigi Maggi.
A Game of Chess
1912
During the carnival the painter Marcello, who has just sold a painting, meets his beautiful neighbour Lucy, disguised as Pierette. That very night Marcello leaves at home his girlfriend Giulia, to bring Lucy to the masked ball. At night, as the two are at the ball, Lucy’s mother doesn’t feel well and calls for help. Giulia, hearing the cry, quickly assists her. As Giulia notices, that the woman is going to die without having seen her daughter a last time, she decides to disguise herself as Pierrette. Kneeling beside the bed of the dying woman, she hears her say the last words: “My daughter”. (Cineteca MNC)
A Carnival Tragedy
1914
5.5Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace. Informed of the danger of an imminent popular uprising, Nero orders to set fire to the city, which he watches from a terrace, rejoicing and playing his lyra.
Nero, or The Fall of Rome
1909
NRIn 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this second film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering ascent from Cormayeur up to the Col du Geant by the Rifugio Torino. The purpose of the film is to show the beauty and spectacularity of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Escursioni sulla catena del Monte Bianco' and 'Sulle dentate scintillanti'.
From Courmayeur to the Col du Geant
1910
No synopsis available yet.
L'oca alla Colbert
1913
10.0In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this first film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering traverse in the Mont Blanc Massif. The purpose of the film is not to show a concret ascent, but to show the beauty and spectacularity of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Da Courmayeur al Colle del Gigante' and 'Sulle dentate scintillanti'.
Excursion on the Chain of Mont Blanc
1910
10.0In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this first film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering traverse in the Mont Blanc Massif. The purpose of the film is not to show a concret ascent, but to show the beauty and spectacularity of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Da Courmayeur al Colle del Gigante' and 'Sulle dentate scintillanti'.
Excursion on the Chain of Mont Blanc
1910
In this sophisticated romantic comedy, healing waters are the cover for an extramarital affair that “cures” the infertility problems of a childless couple.
The Miracle Water
1914
NRIn 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this third film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering ascent around Dent du Geant. The purpose of the film is not to narrate a concrete ascent, but to show the beauty & spectacle of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Escursioni sulla catena del Monte Bianco' and 'Da Courmayeur al Colle del Gigante'
Sulle dentate scintillanti vette
1910
Robinet wants to try out to be a jockey, but has to go through a lot of exercise to reach the weight needed.
Tweedledum Wants to Be a Jockey
1910
5.4Silent adventure film in which a horse riding woman has to save her husband from prison in a enemy country.
The Masked Amazon
1914
A small faction of the militia of the Kingdom of Ircania are conspiring to dethrone their King, Ircanus III. Beneath her costly robes Queen Maritza hides a woman's heart full of love for Oscar, the king's aide-de-camp.
For the Queen's Honor
1913
No synopsis available yet.
La mala pianta
1912
Fricot finds his father asleep and takes advantage of the opportunity to pour down his parent's hack a handful of itching powder. The poor man's antics in attempting to relieve himself of his distress are ludicrous and finally result in incurring the wrath of his wife and her mother, who set upon him and beat him until exhausted. To his amazement he discovers that the blows have a salutary effect and he submits to the thrashing. When the women finally leave him alone he arises well pleased, as his affliction has been overcome.
Fricot's Itching Powder
1910
A woman's life told through her feet. Lulù is born into a poor peasant home; when she grows up, she works as a peasant girl; then she goes to seek her fortune in the city, finds work in a theater, and becomes rich and famous; but then she grows old and dies poor and alone.
The Story of Lulu Told by Her Feet
1910
A cruel game between the disdainful Kunigund and the passionate Delorges.
The Glove
1910
