
Acting
Elio Steiner
Born — Died
1905-03-09 — 1965-12-06
Place of birth
Strá, Venice, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
23 titles
Elio Steiner (1905–1965) was an Italian stage and film actor. Steiner appeared in forty films during his career, including The Song of Love (1930), the first Italian sound film.
Known for
6.5A Milanese shop assistant becomes an overnight film sensation when fate lands her the leading role in a prominent producer's romantic drama.
The Lady Without Camelias
1953
6.0A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims.
Giallo
1934
Assunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.
Assunta Spina
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le educande di Saint-Cyr
1939
NRAn old teacher got married with a young girl, the school caretaker's daughter, to save her from the dishonour caused by a guy. However he wants her to stay with her beloved guy....
Think It Over Jack
1936
7.0A killer is on the loose, murdering people with an iron claw.
The Man with the Claw
1931
Film credits
1950s · 3 titles
6.5A Milanese shop assistant becomes an overnight film sensation when fate lands her the leading role in a prominent producer's romantic drama.
The Lady Without Camelias
1953
9.0Duke Altichieri rises to power, after his associate, Cpt. Alberico, kills governor Conte Filippo della Scala. 10 harsh years of tyranny follow, until a mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, helping people in their struggle against the regime. He is known by the name Red-Masked Prince, but who is he?
The Prince with the Red Mask
1955
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Napoli è tutta una canzone
1959
1940s · 8 titles
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Tombolo
1947
6.8The Italian troops at Giarabub defend themselves against the British.
Giarabub
1942
7.1No synopsis available yet.
Colpi di timone
1942
7.1No synopsis available yet.
Colpi di timone
1942
5.9The city of Pola is being evacuated after the peace conference of 1947 decided to assign the sovereignty to Tito's Yugoslavia. However the main character decides to stay, thinking that Communism might bring him a better future. Life turns to be hard for him and his family until he changes his mind, but he is killed before he can leave the country.
City of Pain
1949
10.0Young Rosalia marries the painter Corrado Palmieri, but gets disowned by her family, opposed to the marriage. Then during a fight, Corrado kills his brother in law and is sentenced to a life sentence.
La morte civile
1942
8.0In the eighteenth-century Rome, Don Pasquale Corneto, wants his young nephew Ernesto, dedicated to a wasteful social life, to marry a rich spinster, both to save on the expenses of his maintenance and to increase the family heritage.
Don Pasquale
1940
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Aeroporto
1944
1930s · 11 titles
6.0A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims.
Giallo
1934
Assunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.
Assunta Spina
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Le educande di Saint-Cyr
1939
NRAn old teacher got married with a young girl, the school caretaker's daughter, to save her from the dishonour caused by a guy. However he wants her to stay with her beloved guy....
Think It Over Jack
1936
7.0A killer is on the loose, murdering people with an iron claw.
The Man with the Claw
1931
7.0A heated sporting rivalry divides Giorgio Roberti and Fausto Renzi, both capable marathon runners. After a defeat the latter contemplates abandoning competitive sports, but is convinced by Silvia Delotti, daughter of the sports organizer of the "Aurora", to return to his father's "stable". The rivalry thus also becomes sentimental between Giorgio, already in love with Silvia, and Fausto.
Marathon
1930
6.7The young lady-in-waiting of a millionairess is kidnapped, in her stead, by people who had an interest in the disappearance of the rich heiress. The girl is entrusted to a shady figure who has, for years, organized a special "hotel" where - in rigorous segregation - he holds prisoners the people entrusted to him by those who, for reasons of interest, have decreed their disappearance.
The Hotel of the Absent
1939
5.4A young woman accidentally becomes a movie star.
The Movie Star
1931
10.0During a reception in a villa, wealthy banker Calandri is killed in the park with a gunshot. The gamekeeper Barra is immediately arrested, but he declares himself innocent. During the trial it turns out that the defendant had threatened the victim, guilty of courting his sister-in-law. But the deposition of a journalist present at the party soon leads to discover the existence of a dense network of equivocal relations between the victim, the guests and the servants. This judicial setting drama is allegedly the second Italian sound film after "The Song of Love", made using the RCA Photophone recording technique, and is also considered to be the first Italian detective film, a precursor to the later genre of Giallo films.
Before the Jury
1931
6.3A young woman takes care of the just-born child of her late mother. Sacrificing her engagement and studies along the way.
The Song of Love
1930
No synopsis available yet.
Pergolesi
1932

