Elio Steiner

Acting

Elio Steiner

Born 1905-03-09 · Strá, Venice, Italy

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.

Acting credits

City of Pain poster
5.9

The 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

No artwork available
8.0

Assunta, a commoner of Naples, is scarred by her lover Michele for jealousy.

Assunta Spina

1930

Think It Over Jack poster
NR

An 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

The Conquest of the Air poster
10.0

A sweeping, cinematic pseudo-documentary history of human flight, starting with the failed attempt of Icarus, and ending with the aviation triumphs of the fascist regime.

The Conquest of the Air

Giallo poster
6.3

A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims.

Giallo

1934

Le educande di Saint-Cyr poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le educande di Saint-Cyr

1939

The Lady Without Camelias poster
6.5

A 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

Colpi di timone poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Colpi di timone

1942

Colpi di timone poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Colpi di timone

1942

Marathon poster
7.0

A 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

The Man with the Claw poster
7.0

A killer is on the loose, murdering people with an iron claw.

The Man with the Claw

1931

Tombolo poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tombolo

1947

The Prince with the Red Mask poster
9.0

Duke 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

Don Pasquale poster
8.0

In 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

Giarabub poster
6.8

The Italian troops at Giarabub defend themselves against the British.

Giarabub

1942

The Hotel of the Absent poster
6.7

The 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

Before the Jury poster
10.0

During 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

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pergolesi

1932

La morte civile poster
10.0

Young 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

Napoli è tutta una canzone poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Napoli è tutta una canzone

1959

The Song of Love poster
6.3

A 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

Aeroporto poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aeroporto

1944

The Movie Star poster
5.4

A young woman accidentally becomes a movie star.

The Movie Star

1931