
Acting
Dria Paola
Born 1909-11-21 · Rovigo, Italy
Dria Paola, born Pietra Pitteo, was an Italian stage and film actress. In 1930 she starred in the first Italian sound film "The Song of Love".
Acting credits
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
5.5Sole is the first film by the great Alessandro Blasetti and bears a complex relationship to the reclamation of the Pontine Marshes, a seminal event in Fascist political history.
Sole!
1929
10.0A 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
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6.7Drama set in the nineteenth century in Sorrento in southern Italy. It is an adaptation of the 1852 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani. A young woman named Beatrice loses her sight after witnessing the death of her mother. Unable to see Beatrice is unable to identify her mothers’ killer. The police arrest a man who they believe is the murderer. Did they get the right man or is the killer still lurking in the shadows? Years later a family friend introduces Beatrice to a renowned Doctor who specializes in restoring sight. Will Beatrice regain her sight and identify her mothers’ killer or will someone make sure that she never sees again?
The Blind Woman of Sorrento
1934
NRDaniele Orsenigo, a young Venetian fighting for the unification of Italy, has an important message to deliver to the Carboneria of Parma.
Il cavaliere di San Marco
1939
7.0No synopsis available yet.
L'ultimo scugnizzo
1938
7.0A killer is on the loose, murdering people with an iron claw.
The Man with the Claw
1931
10.0No synopsis available yet.
La pantera nera
1942
No synopsis available yet.
La notte delle beffe
1939
7.0No synopsis available yet.
La mia canzone al vento
1939
9.0"Black Crossing" - In an Oriental port a group of people embarks a trader designated for Europe. One of them, a shady individual, entrusts the captain with a box of valuables to be kept until the end of the journey.
Traversata nera
1939
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
6.3A blacksmith from Montevergine, accused of murder, flees to Argentina. Years later, a mute witness testifies to his innocence, leading to his acquittal. Just before returning home, an Argentine woman plants opium in his luggage, resulting in a ten-year prison sentence. After his release, he finds his daughter engaged to a wealthy landowner who had falsely accused him. Enraged, he plans to kill the man but is moved by grace at the Marian Shrine, lays down his weapon, and makes peace with his enemy.
Montevergine
1939
7.0Foreign spies steal the formula for a revolutionary explosive created by an Italian scientist and to decrypt the secret code they kidnap his secretary who knows about it.
Battles in the Shadow
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Pergolesi
1932
8.0In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants of his building, he undergoes the rigors of the law and he is involved in the adventure of two lovers whose marriage he arranges.
Coup de vent
1936
10.0Based on the comedy Il successo by Alfredo Testoni.
L'albero di Adamo
1936
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.
Vele ammainate
1931
No synopsis available yet.
Ninna nanna delle 12 mamme
1930
5.4A young woman accidentally becomes a movie star.
The Movie Star
1931
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Cuori nella tormenta
1940