
Acting
Carlo Lombardi
Born — Died
1900-01-02 — 1984-03-21
Place of birth
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
54 titles
Known for
7.0A girl from a country village goes to town and falls in love with a songwriter struggling for success. Soon however their life-paths go different ways and they split. Only for a short time naturally : a song he writes will help them to reunite.
Te lo leggo negli occhi
1966
5.7Italian filmmaker Carmine Gallone was still in his "operetta" mode when he helmed 1938's Il Sogno di Butterfly (Dream of the Butterfly) Maria Cebotari plays opera diva Rosa Belloni, currently starring in a production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The plot thickens when Rosa's backstage life begins to mirror the travails of the character she is portraying. The climax comes when Harry Peters (Fosco Giachetti), the American father of Rosa's illegitimate child, returns after four years with his new wife in tow, leading inexorably to a doleful ending both on- and offstage. Critics complained about the substandard photography in Il Sogno di Butterfly, but this might have been due to poor laboratory work.
The Dream of Butterfly
1939
5.4Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
The Sword and the Cross
1956
8.0Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.
Luce nelle tenebre
1941
8.0No synopsis available yet.
L'orfana del ghetto
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La primadonna
1943
Film credits
1960s · 3 titles
6.8Some political candidates are determined to win the electors' preference during an election campaign in Italy.
Gli onorevoli
1963
6.4Ciccio and Franco flee Naples because they are wrongly accused of having murdered a local camorra boss and enlist in the Foreign Legion. They are inept but are mistaken for brave people by their commander and sent to break a weapon smuggling ring.
Those Two in the Legion
1962
6.5In the mid-1500s, a ship containing Spanish prisoners being sent to a Spanish penal colony in the Caribbean sinks at sea, but some of the prisoners manage to survive and make it to shore at a nearby island. They organize themselves under the leadership of Juan Olivares (dynamically played by charismatic singer-actor Johnny Desmond), manage to take over a ship with some cargo that they barter for supplies, and eventually are asked to fight on behalf of the Spanish crown against the English... or is the request sincere?
The Hawk of the Caribbean
1962
1950s · 18 titles
5.4Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
The Sword and the Cross
1956
8.0No synopsis available yet.
L'orfana del ghetto
1955
6.0A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.
Ghost Captain
1953
6.8This is an Italian Romance starring Terence Hill
Guaglione
1956
6.1The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Processo contro ignoti
1952
6.7Tina, an old lady and detective stories buff, moves to town in the house of a god-daughter of hers whose husband is a private dick. She thinks she will be able to help him with his inquests. He does not agree with her and tries to discourage her by any possible means.
Fantasmi e ladri
1959
5.8Luisa Galli moves to Rome in search of a respectable job, but instead just finds a job as a waitress for the lawyer Giorgi.
In amore si pecca in due
1954
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Dinanzi a noi il cielo
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La chiamavan Capinera...
1957
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Il Conte Aquila
1955
9.0A young cabaret trainer, Viola, who has just compromised herself in a case, flees. On the train, she meets Dominique, who lives in a cabin in Tuscany, on the edge of the marshes. Dominique and Viola settle in the hut and soon the young woman is expecting a baby...
Il nido di falasco
1950
4.9Italian move on the battle of El Alamein
The Tanks of El Alamein
1957
8.0Gabriella, a maid, wears a jewel at a dancing party which belongs to her mistress, and when it is stolen she is accused of the theft and sent to jail. Some other maids organize a search party for the real thief who seems to be a moustached youth who continually sings a popular song.
The Maids
1959
7.0A tale of the complicated Neapolitan lives and loves of Maria and Alberto; her smuggling father Don Gennaro and some espionage.
La Luciana
1954
10.0Upon the death of her father, Anna, to escape economic ruin and save her family's honor, is forced to marry their main creditor, while her true love, Roberto, has to emigrate to Brazil.
Amarti è il mio destino
1957
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Bitterly
1956
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Adriana Lecouvreur
1955
1940s · 14 titles
8.0Alberto Serrani, a mining engineer, meets doctor's daughter Marina, sweet and simple, and the notorious and frivolous Clara who falls for him immediately.
Luce nelle tenebre
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
La primadonna
1943
6.0Rosa Pezza, a beautiful young girl, is forced into a thousand maneuvers and subterfuges to gain possession of a rich inheritance. She is ultimately forced to marry the penniless and bizarre baron Carlo Mazza but the baron, tired of his wife's escapades, decides to divorce her...
Il barone Carlo Mazza
1948
10.0A courtesan sacrifices her relationship with a youthful admirer after the man's father pleads with her. Adapted from Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera in the three acts "La Traviata".
The Lost One
1947
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Marechiaro
1949
No synopsis available yet.
Sangue a Ca' Foscari
1947
3.0Padua, 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
7.2No synopsis available yet.
Headlights in the Fog
1942
10.0In 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
7.0A sweet young woman who's an orphan is enamored with fairy tales and fantasizes that she's really a princess to help her through her life in the orphanage.
La principessa del sogno
1942
7.0No synopsis available yet.
L'attore scomparso
1941
7.0No synopsis available yet.
La prima donna che passa
1940
6.8A man comes home from the war and finds both his plant and his family destroyed.
Revenge
1946
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Acque di primavera
1942
1930s · 15 titles
5.7Italian filmmaker Carmine Gallone was still in his "operetta" mode when he helmed 1938's Il Sogno di Butterfly (Dream of the Butterfly) Maria Cebotari plays opera diva Rosa Belloni, currently starring in a production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. The plot thickens when Rosa's backstage life begins to mirror the travails of the character she is portraying. The climax comes when Harry Peters (Fosco Giachetti), the American father of Rosa's illegitimate child, returns after four years with his new wife in tow, leading inexorably to a doleful ending both on- and offstage. Critics complained about the substandard photography in Il Sogno di Butterfly, but this might have been due to poor laboratory work.
The Dream of Butterfly
1939
6.0A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims.
Giallo
1934
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Duetto vagabondo
1939
7.0A killer is on the loose, murdering people with an iron claw.
The Man with the Claw
1931
6.6Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
Everybody's Woman
1934
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Una moglie in pericolo
1939
8.0An electronic engineer is called by the Hungarian Television Directorate to test the new television installations. He arrives in the capital, Budapest, together with his girlfriend.
A Thousand Lire a Month
1939
In Singapore , an English lady kills her lover, a fellow countryman, with a revolver out of jealousy towards a Chinese girl.
The White Woman
1931
5.6A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937
7.5Roylott is a chemical company that takes advantage of young but inexperienced talents, luring them with promises of gain. When the two brothers owners are found murdered, most damning evidence of the double murder are cleverly wrapped around the lawyer's firm.
The Anonymous Roylott
1936
An Italian film from 1939.
Return, Most Beloved
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
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
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Ballo al castello
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Pergolesi
1932
Behind the camera
7.0A girl from a country village goes to town and falls in love with a songwriter struggling for success. Soon however their life-paths go different ways and they split. Only for a short time naturally : a song he writes will help them to reunite.
Te lo leggo negli occhi
1966
6.0Vittorio is a photographer; Roberto, the waiter; Brigitta, the operator; Pannunzio, the porter; Patty, a gold-eyed waitress. All of them live and work at the Europe Palace Hotel in Capri.
Il ragazzo che sapeva amare
1967
6.0Vittorio is a photographer; Roberto, the waiter; Brigitta, the operator; Pannunzio, the porter; Patty, a gold-eyed waitress. All of them live and work at the Europe Palace Hotel in Capri.
Il ragazzo che sapeva amare
1967

