Acting

Giuseppe Varni

Born 1902-03-20 · Warsaw, Russian Empire [now Poland]

Giuseppe Varni (born Józef Bruno Winawer) (1902-1965) was a Polish-born Italian stage and film actor.

Acting credits

Quo Vadis poster
7.1

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Quo Vadis

1951

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Finalmente sì

1944

Black Magic poster
6.4

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

Black Magic

1949

Biraghin poster
9.0

Birdaghin is a dancer at La Scala in Milan whose rapid success also quickly goes to her head. Fortunately, everything will be fine.

Biraghin

1946

Rigoletto poster
6.0

This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to the curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter had been seduced by the Duke with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father.

Rigoletto

1946

The Great Way poster
7.0

A pair of Poles deported to Siberia are taken to the army formed by General Anders and along the battle trail.

The Great Way

1947

The Affairs of Messalina poster
4.1

A story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.

The Affairs of Messalina

1951

Taxi di notte poster
7.0

A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.

Taxi di notte

1950

Before Him All Rome Trembled poster
6.8

An opera singer hides an American soldier in his house in Nazi-occupied Rome.

Before Him All Rome Trembled

1946

Eternal Melody poster
7.5

The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Eternal Melody

1940

House of Ricordi poster
6.3

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.

House of Ricordi

1954

Odessa in Flames poster
6.8

The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa.

Odessa in Flames

1942

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct poster
6.3

A young woman teaches commercial writing and makes her students practice by writing letters addressed to an imaginary recipient from Vienna. One day, the love letter the woman writes to this non-existent man is accidentally sent by one of her students –and falls into the hands of a real person.

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct

1940

Le due orfanelle poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le due orfanelle

1942

Casta diva poster
7.0

As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.

Casta diva

1954

Beyond Love poster
8.0

Set in the Papal States in the first half of the 19th century, it tells the story of the Roman noblewoman Vanina Vanini and her secret love for the Carbonaro Pietro Mirilli. The latter, given his commitments in the underground struggle, decides to abandon his young lover, who is nevertheless willing to marry him. Left alone, Vanina is unable to escape her despair and tries in every way to reunite with her companion, even going so far as to denounce the Carbonari to the Cardinal of Romagna, naming them all except Pietro and revealing the hiding place where they meet. Pietro, learning of Vanina's betrayal, casts her out. Only then does Vanina realize the gravity of her actions and decides to join the Carbonari, even participating in combat operations, during one of which she is wounded. This brings the two young people closer together forever.

Beyond Love

1940

Primo amore poster
9.0

An Italian emigrant, who found fame and success in America, comes back to his hometown after over twenty years.

Primo amore

1941

Eugenia Grandet poster
7.5

Eugenia is a daughter of a wealthy but miserly man living a simple life in the provincial town of Saumur. Eugenia's inexperience leads her to fall in love with an unworthy man.

Eugenia Grandet

1946

La grande rinuncia poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La grande rinuncia

1951

La donna del peccato poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La donna del peccato

1942

La portatrice di pane poster
8.0

France, 1860. A young widow is wrongly accused of murder and, after serving many years in prison, she escapes to find the real culprit.

La portatrice di pane

1950

La forza del destino poster
6.0

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father.

La forza del destino

1950

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen

1952

Tristi amori poster
9.0

Emma, who is married to lawyer Giulio Scarli, is secretly in love with Fabrizio Arcieri, who works with her husband.

Tristi amori

1943