Directing

Primo Zeglio

Born — Died

1906-07-08 — 1984-11-06

Place of birth

Buronzo, Piedmont, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

31 titles

Primo Zeglio was an Italian film director and writer whose career spanned from the early 1940s to the late 1960s. He began his career as an assistant director and screenwriter, contributing to films such as The Mask of Cesare Borgia (1941) and It Happened in Damascus (1943). Zeglio made his directorial debut with Fever (1943), showcasing his ability to handle dramatic narratives. Throughout his career, he directed and wrote numerous films across various genres, including historical epics like Nero and Messalina (1949) and adventure films such as Morgan, the Pirate (1960). His versatility and storytelling skills made him a notable figure in Italian cinema during his active years.

Known for

Behind the camera

Son of the Red Corsair poster
7.0

Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.

Son of the Red Corsair

1959

Son of the Red Corsair poster
7.0

Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.

Son of the Red Corsair

1959

Mission Stardust poster
4.4

A team of astronauts is sent to the moon to rescue an alien who is seeking help to save her dying race. They are attacked by a force of bandit robots and discover that enemy spies are out to kill the alien.

Mission Stardust

1967

Morgan, the Pirate poster
5.9

A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.

Morgan, the Pirate

1960

The Relentless Four poster
6.2

Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.

The Relentless Four

1965

The Relentless Four poster
6.2

Terrorized townsfolk turn into a lynch mob and target a lawman.

The Relentless Four

1965

I Am Semiramis poster
5.6

Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate and confront each other.

I Am Semiramis

1963

I Am Semiramis poster
5.6

Semiramis, a powerful and beautiful Assyrian queen, oversees the construction of the luxurious city of Babylon. She falls in love with Kir, a fallen prince turned into a slave who corresponds to her love. But a palace conspiracy will make the two lovers separate and confront each other.

I Am Semiramis

1963

Attila poster
5.4

Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.

Attila

1954

Seven Seas to Calais poster
5.5

Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.

Seven Seas to Calais

1962

Man of the Cursed Valley poster
7.0

Gwen, who is married to Torito, an Indian, she escapes from a rape attempt and is found wandering in the wilderness by Johnny, who leaves her with a missionary Father Ryan. A difficult situation emerges involving warring families and those who had assaulted her, still on their trail.

Man of the Cursed Valley

1964

Ghost Captain poster
6.0

A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.

Ghost Captain

1953

Ghost Captain poster
6.0

A disgraced member of the Spanish Navy must redeem his family's honor after his father betrays his country to the French.

Ghost Captain

1953

La monaca di Monza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La monaca di Monza

1947

Killer Adios poster
5.2

Jess Vrain returns to town at the request of a former friend to find that everything has changed. Not only has his ex-girlfriend become a refined lady but someone is killing people with the only clue being a rare Winchester rifle.

Killer Adios

1968

The Seven Revenges poster
6.8

The leaders of Circassians and Kyrgyz face off in a tournament divided into seven challenges: only one will gain the supremacy.

The Seven Revenges

1961

The Seven Revenges poster
6.8

The leaders of Circassians and Kyrgyz face off in a tournament divided into seven challenges: only one will gain the supremacy.

The Seven Revenges

1961

No artwork available
7.5

A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor.

Revenge of the Pirates

1951

No artwork available
7.5

A pirate tries to lead his followers in vengeance against a corrupt governor.

Revenge of the Pirates

1951

The Devil's Daughter poster
7.0

Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will.

The Devil's Daughter

1952

The Devil's Daughter poster
7.0

Garibaldi, after landing in Marsala, moves on to Naples. The liberals are overjoyed but the Bourbons are terrified. The so-called Baron Tucci, on a recommendation from England, arrives at the home of Count Sereni, a notable liberal. But he turns out not to be a patriot who has returned to Italy to take part in the fight but a degraded Bourbon official who has been promised rehabilitation if he can succeed as a spy. Tucci discovers old Sereni's second wife is one of his former lovers and persuades her to murder her husband so as to gain his inheritance. She does indeed cause the count to die, by withholding his heart medicine, but not before he destroys his will.

The Devil's Daughter

1952

Two Violent Men poster
9.0

Two violent men bent on revenge in the old west.

Two Violent Men

1964

Two Violent Men poster
9.0

Two violent men bent on revenge in the old west.

Two Violent Men

1964

Nero and the Burning of Rome poster
5.5

Pushed by his mother Agrippina, Neron seized power at the expense of Britannicus. His poetry makes him commit numerous crimes. He will die stabbed after having killed his wife, his mother, his advisers, his wife's lovers, and an incredible number of Christians ...

Nero and the Burning of Rome

1953

Nero and the Burning of Rome poster
5.5

Pushed by his mother Agrippina, Neron seized power at the expense of Britannicus. His poetry makes him commit numerous crimes. He will die stabbed after having killed his wife, his mother, his advisers, his wife's lovers, and an incredible number of Christians ...

Nero and the Burning of Rome

1953

Fiebre poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fiebre

1943

La maschera di Cesare Borgia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La maschera di Cesare Borgia

1941

Genoveffa di Brabante poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Genoveffa di Brabante

1947

Sucedió en Damasco poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sucedió en Damasco

1943

Sucedió en Damasco poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sucedió en Damasco

1943

Il ventesimo duca poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il ventesimo duca

1945