
Directing
Riccardo Freda
Born — Died
1909-02-24 — 1999-12-20
Place of birth
Alexandria, Egypt
Known for
Directing
Credits
49 titles
Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror, giallo and spy films. Freda began directing I Vampiri in 1956. The film became the first Italian sound horror film production. Riccardo Freda was born in 1909 in Alexandria, Egypt to Italian parents. Freda attended school in Milan where he took art classes at the Centro Sperimantale. After school he took on work as a sculptor and art critic. Freda first began working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film Don Cesare di Bazan in 1942. Freda began directing I Vampiri. I Vampiri was the first Italian horror film of the soun…
Known for
5.1A foursome of young friends, enjoying themselves in the countryside, happen upon a secluded villa. Believing the place to be empty, they decide to investigate, only to stumble upon a grisly, in progress satanic rite. Barely escaping with their lives, it's not long before evil forces begin to torment them...
Tragic Ceremony
1972
6.3A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.
Lust of the Vampire
1957
6.3The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of his violent and morbid father, and the hostility of his stepmother Lucrezia, who has a relationship with her other stepson, James. The stepmother and stepson-lover plan to kill Francesco. And when the latter dies accidentally, they decide to put the blame on Beatrice and Olimpio.
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956
5.3The story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.
The White Warrior
1959
5.2During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
The Mongols
1961
5.8Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
1990s · 2 titles
1950s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
5.1A foursome of young friends, enjoying themselves in the countryside, happen upon a secluded villa. Believing the place to be empty, they decide to investigate, only to stumble upon a grisly, in progress satanic rite. Barely escaping with their lives, it's not long before evil forces begin to torment them...
Tragic Ceremony
1972
6.3A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.
Lust of the Vampire
1957
6.3A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.
Lust of the Vampire
1957
6.3The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of his violent and morbid father, and the hostility of his stepmother Lucrezia, who has a relationship with her other stepson, James. The stepmother and stepson-lover plan to kill Francesco. And when the latter dies accidentally, they decide to put the blame on Beatrice and Olimpio.
Castle of the Banned Lovers
1956
5.3The story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.
The White Warrior
1959
5.2During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
The Mongols
1961
5.8Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959
5.8Academic researchers are chased by a nuclear-hot specimen of ancient Mayan blob.
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959
5.0Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.
Murder Obsession
1981
5.0Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.
Murder Obsession
1981
5.9In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
5.4Lawrence and Jane White are determined to find the man responsible for their father's murder. They suspect a number of people in the town of Owell Rock and hire a professional gunfighter to help them in their quest for vengeance... Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Death at Owell Rock
1967
5.4Lawrence and Jane White are determined to find the man responsible for their father's murder. They suspect a number of people in the town of Owell Rock and hire a professional gunfighter to help them in their quest for vengeance... Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Death at Owell Rock
1967
4.7Maciste travels to Hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world.
The Witch's Curse
1962
5.1A gladiator gets caught up in a slave revolt and the invasion of England.
Gold for the Caesars
1963
6.2Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
6.2Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
6.2Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
6.4When a soldier returns home from the wars, he finds that a local landowner has been terrorizing his family. He disguises himself as a bandit known as "The Black Eagle" and begins taking revenge on the landowner by ravaging his "empire". However, things take a different turn when he falls for the landowner's beautiful daughter
Revenge of the Black Eagle
1951
7.0Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.
The Magnificent Adventurer
1963
6.7A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.
Double Cross
1951
6.7A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.
Double Cross
1951
5.3In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
5.3In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1971
6.3A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
The Ghost
1963
6.3A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
The Ghost
1963
9.0In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray.
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
9.0In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray.
O Caçula do Barulho
1949
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Voce senza volto
1939
6.174 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Brought back to Roma in a gladiators' school, he escapes and stirs up all the slaves in a revolt against the Roman Empire.
Sins of Rome
1953
6.174 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Brought back to Roma in a gladiators' school, he escapes and stirs up all the slaves in a revolt against the Roman Empire.
Sins of Rome
1953
4.9In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.
The Giants of Thessaly
1960
4.9In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.
The Giants of Thessaly
1960
4.7Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
The Mysterious Rider
1948
4.7Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
The Mysterious Rider
1948
7.5A shy and oppressed professor inherits a musical theater show, so he has the opportunity to change is life and find the real love.
Tutta la città canta
1945
7.5A shy and oppressed professor inherits a musical theater show, so he has the opportunity to change is life and find the real love.
Tutta la città canta
1945
10.0No synopsis available yet.
L'abito nero da sposa
1945
6.2Samson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961
5.8After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
Double Face
1969






