Acting

Oreste Palella

Born 1912-08-19 · Messina, Sicily, Italy

Oreste Palella was born on August 19, 1912 in Messina, Sicily, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Il richiamo nella tempesta (1950), Non vogliamo morire (1954) and Caterina da Siena (1947). He died on November 18, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Acting credits

Seduced and Abandoned poster
7.7

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.

Seduced and Abandoned

1964

Serafino poster
6.0

Serafino, a young and innocent shepherd, inherits a huge fortune. He immediately starts spending the entire sum on presents for his friends, causing the envy of his family.

Serafino

1968

The Dirty Game poster
6.0

A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.

The Dirty Game

1965

Lightning Bolt poster
5.6

A U.S. agent goes undercover as a rich playboy to stop a madman from destroying a NASA moon project.

Lightning Bolt

1966

Beautiful Families poster
6.7

The film's theme is four episodes that offer the public a glimpse into the lives of rich and poor families in Italy in the 1960s.

Beautiful Families

1964

I 2 deputati poster
6.2

Francesco and Franco are brothers in law but, since their respective wives can't stand each other, are always arguing. When Francesco decides to run for Parliament, Franco is kidnapped by his opposing party and forced to run as well. The clashes between the two in-laws will continue in Parliament.

I 2 deputati

1969

A Gangster From Brooklyn poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gangster From Brooklyn

1966

Assicurasi vergine poster
7.5

Ruined by a local tyrant who also gets to marry his daughter to pay off a debt, a Sicilian ensures the girl's innocence and counts on the ardor of her lover to collect the prize and prevent her marriage to the squire.

Assicurasi vergine

1967

Seduced and Duped poster
6.7

Two rich Sicilian cousins sell their farm because they want to help two fake Siamese twins separate and then marry them. After the operation the girls are thought to be dead but then they reappear to con more money out of the two gullible men. Will they manage to do so?

Seduced and Duped

1964

Behind the camera

Jessica poster
4.4

When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husbands. As the local priest tries to encourage procreation, Jessica falls for a tricky recluse.

Jessica

1962

I am Catherine poster
8.0

The story of the life of St. Catherine of Siena

I am Catherine

1957

The Tartars poster
6.0

The Tartars and the Vikings maintain a fragile peace in the harsh landscape of the Russian Steppe. When the leader of the Vikings, Oleg, declines to accompany the Tartars on a campaign against the Slavs, there is an explosion of violence. After Oleg kills the Tartar leader and kidnaps his daughter, the dead man's brother, Burandai, retaliates by holding Oleg's wife, Helga, hostage. The stalemate can be resolved only on the battlefield.

The Tartars

1961

The Giant of Metropolis poster
4.7

Obro the muscleman goes to Atlantis and sinks a death-ray king who knows the secret of immortality.

The Giant of Metropolis

1961

Rapina al Quartiere Ovest poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rapina al Quartiere Ovest

1960

Non vogliamo morire poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Non vogliamo morire

1954

Non vogliamo morire poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Non vogliamo morire

1954

Mafia alla sbarra poster
10.0

The story of a poor family and their relationship with the local mafia.

Mafia alla sbarra

1963

No artwork available
10.0

A paralyzed young woman falls in love with her cousin's boyfriend without ever seeing him, only through his relative's descriptions. After her death, the girl comes down to earth to spend an evening with her lover. The latter promises to follow her soon.

Il richiamo nella tempesta

1950

No artwork available
10.0

A paralyzed young woman falls in love with her cousin's boyfriend without ever seeing him, only through his relative's descriptions. After her death, the girl comes down to earth to spend an evening with her lover. The latter promises to follow her soon.

Il richiamo nella tempesta

1950