Giulio Battiferri

Acting

Giulio Battiferri

Born — Died

1893-07-15 — 1973-01-22

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Known for

Bicycle Thieves poster
8.2

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Bicycle Thieves

1948

Duck, You Sucker poster
7.7

At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

Duck, You Sucker

1971

The Sword and the Cross poster
3.4

Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.

The Sword and the Cross

1958

L'isola del tesoro poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'isola del tesoro

1959

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
7.0

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Bread, Love and Dreams

1953

Tiger of the Seven Seas poster
5.2

Tigre is the skipper of the Santa Maria, a pirate-ship, but he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship. Unfortunately he has only a daughter, Consuelo. So he will leave the command and the ship to the winner of a challenge among his men. Unexpectedly Consuelo wins. The same night Tigre is killed, William is charged with the killing and is sentenced to death. But before the sentence could be executed the Spaniards of Grand Duke Inigo arrives. Consuelo escapes, however this is only the first move of Indigo's wife to get to the pirates treasure.

Tiger of the Seven Seas

1962

Film credits

1960s · 11 titles

Tiger of the Seven Seas poster
5.2

Tigre is the skipper of the Santa Maria, a pirate-ship, but he feels tired and decides to leave the command of the ship. Unfortunately he has only a daughter, Consuelo. So he will leave the command and the ship to the winner of a challenge among his men. Unexpectedly Consuelo wins. The same night Tigre is killed, William is charged with the killing and is sentenced to death. But before the sentence could be executed the Spaniards of Grand Duke Inigo arrives. Consuelo escapes, however this is only the first move of Indigo's wife to get to the pirates treasure.

Tiger of the Seven Seas

1962

The Queen of the Pirates poster
5.5

In 16th century Italy, on the Adriatic coast, the duchy of Doruzza is governed by a tyrannical duke, Zulian, and his haughty daughter, Isabella. When they commit a great injustice, a ship's captain and his daughter turn pirate to fight back for the people.

The Queen of the Pirates

1960

Pirates of the Coast poster
5.7

Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.

Pirates of the Coast

1960

White Voices poster
4.8

In 18th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.

White Voices

1964

Rage of the Buccaneers poster
5.7

Gordon, The Black Pirate, battles the slavery trade.

Rage of the Buccaneers

1961

The Adventures of Mary Read poster
4.5

Redhead Mary is a girl who dresses like a man to better approach, and rob the jewels worn by the pretty ladies of her time.

The Adventures of Mary Read

1961

The Red Sheik poster
7.3

For decades Sultan Hassan has been suppressing the desert tribes with violence and terror. In an oasis, the tribal prince Ajbar has been hiding with his own from Hassan's soldiers.

The Red Sheik

1962

Knight of 100 Faces poster
6.5

Two knights, the honorful Riccardo and the sinister Fosco, are rivalling for damsel Zuela.

Knight of 100 Faces

1960

Superargo vs Diabolicus poster
5.3

After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, masked wrestler Superargo quits wrestling and, following the advice of his friend Col. Alex Kinski of the Secret Service, becomes a secret agent, using his superhuman abilities to stop villain Diabolicus' plans to wreck the global economy by turning uranium into gold.

Superargo vs Diabolicus

1966

Golden Chameleon poster
7.3

Vittorio, an employee of an insurance company, is the only witness to an incident where a thief called the golden chameleon dies. In his suitcase Vittorio finds the instructions to carry out a robbery. He decides to assume the identity of the golden chameleon and carry out the robbery.

Golden Chameleon

1967

His Days Are Numbered poster
7.1

A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.

His Days Are Numbered

1962

1950s · 30 titles

The Sword and the Cross poster
3.4

Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.

The Sword and the Cross

1958

Bread, Love and Dreams poster
7.0

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".

Bread, Love and Dreams

1953

Il cocco di mamma poster
6.5

Aldo, Vasco and "Smilzo" (Slim) are friends. They live with their parents and are training for boxing. But their real interest is in women. When casually Aldo meets Laura and falls for her. Will he succeed in winning her love?

Il cocco di mamma

1957

The Pirate of the Black Hawk poster
4.0

Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke's young son. Capt. Riccardo, the leader of a pirate band on the ship Black Hawk, sets out to defeat Manfred and his Saracens and restore the Duke to his rightful place on the throne.

The Pirate of the Black Hawk

1958

Figaro qua... Figaro là poster
6.2

In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.

Figaro qua... Figaro là

1950

The Mysteries of Paris poster
8.0

Paris 1838, Prince Rodolphe vows on the deathbed of his friend Matilde to find Germain, the woman's son kidnapped by his father at birth. Disguised as a tramp, he wanders the city's slums encountering various characters who either help or hinder him.

The Mysteries of Paris

1957

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

The Violent Patriot poster
6.0

The legendary John of the Black Bands begins a romantic relationship with a beautiful girl without revealing his identity. The girl unconsciously discovers the truth and retires to a convent. She thinks that John is guilty of the death of her family, and cannot continue to love him. He remains wounded in battle.

The Violent Patriot

1956

Streets of Sorrow poster
7.0

A magistrate saves a young woman from drowning and they fall in love.

Streets of Sorrow

1950

The Island Monster poster
3.2

An Italian government agent is assigned to break up a drug smuggling ring on the island of Ischia but his daughter is kidnapped by the gang.

The Island Monster

1954

The Mighty Crusaders poster
4.7

The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is a 1957 film about the First Crusade, based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

The Mighty Crusaders

1957

The Rival poster
9.0

The love triangle between a Countess, a soldier and a younger woman.

The Rival

1956

The Pirate and the Slave Girl poster
4.5

When a ship carrying the daughter of Rhodes' governor and secret documents is captured by Mediterranean pirate Dragut, the governor tasks captain Diego with their recovery before they can be sold to Sultan Selim.

The Pirate and the Slave Girl

1959

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

La moglie è uguale per tutti poster
6.2

Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.

La moglie è uguale per tutti

1955

La muta di Portici poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La muta di Portici

1952

Porca miseria! poster
7.0

Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.

Porca miseria!

1951

Uncle Hyacynth poster
6.7

Hyacinth, a former matador who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter reminding him that, as agreed a few days before, he must participate in a bullfight to be held that same afternoon.

Uncle Hyacynth

1956

Tomorrow Is Another Day poster
4.5

A doctor rescues a young woman who is about to throw herself into the river and takes her to the hospital. The woman learns of three very sad stories revolving around suicide.

Tomorrow Is Another Day

1951

Lettera napoletana poster
7.0

Warehouseman "Franco" is set up by the son of his boss for robbery and cigarette smuggling. Can he prove his innocence and rescue his relationship with "Anna"?

Lettera napoletana

1954

Love song poster
7.0

An aspiring singer is torn between the love for a devious ex-flame, the affection of a simple girl and the loyalty to his paralyzed best friend.

Love song

1954

Forbidden poster
7.0

Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war.

Forbidden

1955

The Red Cloak poster
10.0

Cosimo de' Bardi is assassinated by a gentleman called the Flemish. Time passes and at some point a masked knight wearing a red cloak enters the scene. He is the son of the killed. These and the Flemish are also rivals in love. In the final duel the Flemish will be eliminated.

The Red Cloak

1955

Santo disonore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Santo disonore

1950

Prima di sera poster
7.8

A middle-aged insurer, after spending a sleepless night because of a quarrel with his wife, goes to the pharmacy to buy a sleeping pill. By mistake, the doctor, instead of giving him a sedative, gives him poison. The man goes out of town to visit a client and, unaware that he is wanted by the police, is more than once about to swallow the pills; but every time an obstacle prevents him from fulfilling his purpose.

Prima di sera

1954

The Daughter of the Regiment poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Daughter of the Regiment

1953

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

Non è vero... ma ci credo! poster
10.0

A young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himself as a hunchback to get into the father's good graces.

Non è vero... ma ci credo!

1952

Tormento del passato poster
7.0

A gangster comes back to Rome after many years and meets his old flame and their daughter.

Tormento del passato

1952

Il tallone di Achille poster
9.0

Tino Scotti plays a man who is tricked into trying to kill himself. When all his attempts fail, he is believed to be immortal.

Il tallone di Achille

1952

1940s · 17 titles

Bicycle Thieves poster
8.2

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Bicycle Thieves

1948

Il leone di Damasco poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il leone di Damasco

1942

La zia smemorata poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La zia smemorata

1940

Dagli Appennini alle Ande poster
8.0

When his mother falls gravely ill after emigrating to Argentina, young Marco leaves Italy behind on a desperate quest to find her. Alone in a vast, unpredictable continent with no money and only his determination to guide him, he sets out on a seemingly impossible journey to bring his family back together. Based on the timeless 1886 classic, this epic adventure captures the extraordinary lengths a child will go to for love.

Dagli Appennini alle Ande

1943

L'ebreo errante poster
10.0

Matthew, a rich nationalist Jew and a contemporary of Jesus, regards the latter as an obstacle in this struggle to free their people from the Roman yoke by means of revolt.

L'ebreo errante

1948

The King's Jester poster
7.0

Based on a Victor Hugo play, and scored with music from the later opera by Giuseppe Verdi, the film tells about a hunchbacked clown whose beautiful daughter falls in love with the lecherous king.

The King's Jester

1941

Luck Comes from Heaven poster
3.0

The merchant Giovanni Illes is tracked down by the debtors, but cannot pay his debts. To save her father from bankruptcy, Anna talks to the lawyer, trying to earn an extension. The lawyer grants it to him, but he gets too close, even physically. She wants to defend herself, but his power dominates the impotence of the woman.

Luck Comes from Heaven

1942

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

The Prisoner of Santa Cruz poster
9.0

A sea captain forbids his daughter to marry the man whose father he had killed many years before.

The Prisoner of Santa Cruz

1941

I due Foscari poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

I due Foscari

1942

Il re del circo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il re del circo

1941

La fanciulla di Portici poster
10.0

During the Spanish occupation of Naples, the people led by Tommaso Aniello - known as "Masaniello" - plot against the Viceroy. The Viceroy's son, under another name, has a son from Masaniello's sister, but his father has already planned a marriage for him with a Spanish patrician against his wishes.

La fanciulla di Portici

1940

La primula bianca poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

La primula bianca

1947

Il pirata sono io! poster
8.0

In Santa Cruz, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Governor of the island, to ingratiate himself with the Viceroy, contrives to make assaulting the island from a mock pirate ship and, with a mock battle, defeat the aggressors and throw them back into the sea.

Il pirata sono io!

1940

The Last Wagon poster
6.8

Toto (Aldo Fabrizi), a Roman coachman with an old fashioned horse-drawn carriage who objects to the competition from motorised taxis, doesn't want his daughter Nannarella to go out with Roberto, a young taxi driver. But it is Roberto who helps him when he gets into trouble with a former client, Mary Dunchetti (Anna Magnani), an arrogant singer.

The Last Wagon

1943

Fra' Diavolo poster
6.7

The leader of a band of mountain bandits defending Naples against the French plays a dual role as a police official. Our romantic hero pivots as well between two women, the sister of a royalist and a lady spy.

Fra' Diavolo

1942

Marechiaro poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marechiaro

1949

Series credits