Cesare Fantoni

Acting

Cesare Fantoni

Born 1905-02-01 · Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Acting credits

Hercules Unchained poster
5.1

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

Hercules Unchained

1959

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

The Loves of Hercules poster
3.5

Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.

The Loves of Hercules

1960

Caesar The Conqueror poster
5.4

In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterid and others who'd once pledged allegiance to Rome.

Caesar The Conqueror

1962

It Happened in the Park poster
6.5

Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.

It Happened in the Park

1953

The Overtaxed poster
7.1

Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.

The Overtaxed

1959

Carthage in Flames poster
5.2

Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.

Carthage in Flames

1960

Noi peccatori poster
8.0

A man and a woman love each other, but they can’t marry because he’s ashamed of his unjustly incarcerated mother. What’s more, he loses his eyesight in an accident.

Noi peccatori

1953

Sinfonia fatale poster
8.0

An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.

Sinfonia fatale

1947

Felicità perduta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Felicità perduta

1946

Passionate song poster
7.0

Lucia Spinelli, orphaned by both parents, is taken as a housekeeper in the house of Mrs. Carla Parodi, when she reaches the age of majority, the young woman is almost forced to marry Mrs. Carla's brother. After the marriage and the birth of the first child, Parodi's intrusions on the life of the two spouses continue.

Passionate song

1953

Letto a tre piazze poster
7.0

Antonio married Amalia and went to fight in Russia during World War II. Since he didn't return Amalia thought he was dead, so she married another man. Many year after the war end, Antonio returned. Amalia has to choose between two husbands.

Letto a tre piazze

1960

Human Torpedoes poster
7.5

A team of highly trained Italian seamen are taken to the island of Stampalia where there are to take their torpedo-laden attack craft on a daring attack on the port of Suda.

Human Torpedoes

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

Sant'Elena, piccola isola poster
6.0

The last days of Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena.

Sant'Elena, piccola isola

1943

Siege of Syracuse poster
6.0

Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact, both nations are willing to preserve the neutrality of Syracuse. However, Rome has now gotten the upper hand in its struggle for power. The fate of Syracuse lies in the hands of its leader, the famed inventor and scientist Archimedes.

Siege of Syracuse

1960

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

L'inafferrabile 12 poster
7.2

Two twin brothers grew up and never met (due to the fact that the father with the couple would have had 13 children and therefore for superstition he closed one in an orphanage), the one goalkeeper of Juventus and the other employee at the state lottery.

L'inafferrabile 12

1950

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

The Barbarians poster
6.5

Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, has Massimo accused of the murder of Prince Orsini whereas he himself has woven it. Massimo is rejected by an outraged Angela and banned from Rome.Meanwhile the Eternal City has to face a brutal attack by armed invaders from Spain. The Spaniards are about to storm Rome when Massimo and his troops appear. The invading forces are defeated and Massimo is acclaimed by the crowd. After clearing his name, he can marry Angela.

The Barbarians

1953

La monaca di Monza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La monaca di Monza

1947

Musketeers of the Sea poster
6.3

Three pirates are saved from a shipwreck and seize a galleon bound for Maracaibo, where they will save the governor from a conspiracy. Italian adventure movie directed by Steno.

Musketeers of the Sea

1962

The Queen of Sheba poster
5.5

The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

The Queen of Sheba

1952

Girl of the Golden West poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Girl of the Golden West

1942