The Best Films Photographed By Mario Bava (except his owns)
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- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsElisa CeganiLuisa FeridaRina MorelliA crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross of Christ and the metal of Roman swords, becomes a legend and a symbol of justice.additional photography (uncredited)
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsGeorges MarchalGianna Maria CanaleRenato BaldiniTeodora, 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.additional photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsAldo FabriziTotòAve NinchiEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsAldo FabriziGina LollobrigidaDelia ScalaTragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAugusto BassoElena FondiNon professional actors, filmed in a semi documentary style, show the lives of sailors and their officers ,some of whom are transferred to a hospital ship ,during WWII in Italy .camera operator/special visual effects
- StarsBekim FehmiuCarlo AlighieroLeonard SteckelOdysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.director of photography on segment "Polifemo"/director of special effect sequences/second-unit shots
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsSilvana ManganoKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnA movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.director of photography on "Kirke" episode/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorAldo FabriziMario BonnardStarsAldo FabriziCarlo CampaniniJuan de LandaCesare Mancini is a tram driver who lives in Bologna. One day he accidentally hits a woman on a bicycle, the accident costs Cesare the relegation to a ticket seller.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsAldo FabriziCarla Del PoggioEnrico ViarisioYoung Dalia Rossi is mistaken for a mad person and is committed to "Villa Felicità", a mental institution run by Professor Ruiz. When she is first examined she is found sane and sound. The only trouble is that the psychiatrist who examines her is ... a madman who believes he is a doctor! The real physician, as for him, is persuaded Dalia is ... insane! Things will return to normal only after a host of ups and downs, a riot by the patients and an eventful police raid.
- DirectorStenoStarsGabriele FerzettiCorinne CalvetIrene Galter1760 Spain provides the setting for Giacomo Casanova's romantic escapades, every woman he encounters unable to resist his disarming charm, be they single, engaged, or even married.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsCameron MitchellGeorges RivièreEthel RojoWrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. The catch: he is going blind.additional photography/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorAndré De TothSabatino CiuffiniRiccardo FredaStarsJeffrey HunterMylène DemongeotRon RandellA slave architect in Gaul is ordered by a Roman governor to lead an expedition, constantly under danger of attack by Celtic warriors, to the Valley of the Sil to find much-needed gold for Rome.exterrior shots/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorMario CostaStarsTito GobbiGina LollobrigidaOnelia FineschiRecounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsLeigh McCloskeyIrene MiracleEleonora GiorgiAn American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.camera operator/lighting technician/pick-up shots/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsAl LettieriGigi ProiettiChristian De SicaThe United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips has chosen Eddie Mordace to open the Italian branch of the multinational American Love Company. So Eddie opens in Milan a small branch of the Company whose purpose is to comfort women. Eddie hires Simbad, Adone and later, when business starts to go well, Ugolino, a real Count, and Ivanoe, a raper, who becames the attraction of the House.additional photography (uncredited)
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGina LollobrigidaVittorio GassmanRobert AldaRome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques". Sergei finds Lina back in the French capital and, as a play and game, makes her his mistress. When she understands the truth Lina runs away with tenor Silvani. Mad with jealousy, Doria kills Silvani and the young singer who thinks Sergei is responsible for Silvani's death, decides to devote her life to her career. Going from success to success, Lina arrives one day in Saint Petersburg where she is to sing before the Tsar. There she meets Sergei again...
- DirectorStenoStarsAlberto SordiVittorio De SicaGloria SwansonNero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsAnthony QuinnSophia LorenHenri VidalAttila, 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.additional photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsRoland CareyZiva RodannAlberto FarneseIn 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.second-unit shots/ special visual effects (uncredited)
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsKirk MorrisHélène ChanelVira SilentiMaciste travels to Hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world.second-unit shots/special visual effects/lighting technician
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsGordon ScottYôko TaniDante DiPaoloSam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.matte shots (uncredited)
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsAnthony SteffenRichard StapleyLuisa BarattoSuperior marksman Roy excels in the circus arena but shies away from settling conflicts with his gun. By chance he is hailed a hero for killing outlaws he did not shoot and fails to live up to this image - until a little boy is kidnapped.additional photography/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorAlvaro MancoriStarsDan VadisSpela RozinCarla CalòHercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.co-director of photography/special visual effects/film designer (uncredited)
- DirectorPedro LazagaStarsRichard HarrisonLoredana NusciakLivio LorenzonFramed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.second-unit photographer (uncredited)
- DirectorRaoul WalshMario BavaStarsJoan CollinsRichard EganDenis O'DeaTwo decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred fomented against the Jews by his evil minister Haman (Sergio Fantoni). Before the King can pair off with Esther and defeat the villainous Haman, there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention.
- DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsReg ParkFay SpainEttore ManniStrong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.second-unit photographer (uncredited)
- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsSteve ReevesSylva KoscinaFabrizio MioniThe muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciMario BavaStarsSteve ReevesSylva KoscinaGabriele AntoniniWhile negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale.
- DirectorMario BonnardStarsSteve ReevesChristine KaufmannFernando ReyA demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.second-unit photographer (uncredited)
- DirectorGuido BrignoneMichelangelo AntonioniRiccardo FredaStarsAnita EkbergGeorges MarchalFolco LulliZenobia, Queen of Palmyra, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops - but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.second-unit photographer/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsSteve ReevesGiorgia MollScilla GabelThe story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.
- DirectorAndré De TothPrimo ZeglioStarsSteve ReevesValérie LagrangeIvo GarraniA Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.additional photography/special visual effects/matte shots (uncredited)
- DirectorSergio CorbucciGiacomo GentilomoStarsGordon ScottLeonora RuffoJacques SernasGoliath must save the kidnapped women of his village from an evil zombie leader who needs their blood to feed his soldiers.additional photography/lighting technician/film desinger (uncredited)
- DirectorBruno VailatiArthur LubinStarsSteve ReevesGiorgia MollArturo DominiciIn the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad.director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsRichard HarrisonAnna RanalliArturo DominiciA warrior does battle against the evil Medusa, her army of stone warriors and a monstrous dragon.additional photography/matte shots (uncredited)
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsJohn Drew BarrymoreSusy AndersenEttore ManniA fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
- StarsIrene PapasAharon IpaléYosef ShiloachA biopic of Moses, who led the Jewish people out of Egypt, ex. by parting the Red Sea and afterwards delivered the Ten Commandments from God.director of special effects
- DirectorAnton Giulio MajanoStarsAlberto LupoSusanne LoretSergio FantoniAn exotic dancer is disfigured in a car accident. A scientist develops a treatment that restores her beauty. To preserve her appearance the doctor must give her additional treatments using glands taken from murdered women.additional photography (uncredited)
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsTaina ElgPierre BriceAlberto LupoThe god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes.additional photography/lighting technician/matte shots/special optical effects (uncredited)
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsCameron MitchellGeneviève GradEttore ManniAn evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.matte shots (uncredited)
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsGérard TichyLeo AnchórizOmbretta ColliThe beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse - to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
- DirectorFrancesco De RobertisStarsFelga LauriDiego PozzettoMarichetta StoppaDuring maneuvers a submarine collides with a surface vessel and drops to the ocean floor. The crew have thirty hours worth of air to get it back to the surface.camera operator/special optical effects
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsMicheline PresleGino CerviFausto TozziThe beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia.additional photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsSergio CianiJany ClairAnna Maria PolaniHercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.co-director of photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
- DirectorMaurizio LucidiStarsReg ParkGia SandriGiovanni CianfrigliaReg Park returns to his antics of old as the man of iron in HERCULES THE AVENGER. The Son of Jove undertakes another journey into the nether realms battling zombies and monsters in order to rescue his son, allowing goddess Gia an opportunity to place her own slacker son in Hercules' sandals. There's something for everyone: ghouls, dragons, sweating men and girls in skimpy outfits.special visual effects/matte shots/ lighting technician (uncredited)
- DirectorGiulio PetroniStarsTomas MilianGregg PalmerJanet AgrenAn eccentric bounty hunter named Providence captures and sets free a criminal in order to collect the same bounty over and over again in different states, until they discover that a local sheriff is up to something crooked.director of special effects sequences (uncredited)
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsRod SteigerChristopher PlummerOrson WellesFacing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.additional photography/matte shots (uncredited)
- DirectorDuilio ColettiStarsGina LollobrigidaRichard NeyConstance DowlingJournalist decides to report on Miss Italy candidates, in which detective intrigue is added.
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsCameron MitchellEdmund PurdomIsabelle CoreyHarald and his brother Guntar return to Norway to find their father murdered and his throne usurped. They try to take revenge on Sveno, but a traitor amongst them puts both brother's lives at risk.co-director of photography/special visual effects (uncredited)
- DirectorMario BavaHenry LevinStarsDonald O'ConnorNoëlle AdamVittorio De SicaA poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.co-director of photography/special visual effects/film designer (uncredited)