Giuseppe de Liguoro
Directing
Biography
Giuseppe de Liguoro (1869–1944) was an Italian actor and film director of the silent era. He came from an aristocratic neapolitan family. De Liguoro was a pioneering figure of early Italian cinema, making a number of historical films in early 1910s such as L'Inferno (1911) and Mary Tudor (1911). Description above from the Wikipedia article Giuseppe de Liguoro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.
Dante's Inferno
Film adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.'
L'Odissea
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Addio, mia bella Napoli!...
An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.
Fedora
The documentary was entirely filmed in the province of Burgos, containing monuments and architecture considered emblematic of Spanish heritage. Color was added to the film at a later date, by hand. Burgos is a fine example of the timeless beauty of hand-stenciled film, as well as sound actuality filmmaking by two cinematic pioneers.
Burgos
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Odette
The classic 1911 film adaptation of Dante's epic from director Giuseppe Liguoro. Music by Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream: Inferno
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Christus
Directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro.
Count Ugolino
Directed by Giuseppe de Liguoro.
Bruto
Silent film.
Lacrimae Rerum
Silent film.
Napo Torriano
Italian Short