Gian Paolo Callegari — Playwright (9)

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In the Land of Don Quixote (1964) IMDb TMDB
Nella terra di Don Chisciotte
director: Orson Welles actor: Beatrice Welles / Arnoldo Foà …
other title: Nella terra di Don Chisciotte
Filmed during Orson Welles’s travels through Spain while preparing his unfinished Don Quixote project, this nine-part travelogue documents the country’s landscapes, cities, and cultural traditions—from Andalusia to Pamplona—through an intimate, observational lens. Shot as a series of personal, narration-free travel films, the material was later broadcast by Italian television (RAI) with added voiceover, making the series both a poetic portrait of Spain and a rare glimpse into Welles’s working life, family, and creative process.

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Gioventù disperata (1957) IMDb TMDB
Gioventù disperata
Il dottor Losada (Renato Baldini), la cui moglie è stata accidentalmente uccisa da un uomo che vive nella periferia povera di Madrid, si reca nella zona con l'intenzione di ucciderlo. Una volta conosciuta però la sua famiglia e la situazione di estremo disagio sociale del quartiere, decide però di desistere dai suoi propositi di vendetta e aiutare invece la popolazione locale.

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Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Teseo contro il minotauro
other title: Teseo contro il minotauro / Teseo e o Minotauro …
King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur. The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.

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The 300 Spartans (1962)
The 300 Spartans
other title: L'eroe di Sparta / Os 300 Espartanos …
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.

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Revolt of the Praetorians (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB
La Rivolta dei Pretoriani
other title: La Rivolta dei Pretoriani / Der Aufstand der Prätorianer …
Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a masked man known as the Red Wolf. In fact, the Red Wolf is Valerius Rufus, one of the Emperor's trusted centurions who's aided by none other than the Emperor's court jester, the diminutive Elpidion. Rebels in league with Valerius kidnap Artamne, planning to exchange her for two of their imprisoned colleagues, but Artamne escapes and soon both Valerius, (now exposed as the Red Wolf), and his fiancee, Lucilla, are sentenced to be immersed in a cauldron of molten lead. Valerius's friends, however, rise up to rescue him and to liberate Rome.

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Messalina Against the Son of Hercules (1964) IMDb TMDB
L'ultimo gladiatore
other title: L'ultimo gladiatore / Der letzte der Gladiatoren …
While fighting in Britain, Roman forces commanded by Caligula capture the noble warrior, Glaucus. Seeing in him gladiator material, Caligula takes Glaucus back to Rome along with other hostages including Glaucus's girlfriend, Ena. A man seeking to restore the Roman Republic then assassinates Caligula after which Claudius is proclaimed emperor. Messalina -- Claudius's beautiful but evil wife -- then maneuvers to replace Claudius with her lover, Silio. She forces Glaucus to help her in this quest by threatening to harm the enslaved Ena. Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis