Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.
Fosco Giachetti was an Italian actor.
Devotion is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Augusto Genina.
Carmen Boni was an Italian actress.
Fabiola is a 1918 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Augusto Mastripietri, Amleto Novelli and Elena Sangro. It is an adaptation of the 1854 novel Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman about the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire. It was one of a series of historical epics for which the Italian film industry became famous during the era. The novel was later turned into a sound film of the same name in 1949.
Latin Quarter is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Gina Manès, Carmen Boni and Helga Thomas. It was based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra. It was shot at the Staaken Studios and on location in Paris. The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin.
Goodbye Youth is a 1940 Italian "white-telephones" drama film directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli and starring María Denis, Adriano Rimoldi and Clara Calamai. The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio, which had been adapted into films on three previous occasions. The film was a breakthrough role for Calamai who emerged as a leading star of Italian cinema during the 1940s. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome and the Fert Studios in Turin.
Goodbye Youth is a 1918 Italian silent drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Maria Jacobini, Lido Manetti and Helena Makowska, The film was adapted from the 1911 play of the same name by Nino Oxilia and Sandro Camasio, The film is set in Turin at the beginning of the twentieth century, where a student begins a romance with a seamstress, Dorina, however he is lured away by a sophisticated older woman to Dorina's distress. Genina remade the film in 1927, again as a silent. It was then remade as a sound film of the same title in 1940.
The Prisoners of Shanghai is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Jack Trevor, and Bernhard Goetzke. The film's sets were designed by the art director István Szirontai Lhotka. It focuses on similar themes to the subsequent Hollywood films Shanghai Express (1932) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933).
Samson (Italian:Sansone) is a 1923 Italian silent drama film directed by Torello Rolli and starring Angelo Ferrari and Elena Sangro. It is an adaptation of the 1908 play of the same title by Henri Bernstein. A woman from a poor aristocratic family is pressured by her relatives to marry a wealthy businessman, although she doesn't love him.
My Uncle Barbassous is a 1921 Italian silent film directed by Riccardo Cassano and starring Carmen Boni.
The Beautiful Wife or Love's Sacrifice is a 1924 Italian silent film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni.
The Last Lord is a 1926 Italian silent comedy film directed by Augusto Genina.
The Hearth Turned Off is a 1925 Italian silent film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni.
The Story of a Little Parisian is a 1928 silent film directed by Augusto Genina. It was made as a co-production between France, Germany and Italy. The film was created in conjunction with Maurice Yvain's operetta Yes; a stage work which shares the same story as the film and which starred French singer and actress Arletty as Totte. Both works simultaneously premiered in Paris on January 26, 1928.
Carla Bartheel was a German film actress and photographer.
Scampolo is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Livio Pavanelli and Hans Junkermann. The film featured an early appearance from the future star Anna Magnani. The story of Scampolo, a fictional street child from Rome, has been made into several films.
Love's Masquerade is a 1928 German silent film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Hans Junkermann and Olga Engl.
The Csardas Princess is a 1951 German musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters and Hubert Marischka. It is based on the 1915 operetta The Csardas Princess and is part of the tradition of operetta films.
The Woman Dressed As a Man is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Carmen Boni, Armand Bernard and André Dubosc.
