List of Italian films of 1922

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A list of films produced in Italy in 1922 (see 1922 in film):

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1922
'A Santanotte
Al confine della morte
Anadiomene
La Belle Madame Hebért
Cainà Gennaro Righelli Maria Jacobini, Carlo Benetti, Ida Carloni Talli Drama
Nero J. Gordon Edwards Jacques Grétillat, Sandro Salvini, Nerio Bernardi HistoricalCo-production with the United States
Ê piccirella Elvira Notari Eduardo Notari, Rosè Angione, Alberto Danza, Elisa Cava
Under the Snow Gennaro Righelli Maria Jacobini, Alberto Capozzi, Ignazio Lupi Drama

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