The Son of the Red Corsair is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1908. The novel was adapted for the silver screen in Italy in 1959.
Totò Tarzan is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Marilyn Buferd and Alba Arnova. It is a parody of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan of the Apes. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. As with Totò's other films of the era it was a commercial success, taking around 385 million lira at the box office.
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops is a 1961 Italian epic adventure film starring Gordon Mitchell and Chelo Alonso.
Vira Silenti was an Italian actress.
Luigi Visconti, better known by his stage name Fanfulla, was an Italian actor and comedian.
Vittorio Sanipoli was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980.
Pirates of the Coast is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Herod the Great is a 1958 Italian-French epic historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky.
Son of Samson is a 1960 Italian peplum film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Mark Forest. The film was distributed to English-speaking countries as Son of Samson, although in the original film, Maciste had no relation to Samson whatsoever.
The Pirate and the Slave Girl is a 1959 Italian adventure film written and directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Lex Barkerand Chelo Alonso.
The Avenger of Venice is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Pierro Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is based on a novel by Michel Zevaco.
The Secret of the Black Falcon is a 1961 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Lex Barker and Livio Lorenzon.
Terror of the Red Mask is a 1960 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Lex Barker and Chelo Alonso.
The Executioner of Venice, also known as Blood of the Executioner, is a 1963 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Lex Barker and Guy Madison.
Knight of 100 Faces is a 1960 Italian swashbuckler historical film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Lex Barker and Liana Orfei.
The Last Pirates is an adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1908. It is the final book in Salgari's popular The Black Corsair series.
Francis the Smuggler is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Roberto Mauri, Doris Duranti and Vira Silenti.
Luigi Carpentieri (1920-1987) was an Italian assistant director (1940-1949) and film producer (1947-1968). Together with Ermanno Donati, he founded the production company "Athena Cinematografica", which in 1960 became "Panda Cinematografica". All films produced by the company were genre films.
Luisa Garella was an Italian film actress who appeared in a number of films during the Fascist era. Garella died in Rome on 28 September 1983, at the age of 70.
The Son of the Red Corsair is a 1943 Italian historical adventure film directed by Marco Elter and starring Vittorio Sanipoli, Luisa Ferida and Memo Benassi. It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel The Son of the Red Corsair by Emilio Salgari.
