The best Gianna Maria Canale’s drama movies

Gianna Maria Canale

Gianna Maria Canale

12/09/1927- 13/02/2009
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Napoleon

Napoleon
6/10
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

The Slave

The Slave
5.9/10
The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.

The Centurion

The Centurion
4.7/10

Conqueror of the Orient

Conqueror of the Orient
3.7/10
Centuries ago in the Orient, the fiscal exactions on the people lead to a revolt against the usurper of the throne, and the empowerment of a new leader.

The Mighty Crusaders

The Mighty Crusaders
5.2/10
The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is a 1957 film about the First Crusade, based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.

The Mysterious Rider

The Mysterious Rider
6.3/10
Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.

Pirate of the Half Moon

Pirate of the Half Moon
5.8/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 31/12/1958
  • Character: Infanta Caterina
Gianna Maria Canale as the Duchess who is offered a banquet and requests for a hard-boiled egg. The stingy Spanish lord, who used his last gunpowder to fire a salute to the noble lady and thus has no more when a bunch of pirates, led by Nadir, launches an attack against his castle. Nadir is the dashing fiery hero.

Vedi Napoli e poi muori

Vedi Napoli e poi muori
5.7/10

Double Cross

Double Cross
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/04/1951
  • Character: Luisetta
A businessman is wrongly accused and convicted for the murder of his associate.

Revenge of Black Eagle

Revenge of Black Eagle
6.2/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 25/10/1951
  • Character: Tatiana Cernicevskij
When a soldier returns home from the wars, he finds that a local landowner has been terrorizing his family. He disguises himself as a bandit known as "The Black Eagle" and begins taking revenge on the landowner by ravaging his "empire". However, things take a different turn when he falls for the landowner's beautiful daughter

The Iron Swordsman

The Iron Swordsman
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/05/1952

Clash of Steel

Clash of Steel
5.6/10

The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 01/09/1958
  • Character: Gina Bertini
On the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover, Gina Bertini. But when the rueful Max ends his fling with Gina to return to his loyal wife, Carol, the jilted actress threatens to reveal details of their affair to Carol. Later, at a party at Max's villa, investigator Carliss arrives with news that Gina has been killed and that Max is a murderer suspect.

A Woman Alone

A Woman Alone
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1955
  • Character: Mara
Three women share the same apartment and the same goal, to find a wealthy husband and settle down.

Il bacio di una morta

Il bacio di una morta
5.5/10
Italy, 1848. Clara, daughter of a rich Milan trader, is in love with Enrico, a political dissident, but she is forced to marry Count Severi.

Il conte Ugolino

Il conte Ugolino
6.8/10

Rigoletto

Rigoletto
7.4/10
This tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to the curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter had been seduced by the Duke with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father.

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