The best Umberto Orsini’s history movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Umberto Orsini’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Umberto Orsini.
Ludwig
7.5/10
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandonned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness. Filmed in English, later dubbed in Italian and German
Esther
6.6/10
King of the Persians, summons his attractive wife Vashti, to show off her beauty to the guests, the proud queen refuses to come. The king promptly bans her from ever entering his presence again, and gives orders for the most beautiful young virgins in the land to be brought to him. The young Jewess Esther, adopted daughter of her uncle Mordecai, is among the girls selected;
St. Paul
6.5/10
Paul's epistles covering his conversion from Saul of Tarsus to his ministry to the Gentiles.
Solomon
6.5/10
David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful.
The Shortest Day
5.8/10
The Shortest Day is a 1962 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie The Longest Day and stars the popular duo Ciccio Ingrassia and Franco Franchi in the leading roles. Dozens of many other well-known actors accepted to appear in the movie in cameo roles for free, to avert the bankruptcy of the production company Titanus.
Sin
6.8/10
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Notti e nebbie
8.1/10
Fall 1944, Milan, the last months of World War II. While everything starts to crumble down, RSI police chief Bruno Spada tries to crush the local anti-fascist resistance.
