On Christmas Eve, little Cretinetti is put to bed by his parents, but during the night he wakes up to eat all the candies of the Christmas tree. Soon he falls asleep and is awakened by an angry Santa ...
Cretinetti plays the parody of the dandy with a huge number of sweethearts (actually men in drag) chasing him. The film displays a unusual model of predatory and aggressive woman, who is not afraid to...
Two young and pretty neighbours fall in love, at the same time, with Cretinetti, and for him they go crazy: they fight a duel with swords and guns, and desperate they even want to commit suicide by th...
Contrary to what has always been believed, "L’uomo meccanico", is not an autonomous film, but the second part of a ciné-roman. This would explain the presence in the story of certain elements...
The film is constructed on a contemporary requirement tied to the wartime situation, seeing as Italy had gone to war with Austria in May 1915. At the end of the wedding ceremony the procession o...
Cretinetti is about to get married and he could not be any happier and more in love with his Junoesque consort. But just on the day of his wedding, he reads a notice on the wall explaining how to beha...
Dressed in a checked suit and smoking a pipe, a pickpocket is chased by two policemen. He gives his pursuers the slip by performing a variety of magic tricks, such as disappearing or changing form, so...
Cinema italiano - Cinema muto - Ritratti - Scena
André Schneider