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Madamigella Robinet
Feature film
1913
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

Robinet and Robinette secretly meet while her old admirer isn’t at home. Suddenly the man returns and Robinet is forced to disguise himself as a woman. This "Miss Robinet" turns out to be a very cha...

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Attraverso la Sicilia
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- Through Sicily

A ferry boat unloads a train on the coasts of Sicily; the steam engine starts moving, the railway winds through stark landscapes and picturesque coastlines. In the meantime we are shown the gathering ...

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Ascensione al Cervino
Documentary film
1912
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

In 1911 Mario Piacenza climbed the top of Mount Cervino with some partners. Apart from the back pack, he was carrying the film camera and the tripod. Considering the conditions of the shots, the quali...

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Da identificare (la Guerra 1915-18) [archive title]
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- Unidentified (The 1915-18 War)

The print is without intertitles and shows images dedicated to various aspects of the First World War and military life. Probably is a collation of sundry material belonging to different documentaries...

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Mariute
Feature film
1918
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

The actress Francesca Bertini, as every diva worthy of her name, always arrives on the set extremely late. One day, in the studio, she happened to hear a colleague actor who, back from the front, tell...

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Dal Verbano alla Svizzera attraverso il Gottardo
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- From the Verbano to Switzerland through the Gotthard

The film, a greatly suggestive documentary on landscapes, owes some of its happiest moments to the phantom ride technique, which makes use of the momentum of shots taken with the camera mounted on mov...

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Il biglietto da mille
Feature film
1912
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

Mary Cleo Tarlarini and Eleuterio Rodolfi, favourites of the early Italian screens, are clandestine lovers. A “one thousand banknote” passes from hand to hand, risking to reveal their affair. An e...

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Dio segnò i confini d’Italia
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- God set down the borders of Italy

War documentary produced by the Sezione Cinematografica del Regio Esercito [Royal Italian Army Film Department]. The film was very probably subjected to cuts and re-editing over the years, as the non ...

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Per il babbo
Feature film
1913
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- Pour son père
- Para su papà

In the first Twentieth Century in Turin, the little boy Tonino goes to the Pasquali film studio in order to draw the salary of his father, who has been sick since three months. Bad news are waiting fo...

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Il canto della fede
Feature film
1918
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- The Song of Faith

A patriotic drama played by one of the most beloved actresses of early Italian cinema: Mary Cléo Tarlarini is Mary, a high society lady who devotes all her dedication to the Italian patriotic cause, ...

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La piccola vedetta lombarda
Feature film
1915
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

After the Battle of Solferino, a group of Italian soldiers asks a local boy to act as lookout, climbing a tree and watching the enemy troops. But suddenly he falls hit by enemy fire. The soldiers will...

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Impressioni di Spagna
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- Impressions about Spain

Vistas of some of the most well-known Spanish locations: Madrid, Barcelona, the bay of St. Sebastian, Burgos, Segovia, Malaga. It shows cock fights, the palace of the Alhambra in Granada and banks fil...

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La vita negli abissi del mare. Gruppo di pesci (Prima parte)
Documentary film
1916
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

Episode of a naturalistic film series shot at the aquarium in Naples. «It’s not simple to explore the life of the inhabitants of the sea. Fortunately, today the science holds some precious supporte...

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La guerra e il sogno di Momi
Feature film
1917
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- The Momi’s War and Dream

Little Momi’s father has left to be a soldier and his letters are eagerly anticipated by his family at home. In one of them he recounts the adventure of little highlander Berto, who saved his mother...

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La vita negli abissi del mare. Gruppo di molluschi (Seconda parte)
Documentary film
1914
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

Episode of a naturalistic film series shot at the aquarium in Naples. «Under the waves, there is an unknown and wonderful world; the intense life of thousands of creatures, so fascinating to study, ...

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La nostra artiglieria in guerra
Documentary film
1911-1912
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- Our artillery during the war

Documentary dedicated to the artillery assigned to the Italian troops in Africa, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The video is a copy from the film print preserved in...

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