L'allodola
Vittorio Cottafavi's 1973 television adaptation of Jean Anouih's play on Joan of Arc.
Vittorio Cottafavi
Director
Also Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
Marcus Numidius (Ettore Manni), a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators' revolt, captures the rebels' popular leader, Aselepius (Georges Marchal). Princess Amira (Gianna Maria Canale), with ambitions of being Queen and jealous of Asclepius' popularity, plans his death in the arena by substituting a lion for his human opponent
Octavio secretly sent his consul Curridio to Alexandria in a final attempt to reach peace. In the city, he meets Berenice, a mysterious and beautiful dancer who falls in love. Actually, the dancer is the queen Cleopatra who leads a double life using this name.
A TV movie adapted from a Pirandello play.
A TV adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play.
Una donna libera (internationally released as A Free Woman) is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi. In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
