The Flame that Never Dies
Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
Vittorio Cottafavi
Director
Casts & Crew
Gino Cervi
Luigi Manfredi
Maria Denis
Maria (as Maria Denis)
Leonardo Cortese
Giuseppe Manfredi
Luigi Tosi
Giovanni
Carlo Campanini
Il zio di Maria
Danielle Benson
Caterina
Diana Benucci
(as Daniela Benucci)
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.
