Vittorio Cottafavi Filmes

An adaptation of Joseph Conrad's first novel, taking us to the Malaysian mangrove forests against a backdrop of colonial decadence.

Evocation of a dramatic episode of the Second World War told by an old guard. Boarded as a non-commissioned officer on the battleship sailed from...

A film by Vittorio Cottafavi.

A film by Vittorio Cottafavi.

A TV adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play.

After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of...

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play for Italian TV.

A rich, corrupt Southern family plots a nefarious business deal, whilst Regina debates murdering her husband.

A young Venetian officer falls in love with a slave girl.

Two cattle farmers wish to crossbreed their cattle to ensure the continuity of their respective herds.

It is in the late 1930s, and Cesare Pavese, a writer, with two of his friends meets a very uninhibited noble couple.

An adaptation of the Aeschylus play.

Faithful TV adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy.

New to Livorno, a man meets a crying woman on a bridge at midnight, in this tale of love and heartbreak. Believed to be lost.

Leo is a young man trying to make a living without any success. Through fortuitous circumstances, he is assigned by the director of a big firm to...

Three jailbirds— a surgeon, a robber, and a wrongly convicted man— must adjust to their lives once released from prison.

Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over...

King Androcles of Thebes commands a ship in search of a threat to Greece, predicted by an atmospheric oracle. Hercules is part of the crew, but the...