Augusto Genina
Know for: Directing
Born: 1892-01-28
Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also know as:
Paris Cinéma (1929)
The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...
The Wife He Neglected (1918)
A businessman marries Maria, the daughter of the rich professor, not for love but for personal gain. He betrays and humiliates her but she hides his...
The Wife He Neglected (1918)
A businessman marries Maria, the daughter of the rich professor, not for love but for personal gain. He betrays and humiliates her but she hides his...
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937)
Mario Esposito, who sings in a Neapolitan restaurant, is in love with Assunta, the niece of Teresa, the owner of the place. He shares his apartment...
The Darling of Paris (1931)
In order not to compromise the great music hall star with whom he spent the night, a man is accused of a murder he did not commit.
Frou-Frou (1955)
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
Miss Europe (1930)
Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the 'Miss Europe' pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for. She finds...
The Story of a Little Parisian (1928)
Totte works in Paris when she meets the wealthy Renato. Renato's father wants him to marry so to fool him he proposes to Totte.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1925)
Cyrano de Begerac is joyous, witty, a poet, a leader and filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th Century France. He has only one flaw: an...
Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
Unlike most Italian films of the 1940s, Augusto Genina's Cielo Sulla Palude opened in Venice rather than Rome. The film's American title was Heaven...
Addio giovinezza! (1927)
The movie is about a student in Turin during the 1920s (moved up from the earlier versions) and his love for a a seamstress. The student, Mario, is...
Maddalena (1954)
The story takes plays during the annual Good Friday pageant in a tiny Italian village. Local priest Don Vincenzo faces a crisis when the girl...
Do Not Forget About Me (1935)
This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way...
Devotion (1950)
In Sardinia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the once powerful aristocratic Decherchi family is going through difficult times and is...
The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
White Squadron (1936)
Lieutenant Mario Ludovici, an army officer, gets himself transferred to a Libyan post when his romance with society girl Cristiana goes on the rocks....
Flowers from Nice (1936)
Maria, an astounding singer in a music school , is discovered by an impresario who engages her for a concert in Nizza. A nobleman wishing to leave...
The Lovers of Midnight (1931)
A bank employee who stole money at work falls in the hands of a dangerous escaped convict whose girlfriend is going to help him out of this mess.
Bengasi (1942)
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian...
Addio giovinezza! (1927)
The movie is about a student in Turin during the 1920s (moved up from the earlier versions) and his love for a a seamstress. The student, Mario, is...
Lo scaldino (1920)
In a sleazy cigar and newspaper store in Rome, an old newsagent nicknamed "Papa Re" sells his wares, warmed only by an earthenware heater that his...
Lo scaldino (1920)
In a sleazy cigar and newspaper store in Rome, an old newsagent nicknamed "Papa Re" sells his wares, warmed only by an earthenware heater that his...
Il corsaro (1923)
Early Italian pirate adventure.
Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927)
Maria Sinclair, the wife of the British consul, is about to visit her husband when she is arrested by the Chinese. General Hai Lung, who is in...
Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando)...
Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando)...
My Darned Father (1958)
Roger, editor of a women's magazine, meets Roberte, his friend Jean's former mistress, at a major couturier's during a collection presentation....
Kalidaa - The Story of a Mummy (1917)
Italian horror movie from 1917.
Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando)...
Lucciola (1917)
A homeless girl gets taken in by a painter.
Lucciola (1917)
A homeless girl gets taken in by a painter.
Addio giovinezza! (1918)
Two young men move to the city in order to study. One of them gets entangled in a love triangle.
Addio giovinezza! (1918)
Two young men move to the city in order to study. One of them gets entangled in a love triangle.
Das Mädchen der Strasse (1928)
A homeless girl is taken in by an engineer. They fall in love.
Das Mädchen der Strasse (1928)
A homeless girl is taken in by an engineer. They fall in love.
Lulu (1914)
A dancer lives by being held as the lover on duty, until a young man falls in love with her. His life is made up of lies and he will pretend to be...
Cyrano de Bergerac (1925)
Cyrano de Begerac is joyous, witty, a poet, a leader and filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th Century France. He has only one flaw: an...
Bengasi (1942)
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian...
Bengasi (1942)
The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian...
The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
L'innamorata (1920)
In L'innamorata, Almirante is at the zenith of her career, starring as Mara Flores, a vampish society lady, who casts her eyes on Carlo, an...
The Phantom Gondola (1936)
A femme fatale falls in love with a Venetian count, implacable enemy of Selim, who pursues his sister with his diligence. This one makes stop and...
We Are Not Children (1934)
In the spring of 1913, Jean Servin, a son of a family, became friends with Roberte, a little midinette. He leaves her a few months later to marry...
Ne sois pas jalouse (1933)
An idle and very jealous woman sets a trap for her husband by luring him to an appointment to which she goes herself. But the faithful husband sends...
Latin Quarter (1929)
A wealthy man pretends to be a starving artist to gain the affections of a young painter.
The Woman Dressed As a Man (1932)
Told that he is to take charge of his grandson, a misogynistic old nobleman is taken aback when he discovers that "he" is actually a "she." At first...
The Lovers of Midnight (1931)
A bank employee who stole money at work falls in the hands of a dangerous escaped convict whose girlfriend is going to help him out of this mess.
Romeo e Giulietta (1912)
The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
La maschera e il volto (1919)
What can we expect from a great comedy? Here’s a suggestion: to have all the problems of the world thrown at us, yet to walk out of the theatre...
Latin Quarter (1929)
A wealthy man pretends to be a starving artist to gain the affections of a young painter.
Frou-Frou (1955)
A story of the love of Frou-Frou - an actress and singer in the in the beginning of her career.
Pasional (1956)
After 8 years of marriage, a couple 20 years apart accuse each other of marital boredom.
Ne sois pas jalouse (1933)
An idle and very jealous woman sets a trap for her husband by luring him to an appointment to which she goes herself. But the faithful husband sends...