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Voidsville Follies

Works by Giovanni Pastrone (2)

Cabiria

Giovanni Pastrone (director/writer)
Eugenio Bava (cinematographer)
Natale Chiusano (cinematographer)
Segundo de Chomón (cinematographer)
Giovanni Tomatis (cinematographer)
Gabriele D'Annunzio (writer)
Emilio Salgari (author)
Gustave Flaubert (author)
Titus Livius (author)
Umberto Mozzato (lead)
Bartolomeo Pagano (lead)
Itala (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, French subtitles, released in Apr 1914
Minutes: 124

With awe-inspiring visuals, a compelling story, and the screen debuts of Maciste and Moloch, this gets even better with multiple viewings.

Featured elements:

: action; adventure; armed conflict; chase; death scene; fighting; historical drama; melodrama; religion; rescue; Roman empire; servitude; strongman; suicide; torture

Maciste/Marvelous Maciste

Luigi Romano Borgnetto (director)
Vincenzo Denizot (director)
Agnes L. Bain (writer)
Giovanni Pastrone (writer)
Bartolomeo Pagano (lead)
Leone Papa (lead)
Amelia Chellini (lead)
Itala (production)

Language: Silent, Dutch titles, English subtitles, released in Aug 1915
Minutes: 64

Maciste smoothly steps out of his loincloth and dark skin into spats and double-breasted suit to hit the streets of 20th century Turin, where he is lured by a girl with a sob story straight out of your spam mail folder. A truly straight-up righteous dude, he bails on the dame, kicking a stray dog on the way. Things get worse for the hound when the studio nixed plans for his own spinoff series. Who needs a dog when you've got Maciste?