Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), born Gaetano Rapagnetto d'Annunzio, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature and political life. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet"). He is best known for his novels Il Piacere (1889), L'Innocente (1892), poetry collection Alcyone (1903) and his contribution to silent film epic Cabiria (1914), for which he wrote all of the intertitles, named the characters and the movie itself.
The March on Rome
as Self - Writer (archive footage)The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in...
Movie pageTo Arms, We Are Fascists!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of...
Movie pageFascism in Colour
as Self (archive footage)After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful...
Movie pageParis Nineteen Hundred
as Self (archive footage)Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of...
Movie pageA Real Nave Itália no Rio Grande do Sul
as uncreditedPhotograph of King Vittorio Emanuele III. The ship Italia, formerly König Albert, under the...
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