Italia: Fire and Ashes (2023)
• March 15th, 2023 • 1h 35min
Documentary, History
Overview
The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring filmmakers were able to create an original style amalgamating literature, theater, painting and opera; a tale of splendor and decadence.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Caligula
Released on: 1979-08-14
Drama, History
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...
Censored!
Released on: 1999-12-31
Documentary, TV Movie
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...
Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field: The Documentary
Released on: 2019-11-08
Documentary
Tucumán, Argentina, 1965. Three years before George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead was release...
Alice Guy's Dream
Released on: 2022-11-26
Documentary
This is a short film about Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female director of fiction in cinema history....
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Released on: 1896-06-30
Documentary
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...
Las cinéphilas
Released on: 2017-04-20
Documentary
Six elderly retired women, two from Buenos Aires, Argentina; two from Montevideo, Uruguay; and two f...
The Red Baron
Released on: 2008-03-29
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes f...
End of the Commune?
Released on: 1970-06-05
Documentary
A documentary about Fassbinder and the early years of the legendary Antiteater, the group he was a m...
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Released on: 2021-04-27
Documentary, History
Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —cont...
Comrades in Dreams
Released on: 2006-10-15
Documentary
Four lives that could not be more different and a single passion that unites them: the unconditional...
Fascism in Colour
Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary, History
After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...
Florián Rey: Of Light and Shadow
Released on: 2022-10-27
Documentary, History
The life and professional career of the Spanish filmmaker Florián Rey (1894-1962), a brilliant artis...
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Released on: 2008-02-14
Documentary
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f...
Emmanuelle: Queen of French Erotic Cinema
Released on: 2021-06-18
Documentary, History
France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema at...
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Released on: 2008-05-15
Documentary
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and...
At the Coliseum Deluxe
Released on: 2019-11-03
Documentary
A feature length documentary about Australian popular entertainment across 150 years; of Skating and...
Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman
Released on: 2021-06-24
Documentary
They created and performed the iconic action sequences of 007, Indiana Jones, Superman, Rambo, Star ...
The Lot of Fun: Hollywood’s Fun Factory
Released on: 2014-05-29
Documentary
A documentary about film producer Hal Roach.