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Maciste (Bartolomeo Pagano) - Collezione

20 titles 1915–1927

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Maciste
Maciste
Title 1

Maciste

1915 ★ 5.8

A young girl, pursued by a band of conspirators, hides in a movie theatre where she watches the film Cabiria. She determines to seek the aid of that film's strongman, Maciste. When she locates him, he helps her overcome her enemies, but not without many thrilling and dangerous adventures.

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The Warrior
Title 2

The Warrior

1916 ★ 5.9

A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war to rescue a young woman from the castle where she is imprisoned.

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Maciste poliziotto
Title 3

Maciste poliziotto

1918
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Maciste medium
Title 4

Maciste medium

1918
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Maciste atleta
Title 5

Maciste atleta

1918
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Maciste in Love
Title 6

Maciste in Love

1919

Maciste, for the first time, suddenly discovers to be in love. The object of his love is Ada, the daughter of Thompson, an enlightened industrialist persecuted by Bethel, a competitor without scruples. He first makes use of a small group of agitators in order to foment the workers, then he tries to affect his loved ones, kidnapping his daughter. But he hasn’t squared things up with Maciste. In Maciste innamorato private and politic life interlace and condition each other. Maciste, a new popular hero, acts in advance of his time and sees himself as a media idol: after punishing the instigators, the crowd will recognize him as a movie star and promptly forget their claims carrying him shoulder-high. A hero, though, doomed to an unhappy love.

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La trilogia di Maciste
Title 7

La trilogia di Maciste

1920
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Maciste salvato dalle acque
Title 8

Maciste salvato dalle acque

1921
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Maciste on His Vacation
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Maciste on His Vacation

1921

The most explosive and surreal episode of the Maciste series in which we see the hero up against the hardships of the average man: stress, women and cars. The Itala studios are in a disorderly state, the crew watches Maciste in the courtyard as he happily darts around in his new car, a single seater renamed Diattolina in honor of the car maker Diatto, the film’s “sponsor”. Maciste is happy; he caresses the car and talks about his vehicle as if it were his bride. The only thing missing is the honeymoon. But peace and tranquility are not easy to come by: in every corner of the country Maciste is recognized as a generous film star. Waiters, salesmen, passersby and little kids: everyone has a problem for him. Who said something about relaxing? An abandoned castle looks like a peaceful place, but Maciste has not met the wild American girl hiding in the cellar…

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La rivincita di Maciste
Title 10

La rivincita di Maciste

1921
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Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...
Title 11

Man soll es nicht für möglich halten ...

1922 ★ 9.0
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Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51
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Maciste und der Sträfling Nr. 51

1923
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Maciste und die chinesische Truhe
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Maciste und die chinesische Truhe

1923
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Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento
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Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento

1923
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Maciste e il nipote d'America
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Maciste e il nipote d'America

1924
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Maciste Emperor
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Maciste Emperor

1924

Maciste takes advantage again of a break of acting in order to wash away injustice and castigate the wicked, this time in the name of dynastic legitimacy. Otis, the prince of Sirdagna kingdom, lives undercover in a foreign land, waiting to ascend the throne; Stanos the evil ruler though, is willing to do anything in order to prevent the legitimate prince installation. The court is a dangerous place, Otis is young and naïf: in order to solve the situation, Maciste, following the advice of his friend Saetta, temporarily takes Otis’s place, and presents himself as the legitimate prince. The crowd, enamored by his good looks, applauds him immediately as the emperor.

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Maciste in Hell
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Maciste in Hell

1925 ★ 6.8

The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.

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Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni
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Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni

1926 ★ 7.8

Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste in Maciste in the Lions' Den. A Italian silent from 1926.

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Maciste contro lo sceicco
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Maciste contro lo sceicco

1926 ★ 10.0

A young girl is abducted by her tutor, and they set off in a ship which has a sheik on board, who tries to molest her, but she is saved by a sailor. He and Maciste fight off the entire crew but the girl is captured again by the sheik and carried off to his harem, where Maciste and the sailor rescue her and take her back to Italy.

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Il gigante delle Dolomiti
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Il gigante delle Dolomiti

1927 ★ 9.0

The Giant of the Dolomites (Italian: Il gigante delle Dolomiti) is a 1927 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Aldo Marus and Elena Lunda.[1] It was the last in a series of silent films featuring the peplum hero Maciste, but the character was later revived in the 1960s.

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