Umberto Paradisi

A noi! Dalla sagra di Napoli al trionfo di Roma

Official film of the days of the March on Rome and the born of Fascism.

Valor civile

Episode of the monthly series of stories from the book Cuore of Edmondo De Amicis. In the town hall there is a solemn ceremony of handing over the medal for civil valor. The winner is a Piedmont boy who has risked his life to save that of a fellow who was drowning in the river Po.

From the Apennines to the Andes

Dagli Appennini alle Ande is a Italian film from 1916 directed by Umberto Paradisi.

Il piccolo carceriere

Tonino Giolino is the cute little grandson of the prison warden. He loves helping grandfather his his duties, and is especially fond of hangings and the rack..... no. Basically, he goes into the cells with buckets of water for the prisoners. One of them is jailed for stealing a doll for his sick daughter. Tonino feels sorry, so he brings the girl all his toys and helps the prisoner escape.

For the Father

One of the earliest surviving films of Italian director Umberto Paradisi.

Il tamburino sardo

During the Battle of Custoza (1848), a platoon of Piedmontese soldiers has barricaded itself in a secluded house, surrounded by the Austrian enemies. The captain commits his destiny and the one of his soldiers to the young tambourinist, a Sardinian child animated by an overwhelming patriotic spirit.