Domenico Gambino (17 May 1890 – 17 April 1968) was an Italian

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. Gambino played Saetta, one of the rival strongman heroes to

Maciste Maciste () is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d'Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mid-1960s. He is usually depicted as a Hercu ...

. Saetta had his own series of films during the early 1920s. He directed the 1931 German film '' A Storm Over Zakopane''.Skaff p.75-76

Selected filmography

Actor

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Cabiria ''Cabiria'' is a 1914 Italian epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). It follows a melodramatic main p ...

'' (1914) * '' Saetta Saves the Queen'' (1920) * ''

Chief Saetta ''Chief Saetta'' (Italian: ''Caporal Saetta'') is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Domenico Gambino and Pauline Polaire. It was part of a series featuring Gambino as the strongman Saetta. Produced by ...

'' (1924) * ''

Emperor Maciste ''Emperor Maciste'' (Italian: ''Maciste imperatore'') is a 1924 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Domenico Gambino and Franz Sala. It was part of the peplum series of silent films featur ...

'' (1924) * '' Saetta Learns to Live'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

I Lost My Heart on a Bus ''I Lost My Heart on a Bus'' (German: ''Ich hab mein Herz im Autobus verloren'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and Domenico Gambino and starring Domenico Gambino, Truus Van Aalten and Lydia Potechina.Kraut ...

'' (1929) * '' A Storm Over Zakopane'' (1931) * ''

All is at Stake ''All is at Stake'' (german: Es geht um alles) is a 1932 German comedy thriller filmPrawer p. 203 directed by Max Nosseck and starring Luciano Albertini, Claire Rommer and Ernő Verebes. Cast * Luciano Albertini * Claire Rommer * Ernő Verebes ...

'' (1932) * ''

His Young Wife ''His Young Wife'' ( it, Le miserie del signor Travet) is a 1945 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Soldati. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Carlo Campanini - Monsù Ignazio Travet * Vera Carmi - Madama Rosa Travet ...

'' (1945)

Director

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The Last Performance of the Circus Wolfson ''The Last Performance of the Circus Wolfson'' (German: ''Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Domenico Gambino and starring Hermann Vallentin.Güttinger p.132 The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1928) * ''

Affair at the Grand Hotel ''Affair at the Grand Hotel'' ( cs, Aféra v grandhotelu) is a 1929 Czech-German silent film directed by Domenico Gambino, Edmund Heuberger Edmund Heuberger (1883–1962) was a Swiss art director, screenwriter and film director.Goble p.387 Se ...

'' (1929) * '' A Storm Over Zakopane'' (1931)

Screenwriter

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Tragic Serenade ''Tragic Serenade'' (Italian: ''Serenata tragica'') is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Guarino.Morreale p.196 The film's sets were designed by Alfredo Montori. It was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Cast * Ignazio Balsamo ...

'' (1951)

References

Bibliography

* Munich, Adrienne. ''Fashion in Film''. Indiana University Press, 2011. * Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008.

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* * 1890 births 1968 deaths Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Film people from Turin 20th-century Italian male actors Actors from Turin 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-actor-stub