Domenico Serra (1899–1965) was an Italian

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and

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. He made more than sixty films, many of them during the

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including

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's historical film '' The Betrothed'' (1923).Goble p.305 In the

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, he largely played supporting or minor roles.

Partial filmography

* ''Il tesoro della cattedrale'' (1915) * ''Il diamante azzurro'' (1916) * ''Il germoglio della morte'' (1916) * ''La trovata del brasiliano'' (1916) * ''L'apostolo'' (1916) * '' The Cavalcade of Dreams'' (1917) * '' Wanda Warenine'' (1917) * ''Sorrisi e spasimi della menzogna'' (1917) * ''Maternità'' (1917) * ''Le due orfanelle di Torino'' (1917) * ''I raggi 'Z (1917) * ''Il rifugio dell'alba'' (1918) * ''Il marito dell'amica'' (1919) * ''Le labbra e il cuore'' (1919) * ''La maestrina'' (1919) * ''Il buon Samaritano'' (1919) * ''Il mistero della casa di fronte'' (1919) * ''Federica d'Illiria'' (1919) * ''Il ventriloquo'' (1920) * ''Il marito in campagna'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1920) * ''Il tredicesimo commensale'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) - Osvald Mars, il pittore * ''Il tango dei trapassatti'' (1921) * ''L'inafferrabile'' (1922) * '' The Betrothed'' (1922) - Renzo Tramaglino * ''El martirio de vivir'' (1922) * ''Il forzato dell'amore'' (1923) * ''Il capolavoro di Saetta'' (1923) * ''Contro corrente'' (1923) * ''La taverna verde'' (1924) - Il viveur * ''

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'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' Maciste all'inferno'' (1925) - Giorgio * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1939) - L'altro aiutante del regista * ''La notte delle beffe'' (1939) * ''Cuori nella tormenta'' (1940) - Renato * ''Piccolo alpino'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1941) * '' The Betrothed'' (1941) - Tonio (uncredited) * ''Se io fossi onesto'' (1942) - Il maggiordomo del barone Vareghi * ''La fabbrica dell'imprevisto'' (1942) * ''Quelli della montagna'' (1943) - (uncredited) * ''Lo sbaglio di essere vivo'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1947) - (uncredited) * ''I fratelli Karamazoff'' (1947) * '' Lost in the Dark'' (1947) * ''L'ebreo errante'' (1948) * ''Il corriere di ferro'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''Bellezze in bicicletta'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1953) - Ramon * ''

The Steel Rope ''The Steel Rope'' (Italian: ''La corda d'acciaio'') is a 1954 melodrama film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Brigitte Fossey and Virna Lisi. Plot Cast * Brigitte Fossey as Marcella * Fausto Tozzi as Filippo * Xenia Valderi as Els ...

'' (1954) * ''

Orphan of the Ghetto ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luisella B ...

'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''Canzone proibita'' (1956) - (final film role)

References

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Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1899 births 1965 deaths Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors People from Crescentino 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub