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Bartolomeo Pagano (center).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Maciste all’inferno
(Maciste in Hell)
Also known as Maciste no Inferno in Brazil; Maciste Helvetissä in Finland; Maciste aux enfers in France; Maciste in der Hölle and Maciste in der Unterwelt in Germany; O masistas stin kolasi in Greece; Den ondes besegrare in Sweden; Maciste in Hell in the USA
(1926) Italy
B&W : [?] Eight? reels / 2462 metres
Directed by Guido Brignone
Cast: Bartolomeo Pagano [Maciste], Franz Sala [Barbariccia / Doctor Nox], Elena Sangro [Proserpine, Pluto’s wife], Lucia Zanussi [Luciferina, Pluto’s daughter], Umberto Guarracino [Pluto], Domenico Serra [Giorgio], Pauline Polaire [Graziella], Mario Saio, Andrea Miano, Felice Minotti
[?] Cinés-Pittaluga and/or Itala Film? production. / Scenario by Riccardo Artuffo, based on writings by Dante Alighieri. Cinematography by Ubaldo Arata and Massimmo Terzano + [Segundo de Chomón]. / Released 31 March 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Pagano’s final role as Maciste. The film was released as Maciste Helvetissä in Finland on 19 October 1926. The film was released in Sweden on 25 January 1927. The film was released in the USA as Maciste in Hell by Excelsior Pictures on 26 June 1931. [?] The film was released with a synchronized soundtrack by Capital Films. [?] In at least one English language rerelease print, Pagano is listed as Ernesto Paganti.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm nitrate positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 8 March 2011.
References: Film viewing : ClasIm-311 p. ? : Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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