The Giant of the Dolomites

1927 1h 32m IT

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 2

DramaActionAdventure

Synopsis

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Expert mountain-guide Maciste lives in the Dolomites. He dotes on his young nephew Hans, the illegitimate son of his sister, who died of a broken heart for the dishonour of being seduced and abandoned. Maciste’s bitter rival is the sinister Schultz, a smuggler in search of easy money who teams up with two adventurers: Müller and the mysterious Vanna Dardos. Schultz’s plan is to steal the design for a revolutionary aviation project that engineer Riccardo Ewert is finishing in the peace and quiet of his mountain chalet. Thanks to Maciste the plan is thwarted and Müller and Schultz die overwhelmed by an avalanche while escaping through the mountains.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Bartolomeo Pagano
Maciste, la guida alpina
Aldo Marus
Il nipotino Hans
Elena Lunda
Vanna Dardos
Dolly Grey
Maud, la pittrice
Andrea Habay
Ing. Ewert
Luigi Serventi
Müller, l'avventurieno
Mario Saio
Augusto Poggioli

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Guido Brignone
Languages: No Language
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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99 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 7

CRAFT

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Part of the "Maciste (Bartolomeo Pagano) - Collezione" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Guido Brignone, shot by Massimo Terzano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Bartolomeo Pagano and Aldo Marus and Elena Lunda carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0016920 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Guido Brignone directs. Massimo Terzano behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

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199 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Maciste (Bartolomeo Pagano) - Collezione" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Guido Brignone, shot by Massimo Terzano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Bartolomeo Pagano and Aldo Marus and Elena Lunda carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0016920 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 64 themes, including "italian", "italy", "mountain", "mountaineer".