Carmelo Bene Movies

1965
Un'ora prima di Amleto, più Pinocchio
Un'ora prima di Amleto, più Pinocchio
01965HD
Backstage short documentary on Carmelo Bene’s theatre works Amleto and Pinocchio.
2003
Necro not(to b)e
Necro not(to b)e
02003HD
A montage dedicated to friends, actors and companions who have passed away over the years: from Francesco Tirone to Paviglianiti, two leading figures...
1967
Catch As Catch Can
Catch As Catch Can
61967HD
Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!
1971
Tre nel mille
Tre nel mille
7.51971HD
A few days after the arrival of the year 1000, bearer of great misfortune according to the Prophets, the cavalryman Fortunato and two soldiers,...
1997
Macbeth Horror Suite
Macbeth Horror Suite
01997HD
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and...
1968
Hermitage
Hermitage
7.21968HD
Hermitage, defined by Bene as "a rehearsal for lenses", beyond any literal rendition - its narrative trace comes from one of his anti-novels, Credito...
1975
Claro
Claro
4.71975HD
In the words of the director, a movie about 'the colonizers in the view of the colonized', the movie presents a series of disconnected happenings...
1980
Modi di vivere - Giorgio Colli. Una conoscenza per cambiare la vita
Modi di vivere - Giorgio Colli. Una conoscenza per cambiare la vita
01980HD
Realized in 1980 for Rai 2, it recalls the main phases in the life of Giorgio Colli.
2003
Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi
Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi
02003HD
Video registration of Carmelo Bene's play 'Lorenzaccio, al di là di de Musset e Benedetto Varchi', performed in Florence in 1986.
1983
Manfred, versione per concerto in forma di oratorio
Manfred, versione per concerto in forma di oratorio
01983HD
Drama by Lord George Byron, music by Robert Schumann. Filmed at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 1979.
1969
Capricci
Capricci
61969HD
After a fight in their apartment, the story of a writer and a painter are divided. The writer is dedicated with his partner Manon to provoke...
2001
Quattro momenti su tutto il nulla
Quattro momenti su tutto il nulla
02001HD
When we believe it is we who say we are said. In the speech, the strong-willed arrogance of all my intentions is hopelessly frustrated and since we...
1990
Cos'è il teatro?!
Cos'è il teatro?!
01990HD
Rome, December 12th - 15th 1990.
1968
Il barocco leccese
Il barocco leccese
01968HD
An experimental documentary short about Saint Cross's basilica of Lecce, Apulia. In 1968, Carmelo Bene made a deal with Nexus Film to shoot three...
1973
Ventriloquio
Ventriloquio
01973HD
Adapted from the ninth chapter of the novel "Controcorrente" (1884) by Joris Karl Huysmans. Its narrative concentrates almost entirely on its...
2017
Tracce di Bene
Tracce di Bene
02017HD
2024
È severamente vietata la sosta in palcoscenico ai non autorizzati. Un documentario di meno su Carmelo Bene
È severamente vietata la sosta in palcoscenico ai non autorizzati. Un documentario di meno su Carmelo Bene
02024HD
1985
L'Adelchi di Alessandro Manzoni in forma di concerto
L'Adelchi di Alessandro Manzoni in forma di concerto
01985HD
Recording by Rai Milan of Adelchi staged by Carmelo Bene at the Teatro Lirico in Milan in 1984, with the Rai orchestra and choir for the bicentenary...
1996
Ai Rotoli
Ai Rotoli
01996HD
A visit to the Rotoli cemetery in Palermo, while film director Carmelo Bene reads a fragment of Antonio Pizzuto's book "Signorina Rosina".
1997
In-vulnerabilità d'Achille (tra Sciro e Ilio)
In-vulnerabilità d'Achille (tra Sciro e Ilio)
01997HD
One of the last TV performances by Carmelo Bene, from Publio Papinio Stazio and Henrich Von Kleist, mixing the myth of the amazon Pentesilea with the...