Carmelo Bene Filmes
- 1967
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex6.7661967HD
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is...
- 1970
Necropolis
Necropolis4.7331970HD
Frankenstein's monster gropes towards the awareness that his mind is a universe; Attila, naked on a white horse, liberates his people from their...
- 1981
Riccardo III
Riccardo III01981HD
Riccardo III (da Shakespeare) secondo Carmelo Bene
- 1969
Umano non umano
Umano non umano6.51969HD
Artists and poets meet in a dreamlike space between walks and performances.
- 1966
Bis
Bis01966HD
In 1966, Bene presented The Pink and the Black, his successful theatrical adaptation of Matthew Gregory Lewis’ lurid Gothic novel from 1796....
- 1970
Red Hot Shot
Red Hot Shot41970HD
Frank was removed from an investigation into Mac Brown, the owner of a pharmaceutical company, who was suspected of drug trafficking and illegal...
- 1990
Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue)
Hommelette for Hamlet, operetta inqualificabile (da J. Laforgue)41990HD
A TV movie variation on Shakespeare's Hamlet. The movie is a part of Carmelo Bene's multi-medial project on Hamlet, also including the theatrical...
- 2022
BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale
BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale7.52022HD
- 1972
Salome
Salome71972HD
Salome is the daughter of the second wife of King Herod. The King is infatuated with her and, after she fails to seduce the prophet John The Baptist,...
- 1968
Our Lady of the Turks
Our Lady of the Turks6.41968HD
A man (Carmelo Bene) can not bear to be part of society. He considers himself a "jerk" and so invents its own philosophy, which involves the...
- 1968
Hermitage
Hermitage7.21968HD
Hermitage, defined by Bene as "a rehearsal for lenses", beyond any literal rendition - its narrative trace comes from one of his anti-novels, Credito...
- 1978
Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)
Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)6.51978HD
An experimental video variation on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- 1967
Catch As Catch Can
Catch As Catch Can5.51967HD
Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!
- 1973
Ventriloquio
Ventriloquio01973HD
Adapted from the ninth chapter of the novel "Controcorrente" (1884) by Joris Karl Huysmans. Its narrative concentrates almost entirely on its...
- 1973
One Hamlet Less
One Hamlet Less7.31973HD
The "Hamlet" in this well-mounted Italian spoof is the Danish prince, not a small town or village. The movie irreverently draws on both the...
- 1996
Ai Rotoli
Ai Rotoli01996HD
A visit to the Rotoli cemetery in Palermo, while film director Carmelo Bene reads a fragment of Antonio Pizzuto's book "Signorina Rosina".
- 1965
Un'ora prima di Amleto, più Pinocchio
Un'ora prima di Amleto, più Pinocchio01965HD
Backstage short documentary on Carmelo Bene’s theatre works Amleto and Pinocchio.
- 1969
Capricci
Capricci5.81969HD
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...
- 2023
The Last Days of Humanity
The Last Days of Humanity7.42023HD
The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits....
- 1980
Modi di vivere - Giorgio Colli. Una conoscenza per cambiare la vita
Modi di vivere - Giorgio Colli. Una conoscenza per cambiare la vita01980HD
Realized in 1980 for Rai 2, it recalls the main phases in the life of Giorgio Colli.