![Pina Menichelli](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lKzds3ubxoJPxO8fJeRBuCG0rYs.jpg)
Pina Menichelli
Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli (10 January 1890 – 29 August 1984), known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone gave her the lead role in The Fire (1916). Over the next nine years, Menichelli made a series of films, often trading on her image as a diva and on her passionate, decadent eroticism. Menichelli became a global star, and one of the most appreciated actresses in Italian cinema, before her retirement in 1924, aged 34. Since her death, restorations of Menichelli's surviving films have been shown at important film festivals, and her filmography has been re-assembled and re-evaluated by film historians.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.824 |
Birthday | 1890-01-11 |
Place of Birth | Castroreale, Sicily, Italy |
Also Known As | Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, |
![The Fire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zsSJUaJFLadDrlMS2CIeu4vZe5H.jpg)
1916
![The Fire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zsSJUaJFLadDrlMS2CIeu4vZe5H.jpg)
The Fire
6.3/13
A film based on Gabriele D'Annunzio's novel The Flame. Pina Menichelli plays a vamp who ruins a painter's life just for the fun of it.
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The Fire
![Jenny](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v2ZQNQe7Rgu1NDxly7hnpXpKCBB.jpg)
1915
![Jenny](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v2ZQNQe7Rgu1NDxly7hnpXpKCBB.jpg)
Jenny
5.1/7
A romance story about Jenny and the men that love her.
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Jenny
![La Moglie di Claudio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dilcvJbEjkVI3yFOyERkcUPxLAU.jpg)
1918
![La Moglie di Claudio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dilcvJbEjkVI3yFOyERkcUPxLAU.jpg)
La Moglie di Claudio
5.8/2
Claudio is married to Cesarina, a frivolous and unfaithful woman. After the death of their only son their marriage is cold. While his wife lives her f...
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La Moglie di Claudio
![A Woman's Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kkKhlGZtaaHTfYBMOm2PkvJ8ugy.jpg)
1920
![A Woman's Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kkKhlGZtaaHTfYBMOm2PkvJ8ugy.jpg)
A Woman's Story
5.5/2
The story of the film «La storia di una donna», in which Pina Menichelli played the main role, is typical for «divas-films» – it’s about beauty and we...
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A Woman's Story
![Papà](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/62q0T5J5qScKMoDKHDyfnT33SHJ.jpg)
1915
![Papà](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/62q0T5J5qScKMoDKHDyfnT33SHJ.jpg)
Papà
5.9/4
An unknown Menichelli, a young and lively beauty, is desired by two stars of the Italian scene: Ruggero Ruggeri and Amleto Novelli. This breezy story...
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Papà
![The Royal Tigress](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/30JdKhinReDareP5o8ncFuOOlGw.jpg)
1916
![The Royal Tigress](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/30JdKhinReDareP5o8ncFuOOlGw.jpg)
The Royal Tigress
5.5/13
"Tigre Reale" (1916) was the film that consolidated Frau Menichelli's stardom, a film more than suitable for her performing skills and silent idiosync...
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The Royal Tigress
![The Railway Owner](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2aTPW0lgnW0RBben853n8FNXJcS.jpg)
1919
![The Railway Owner](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2aTPW0lgnW0RBben853n8FNXJcS.jpg)
The Railway Owner
5.2/3
Filippo Derblay, a young man of humble birth, became, thanks to his job, the owner of the ironworks. He is secretly in love with Clara, the daughter o...
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The Railway Owner
![Diva Dolorosa](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A8cVlBkJrVapzquOkF2sID1ytvP.jpg)
1999
![Diva Dolorosa](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A8cVlBkJrVapzquOkF2sID1ytvP.jpg)
Diva Dolorosa
6.5/4
In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of...
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Diva Dolorosa
![Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xvxJMJfeQYl3DZYin9wTynYMA7l.jpg)
1913
![Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xvxJMJfeQYl3DZYin9wTynYMA7l.jpg)
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
5.5/2
Antonio is jealous of his wife Clara and follows her everywhere; one day he sees her walking with a man on the street. He immediately becomes convince...
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Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time
![L' ospite sconosciuta](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tuUvKcPDVJbnECkCPPegwzIqacv.jpg)
1923
![L' ospite sconosciuta](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tuUvKcPDVJbnECkCPPegwzIqacv.jpg)
L' ospite sconosciuta
0/0
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L' ospite sconosciuta
![La seconda moglie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dIrgDnMpV8E47GsiF8ifKPa8if.jpg)
1922
![La seconda moglie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dIrgDnMpV8E47GsiF8ifKPa8if.jpg)
La seconda moglie
0/0
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La seconda moglie
![La dama de chez Maxim's](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tMz3nATn8yz7SfkW0voqZWxBOdO.jpg)
1923
![La dama de chez Maxim's](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tMz3nATn8yz7SfkW0voqZWxBOdO.jpg)
La dama de chez Maxim's
0/0
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La dama de chez Maxim's
![La Gemma di Sant'Eremo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/asLbhwaoJYNvMwWfNTlikzlgKDv.jpg)
1918
![La Gemma di Sant'Eremo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/asLbhwaoJYNvMwWfNTlikzlgKDv.jpg)
La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
0/0
The film is a 35 meters long fragment, the remainder of a strongly decayed print, enough though to let us recognize the diva Pina Menichelli, here hap...
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La Gemma di Sant'Eremo
![L'età critica](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j2wuiFNZ7XcHgX3iY4HYZmfxhif.jpg)
1921
![L'età critica](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/j2wuiFNZ7XcHgX3iY4HYZmfxhif.jpg)
L'età critica
0/0
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L'età critica
![La donna e l'uomo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qYOZMQGJBzR12h9SsuQETPib7FZ.jpg)
1923
![La donna e l'uomo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qYOZMQGJBzR12h9SsuQETPib7FZ.jpg)
La donna e l'uomo
0/0
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La donna e l'uomo
![Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/k8cmp2gZ65QsvUxcmCznhkHSnkM.jpg)
1921
![Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/k8cmp2gZ65QsvUxcmCznhkHSnkM.jpg)
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
0/0
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![La Biondina](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rfqskFNzUCEFihvnvdIZHe1TS9o.jpg)
1923
![La Biondina](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rfqskFNzUCEFihvnvdIZHe1TS9o.jpg)
La Biondina
0/0
Italian Silent Film
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![Cabiria](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oZhgcHHapkzYmB0OhQcRfZ7LdLM.jpg)
1914
![Cabiria](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oZhgcHHapkzYmB0OhQcRfZ7LdLM.jpg)
Cabiria
7.2/126
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla,...
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Cabiria
![Cajus Julius Caesar](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1914
![Cajus Julius Caesar](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Cajus Julius Caesar
4.7/6
A colossal epic film like this that tries to depict the life and glory of Julius Caesar, must have a variety of scenery appropriate to the film's hero...
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Cajus Julius Caesar
![Lulu](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Rob4w8zTmMYNNceVRx8fNHRdGC.jpg)
1914
![Lulu](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Rob4w8zTmMYNNceVRx8fNHRdGC.jpg)
Lulu
0/0
A dancer lives by being held as the lover on duty, until a young man falls in love with her. His life is made up of lies and he will pretend to be wai...
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Lulu
![For Napoleon and France](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1914
![For Napoleon and France](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
For Napoleon and France
0/0
Two siblings lose their parents amidst turmoil in revolutionary France and are adopted by a peasant family. Once grown up, the older brother enlists i...
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