Titanus is an Italian

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company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the

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, 13 km from the centre of Rome. Lombardo ran the studios until his death in 1951. His son, Goffredo Lombardo (1920–2005) and later his grandson, Guido Lombardo have continued to run the company. Titanus sede Roma

The company has been responsible for hundreds of Italian productions. Titanus made many peplum films and comedies featuring

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and

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and Ciccio. The film ''

The Shortest Day ''The Shortest Day'' ( it, Il giorno più corto) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie '' The Longest Day'' and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both ...

'' was not only a parody of '' The Longest Day'' but featured a galaxy of stars who made the film to help the studio. The studio made numerous

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s with American (''

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'', '' The Angel Wore Red'') and French (''

Plein Soleil ''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 nove ...

'') film studios. After the arrival of the

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films, Titanus launched a "youth operation", which gave young film artists a chance to create low-budget films with relative freedom. This had approximately 100 first and second productions for Titanus made between 1960 and 1965. This included films by new directors such as

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and

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. Titanus closed down its production branch in 1964. After a hiatus of approximately ten years, Titanus reorganized and resumed film production on a smaller scale. Despite a few false starts, the company seemed to be back on its feet by the late 1980s, though, now, most of its work is being done for television.

Selected films

* ''L'avvenire in agguato'' directed by Giulio Antamoro (1916) * ''L'ombra'' directed by Mario Caserini (1917) * ''Il piacere'' directed by Amleto Palermi (1918) * ''Io ti uccido!'' directed by Giulio Antamoro (1919) * ''Friquet'' directed by Gero Zambuto (1919) * ''Vautrin'' directed by Alexandre des Varennes (1919) * ''Il castello di bronzo'' directed by Emilio Ghione (1920) * '' I figli di nessuno'' (1951) * ''

Il Cappotto ''The Overcoat'' ( it, Il Cappotto) is a 1952 Italian fantasy-drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It stars Renato Rascel and is a modern-day version, set in Italy, of the same-named 1842 short tale by Nikolai Gogol. The director's sister, B ...

'' (1952) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

Pane, amore e fantasia ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award. Plot The film is set in Sagliena, an imaginar ...

'' (1953) * ''

Pane, amore e gelosia ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...

'' (1954) * ''

Siamo donne ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the priv ...

'' (1953) * ''

Il segno di Venere ''The Sign of Venus'' ( it, Il segno di Venere) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Sophia Loren. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story revolves around an attractive woman named Agnese (Lo ...

'' (1955) * ''

Il bidone ''Il bidone'' (, "The Drum ">ontainer/nowiki>"; also known as ''The Swindle'' or ''The Swindlers'') is a 1955 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini from his own screenplay co-written with Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. It features Brode ...

'' (1955) * '' Pane, amore e...'' (1955) * '' Il Tetto'' (1956) * ''

Poveri ma belli ''Poveri ma belli'' (U.S. title: ''Poor, But Handsome''; U.K. title: ''A Girl in Bikini'') is a successful 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starring Marisa Allasio, Maurizio A ...

'' (1957) * '' Arrivederci Roma'' (1958) * ''

The Naked Maja ''The Naked Maja'' is a 1958 Italian-American co-production made by S.G.C., Titanus, and United Artists. This historical film recounting of the romance between the painter Francisco Goya and the Duchess of Alba was directed by Henry Koster, an ...

'' (1958) * '' Il magistrato'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1959) * '' Estate violenta'' (1959) * '' À double tour'' (1959) * ''

Plein soleil ''Purple Noon'' (french: Plein soleil; it, Delitto in pieno sole; also known as ''Full Sun'', ''Blazing Sun'', ''Lust for Evil'', and ''Talented Mr. Ripley'') is a 1960 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, loosely based on the 1955 nove ...

'' (1960) * '' The Angel Wore Red'' (1960) * '' Le Trou'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''

Rocco e i suoi fratelli ''Rocco and His Brothers'' ( it, Rocco e i suoi fratelli) is a 1960 drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, and Claudia Cardinale in one of he ...

'' (1960) * ''

Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti ''Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti'' (also known as ''Fiasco in Milan'' or ''Hold-up à la milanaise'') is a 1959 Italian comedy crime film directed by Nanni Loy. The film stars Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori and Claudia Cardinale. It is th ...

'' (1960) * ''

Il Posto ''Il Posto'' is a 1961 Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi. Often cited as Olmi's first major work, it is an example of Italian neorealism. Olmi won the David di Donatello for Best Director for his work on the film. Plot The film tells the st ...

'' (1961) * '' La viaccia'' (1961) * ''

Girl with a Suitcase ''Girl with a Suitcase'' ( it, La ragazza con la valigia) is a 1961 Italian romantic drama film by Valerio Zurlini starring Claudia Cardinale as a spirited but naive young woman who lives on the fluctuating good will of others. It was entered into ...

'' (1961) * ''

A cavallo della tigre ''A cavallo della tigre'' is an Italian film written and directed by Luigi Comencini in 1961. It was released as ''Jailbreak'' in the United Kingdom and ''On the Tiger's Back'' in the United States. In 2002 the film was remade. Giuseppe Mazzac ...

'' (1961) * '' Les Sept péchés capitaux'' (1962) * '' Il giorno più corto'' (1962) * '' Le quattro giornate di Napoli'' (1962) * '' Family Diary'' (1962) * '' I Sequestrati di Altona'' (''

The Condemned of Altona ''The Condemned of Altona'' (French: ''Les Séquestrés d'Altona'') is a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre, known in Great Britain as ''Loser Wins''. It was first produced in 1959 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. It was one of the la ...

'', 1962) * ''

Il Gattopardo ''The Leopard'' ( it, Il Gattopardo ) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...

'' (1963) * ''

'' (1963) * '' I Fidanzati'' (1963) * ''

The Tigers of Mompracem ''The Tigers of Mompracem'' (original title: ''Le Tigri di Mompracem'') is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1900. It features his most famous character, Sandokan. It was adapted into a 1970 film ' ...

'' (1970) * '' La prima notte di quiete'' (1972) * '' Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad'' (1973) * '' Help Me Dream'' (1981) * '' Dagger Eyes'' (1983)

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* Film distributors of Italy Film production companies of Italy Italian film studios Italian companies established in 1904 Mass media in Rome {{IT-film-company-stub

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