Carmelo Bene Movies

  • 1967
    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    6.7721967HD

    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...

    Oedipus Rex
  • 1968
    Hermitage

    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...

    Hermitage
  • 1970
    Necropolis

    Necropolis

    Necropolis

    4.71970HD

    Frankenstein's monster gropes towards the awareness that his mind is a universe; Attila, naked on a white horse, liberates his people from their...

    Necropolis
  • 1969
    Umano non umano

    Umano non umano

    Umano non umano

    6.51969HD

    Artists and poets meet in a dreamlike space between walks and performances.

    Umano non umano
  • 2023
    The Last Days of Humanity

    The Last Days of Humanity

    The Last Days of Humanity

    7.42023HD

    The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits....

    The Last Days of Humanity
  • 2022
    BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale

    BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale

    BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale

    7.52022HD

    BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale
  • 1967
    Catch As Catch Can

    Catch As Catch Can

    Catch As Catch Can

    5.81967HD

    Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!

    Catch As Catch Can
  • 1972
    Salome

    Salome

    Salome

    71972HD

    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,...

    Salome
  • 1970
    Red Hot Shot

    Red Hot Shot

    Red Hot Shot

    41970HD

    Frank was removed from an investigation into Mac Brown, the owner of a pharmaceutical company, who was suspected of drug trafficking and illegal...

    Red Hot Shot
  • 1973
    One Hamlet Less

    One Hamlet Less

    One Hamlet Less

    7.31973HD

    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...

    One Hamlet Less
  • 1971
    Tre nel mille

    Tre nel mille

    Tre nel mille

    61971HD

    A few days after the arrival of the year 1000, bearer of great misfortune according to the Prophets, the cavalryman Fortunato and two soldiers,...

    Tre nel mille
  • 1968
    Our Lady of the Turks

    Our Lady of the Turks

    Our Lady of the Turks

    6.41968HD

    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...

    Our Lady of the Turks
  • 1969
    Capricci

    Capricci

    Capricci

    5.81969HD

    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...

    Capricci
  • 1980
    Modi di vivere - Giorgio Colli. Una conoscenza per cambiare la vita

    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.

    Modi di vivere - Giorgio Colli. Una conoscenza per cambiare la vita
  • 1999
    Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza

    Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza

    Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza

    7.71999HD

    Pinocchio, ovvero lo spettacolo della Provvidenza
  • 1981
    Riccardo III

    Riccardo III

    Riccardo III

    01981HD

    Riccardo III (da Shakespeare) secondo Carmelo Bene

    Riccardo III
  • 1978
    Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)

    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.

    Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)
  • 1997
    Macbeth Horror Suite

    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...

    Macbeth Horror Suite
  • 1970
    Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni

    Don Giovanni

    5.11970HD

    Spectacular Italian comedy-drama directed by Carmelo Bene. The narrative follows how Don Giovanni tries to seduce a young woman who is manically...

    Don Giovanni
  • 1965
    Un'ora prima di Amleto, più Pinocchio

    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.

    Un'ora prima di Amleto, più Pinocchio