Emilio Ghione
Italian actor, film director, and author (1879-1930) · Italy · On the map · Actors · Died at 50
Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione, known as Emilio Ghione, was an Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Ghione was best known for writing, directing, and starring in the Za La Mort series of adventure films, in which Ghione played a likeable French Apache and 'honest outlaw'.
Emilio Ghione is read about 10 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 June 2026
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The Last Days of PompeiiFilm, Caleno1925
La cavalcata ardenteFilm1924
Za-la-mortFilm, Director, Writer1919Dollari e fracksFilm, Director, Writer1918
The Grey RatsFilm, Director, Writer1917The Yellow TriangleFilm, Director, Writer1916
Dark SoulsFilm, Director, Writer1915Guglielmo Oberdan, il martire di TriesteFilm, Director, Writer1914
Pierrot the ProdigalFilm, Pochinet1913L'albero che parlaFilm1912Amore e ipnotismoFilm1911Il poverello di AssisiFilm, San Francesco d'Assisi1910Agnese ViscontiFilm, Il conte Nerli
Come fu che l'ingordigia rovinò il Natale a CretinettiFilm, 1910Satana1879Born30 July 1879People around Emilio
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Alberto Collo Emilio directed Broken Idol (1913)
Enrico Guazzoni Directed The Crusaders and The Treasure Cave
Ida Carloni Talli Emilio directed The Shadow of Her Past (1915)
Francesca Bertini Also in Pierrot the Prodigal (1914)
Kally Sambucini Emilio directed The Rose of Granada (1916)
Baldassarre Negroni Directed Pierrot the Prodigal (1914)
Carmine Gallone Directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
Lina Cavalieri Emilio directed The Shadow of Her Past (1915)
Alfredo Martinelli Also in The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
Diomira Jacobini Emilio directed The Shadow of Her Past (1915)
Leda Gys Also in Pierrot the Prodigal (1914)
Ignazio Lupi Emilio directed The Rose of Granada (1916)
Giovanni Pastrone Directed Agnese Visconti (1910)
Amleto Palermi Directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
Fern Andra Emilio directed Za-la-mort (1924)
Magnus Stifter Emilio directed Za-la-mort (1924)
Amleto Novelli Also in The Crusaders and La Jérusalem Délivrée
Filmography 26
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About this person
Ghione directed, wrote, and acted in every genre of film, and directed some of the most famous stars of the time, including Francesca Bertini, Lina Cavalieri, Alberto Collo, and Hesperia. After his final film role in 1926, Ghione briefly performed on a theatrical tour of Italy. Ghione wrote three novels based around his Za La Mort character, an autobiography, and an essay on Italian Silent Cinema, before his death from tuberculosis in 1930.
