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Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty.

A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

In 1944 France, a group of escaped American military prisoners en route to Switzerland volunteers to steal a German V2 rocket warhead for the Allies.

Cesare and Lucrezia, powerful 16th-century Italian siblings, rule together. Cesare wages war after committing a crime, while incestuously loving Lucrezia, who gets pregnant. He returns victorious, but the Pope separates the siblings.

The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family to not let him back into his house, no matter how much he begs them.

A group of contestants travel to a castle in Italy to participate in a million dollar treasure hunt hidden on the premises. Little did they know, the lord of the castle hides a deadly secret.

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by fans, the press, the Italian film industry and the Devil - who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head.

In 17th century Italy, a Spanish prince, who's searching for a bride, falls in-love with a beautiful local peasant girl.

Count Drago invites entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans.

The knight Guerrando is forced to leave for the Crusades before he's had time to consummate his marriage with the beautiful Boccadoro. According to the custom of the period, Guerrando applies the chastity belt to the bride.

During a banquet, the diners begin to tell various stories to be happy. All the novels speak of betrayals and erotic adventures.

An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.

A group of dropouts find an old man (Sir Christopher Lee) in a castle. The old man subsequently turns into the Devil and seizes them.

Beautiful love story, remind us of ''Romeo and Juliet'', two young lovers - ''The Falcon'' Giulio and ''The Dove'' Elena - thru the social and political life in 14th Century Italy. Unique locations, very well directed and photographed.

A police commissioner and a political activist join to investigate the suspicious death of a playboy Prince.

Andrea Chenier, poet and politician, falls in love with an aristocratic girl also lusted after by the servant Gerard. The French Revolution breaks out and Chenier and Gerard are among the leaders, but Chenier is a moderate. It doesn't take long for Gerard to bring him before the Committee of Public Safety and have him condemned.

The Grand Hotel Cortez is an old castle and the tale says that it is haunted. "Ghost" is the nickname of the famous jewels thief whom Jean-Marie Semolin wants to catch. Jean-Marie comes from France and he is sure that Ghost is among the hotel guests. A real ghost is haunting the place, a she-ghost, Maria Celeste Cortez. But the ghost has lost her shroud and she must find it. We can foresee some confusion.

A drug-dealing ring hires a Mafia family to kill off Interpol agents who are interfering with their business. The assassins are stopped by a martial-arts movie star. Enraged, the drug dealers decide to take their revenge by tricking him into taking a part in a new kung-fu movie they claim to be making, so they can get close enough to him to kill him.

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

The Duchess of Cambyses commits all sorts of abuse on her subjects. A mysterious mute pilgrim, Damy, knows that the real Duke of Cambyses is young François, whose father has been murdered and whose mother Cristine has been locked up in a tower. A friar, Lebois, confirms, with a written testimony, the truth of this assertion. When the Duchess discovers she is only the daughter of a servant, she unleashes her ferocity and eliminates all the people who could testify to the King of France, Louis XV, to have her deposed. But a court jester, Polly, helps François, and his companions, when the marquise kidnaps Elisabeth, François's fiance. After many ups and downs, all the evildoers will get what is coming to them.

Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, is not yet over the loss of his son, Juan. His powers are threatening to slip from his hands.