Titanus

Titanus
Formerly	Lombardo Film (1904-1928; 1931)
Type	Società per azioni (S.p.A.)
Industry	Cinema
Predecessor	Monopolio Lombardo
Founded	1904; 122 years ago (1904)
Founder	Gustavo Lombardo
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Revenue	€2 million (2024)
Net income	€1,8 million (2024)
Parent	Titanus Holdings S.p.A.
Divisions	Titanus Produzione Titanus Distribuzione Titanus Internazionale
Subsidiaries	Titanus Elios (joint-venture with Mediaset)
Website	titanus.it

Titanus (also called Titanus Distribuzione) is an Italian film production and distribution company, founded in Naples in 1904 as Monopolio Lombardo by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). It was relocated in Rome since 1929. The company's headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Via Tiburtina, 13 km from the centre of Rome. The logo is a gold shield. Titanus is the third oldest film company in the world still in operation, just behind the two French companies Gaumont (1895) and Pathé (1896).

History

After the arrival of the French new wave 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 Ermanno Olmi, Elio Petri, Damiano Damiani and Lina Wertmuller. Titanus mostly closed down its production branch in 1964, but the company remained active but as since then focused to television.

Titanus has reopened its production branch since 2023, moving all newer films out from inside production to outside production. Its first film produced since then is Elena del ghetto (2026).

Selected films

See also

• List of Italian companies

References