Inferno - Definition and Overview

The word inferno has several meanings:

• An alternate word for hell.
• Dante's Inferno is the first volume of The Divine Comedy.
• Inferno is an operating system for creating and supporting distributed services.
• Inferno is a science fiction novel written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published in 1976.
• Often used nowadays to mean any big fire.

Many movies have been named (or at least sometimes shown as) Inferno.

Hollywood, USA

• Inferno (1953), directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring Robert Ryan and Rhonda Fleming
• The Towering Inferno (1974), directed by Irwin Allen and John Guillermin, and starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, and Fred Astaire, among others
• Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), directed by Dario Argento, and starring Leigh McCloskey and Irene Miracle
• Inferno (1995), directed by Peter Keglevic, and starring Emma Sjöberg
• Inferno (1997), directed by Fred Olen Ray, and starring Don 'The Dragon' Wilson
• Inferno (1998), a TV movie directed by Ian Barry
• Pilgrim (movie), sometimes called Inferno when shown on cable television, directed by Harley Cokeliss, and starring Ray Liotta and Gloria Reuben
• Inferno (2001), directed by Dusty Nelson, and starring Jeff Fahey and Janet Gunn

United Kingdom

• Inferno (1992), a TV movie featuring several supermodels
• Inferno (2001 short), a "short" movie directed by Paul Kousoulides
• Inferno (Doctor Who), a serial in the science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Czech Republic

• Inferno (2000), directed by Wiktor Grodecki, and starring David Svec

Germany

• Inferno (1973), a TV movie starring Georgette Anys and Georg Årlin

Poland

• Inferno (2001 TV), directed by Maciej Pieprzyca

Portugal

• Inferno (1999), directed by Joaquim Leitão, and starring Nicolau Breyner