La falena (film)
| La falena | |
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| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
| Written by | Henry Bataille (play Le Phalène) Carmine Gallone |
| Starring | Lyda Borelli |
| Cinematography | Domenico Grimaldi |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Silent |
La falena is a 1916 silent Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone.[1] The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.[2]
Plot[]
Thea (Borelli) is sculptor who is diagnosed with phthisis before she marries Filippo (Habay). After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organises a final party, inviting along her estranged husband. He fails to show, as he's now married to another woman. Thea appears naked in front of her guests, before she kills herself.
Cast[]
- Lyda Borelli as Thea di Marlievo
- Andrea Habay as Filippo
- as Lignères
- as Principessa Maria
- as La madre di Thea
- as Allegra
- as Il maestro di Thea
References[]
- ^ "Early Diva Behaviour: La Falena (1916) and Malombra (1917)". Irenebrination. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "La Falena". Silent Era. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1916 films
- Silent films
- 1916 drama films
- Italian films
- Italian silent feature films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Italian films based on plays
- Italian drama films
- Films directed by Carmine Gallone
- Lost Italian films
- Silent Italian film stubs
- 1910s drama film stubs