Jacobo Ortis
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Jacobo Ortis is a 1916
Italian
silent
drama film
directed by Giuseppe Sterni and based on the novel Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis by Ugo Foscolo
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It was the debut film of Paola Borboni
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1916 in film
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
Italian
Italy
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silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Giuseppe Sterni and based on the novel Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis by Ugo Foscolo
Ugo Foscolo
Ugo Foscolo , born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.-Biography:Foscolo was born on the Ionian island of Zakynthos...
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It was the debut film of Paola Borboni
Paola Borboni
Paola Borboni was an Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre....
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Cast
- Ernestina Badalutti
- Paola BorboniPaola BorboniPaola Borboni was an Italian film actress whose career spanned nine decades of cinema. She also made a substantial contribution to theatre....
- Luigi Duse
- Elisa Finazzi
- Angelo Giordani
- Giulio Grassi
- Virginio Mezzetti
- Vittorio Pieri
- Felicita Prosdocimi
- Mary Cleo Tarlarini
- Carlo Trouchez