The Marchioness Teresa of Fontenay falls in love with Jean Guery, a young journalist. She divorced from her husband, the old Fomtenay, and she hopes to marry her beloved, but the outbreak of the revol...
Short film in which Barbara's father is killed during a raid of the Vandals. When Barbara and the other women are threatened, she throws a box with explosives to the attackers, which causes their deat...
Un' importante parte del nostro passato cinematografico e culturale andata distrutta per regole inspiegabili e insane.
1 - serata di gala ad un cinema;
2 - locandine nei cinema di periferi...
An old lady of high society, Alba d'Oltrevita (Lyda Borelli) enters into a pact with Mephistopheles (Ugo Bazzini), to regain his youth in exchange for which, however, she is forbidden to fall in love....
Guazzoni, in putting on this sensational work must have encountered many difficulties. However, he overcame them brilliantly. He presents the episodes and vicissitudes which characterise the liv...
Film restored in collaboration with CNC - Service des Archives du Film.
The documentary makes use of different testimonies of Art Nouveau, from a brief, initial summary of the artistic movement, to an interview with a person (Sergio Tofano) who lived during that era...