La maschera pietosa

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  • Andere titel(s): Het stervensuur
  • Genre: Feature film
  • Jaar: 1914
  • Speelduur: 00:27:08
  • Beschrijving: During the carnival the painter Marcello, who has just sold a painting, meets his beautiful neighbour Lucy, disguised as Pierette. That very night Marcello leaves at home his girlfriend Giulia, to bring Lucy to the masked ball. At night, as the two are at the ball, Lucy’s mother doesn’t feel well and calls for help. Giulia, hearing the cry, quickly assists her. As Giulia notices, that the woman is going to die without having seen her daughter a last time, she decides to disguise herself as Pierrette. Kneeling beside the bed of the dying woman, she hears her say the last words: “My daughter”. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema and previously restored by the EYE Filmmuseum: 35mm, positive, acetate, 559 m, 27’ at 18 fps, colour, Dutch intertitles, silent.
  • Trefwoorden: drama / Arrigo Frusta; Erna Hornak / carnival; Pierrette; ball; painter; betrayal; mother; dead
  • Provider: Museo Nazionale del Cinema
  • Rechten: In Copyright - EU Orphan Work
  • Productiemaatschappij: Società Anonima Ambrosio, Turin
  • Kleur: Tinted / Toned / Hand coloured
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Collectie: Museo Nazionale del Cinema Film Collection
  • Language: nl