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Theodora (1921 film)

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Director
  
Leopoldo Carlucci

Story by
  
Victorien Sardou

Cinematography
  
Gaetano di Ventimiglia

Country
  
Italy

7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Producer
  
Arturo Ambrosio

Language
  
Silent

Theodora (1921 film) movie poster
Writer
  
Victorien Sardou (play)

Release date
  
October 14, 1921

Cast
  
Rita Jolivet, Ferruccio Biancini, Mariano Bottino

Similar movies
  
Theodora - Slave Empress (1954), Madame (1961), Cleopatra (1912), That Uncertain Feeling (1941), Madame Sans-Gene (1925)

Theodora (Italian: Teodora) is a 1921 Italian silent film dramatization of the life of the Byzantine empress Theodora.

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Plot

Theodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Byzantine emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. However, a love affair with a handsome Greek leads to revolution and armed conflict in both Byzantium and Rome.

Cast

  • Rita Jolivet ... Teodora Augusta
  • Ferruccio Biancini ... Justinian
  • René Maupré ... Andreas
  • Emilia Rosini ... Antonina
  • Adolfo Trouché ... Belisarius
  • Mariano Bottino ... Marcellus
  • Guido Marciano ... Boia principale
  • Marie Belfiore ... Tamyris
  • Giovanni Motta ... Buzes
  • Leo Sorinello ... Mara
  • G. Rosetti ... Amru
  • Luigi Rinaldi ... Calcante
  • Alfredo ... Philo
  • Alfredo Bertoncelli ... Euphrata
  • Giuliano Gardini ... Cospiratore
  • François Renard ... Cospiratore
  • Pietro Ferrari ... Cospiratore
  • Alberto Belfiore ... Cospiratore

    • References

    Theodora (1921 film) Wikipedia
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    Theodora (1921 film) IMDb