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]
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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 |
Thea (Borelli) is a sculptor diagnosed with phthisis before she marries Filippo (Habay). After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organises a final party, inviting 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.
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