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

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Theodora
Directed by	Leopoldo Carlucci
Written by	Victorien Sardou (play)
Starring	Rita Jolivet and Emilia Tosini
Edited by	Katherine Hilliker (subtitles)
Production company	Ambrosio-Zanotta
Release date	14 October 1921
Country	Italy

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

Production

To aid the directorial staff, miniatures of all the sets to be constructed were made, allowing the staff to work out the grouping of the thousands of extras and the camera angles and lighting for the scenes.[1]

See also

• List of historical drama films
• Late Antiquity

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teodora (film).

• Teodora at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie

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