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La falena (film)
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Wikipedia article
'La falena' is a 1916 silent Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone. The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.
Plot
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.
Cast
* Lyda Borelli as Thea di Marlievo
* Andrea Habay as Filippo
* Francesco Cacace as Lignres
* Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto as Principessa Maria
* Nella Montagna as La madre di Thea
* Lina Dax as Allegra
* Alfonso Cassini as Il maestro di Thea
References
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