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Theodora (1921 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Theodora' is a 1921 Italian silent film dramatization of the life of the Byzantine empress Theodora.
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
*Ren Maupr as Andreas
*Emilia Rosini as Antonina
*Adolfo Trouch 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
*Franois 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.
See also
*List of historical drama films
*Late Antiquity
References
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