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Messalina
Also known as Mesalina in Spain : [The Fall of an Empress]
(1922) Italy
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Enrico Guazzoni

Cast: Rina de Liguoro [Messalina], Gianna Terribili-Gonzales [Princess Mirit], Lucia Zanussi [Ela], Gino Talamo [Ennio], Gildo Bocci [Apolonius], Alfredo de Felice [Marcus], Aristide Garbini [Narcissus], Mario Cusmich [Caius], Adolfo Trouché [Tigris], Augusto Mastripietri [the Emperor Claudius], Bruto Castellani [Tigrane], Calisto Bertramo, Édouard de Max, Rita Jolivet

Guazzoni Film production. / Scenario by Enrico Guazzoni, from a screen story by Enrico Guazzoni. Set decoration by Guido Del Monaco. Cinematography by Victor Arménise and Alfredo Lenci. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 13 January 1924. The film was released in the USA by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO] on 24 August 1924. The film was released in Spain as Mesalina (at 3373 metres) on 29 April 1925.

Drama: Historical.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Messalina lives with her husband, Claudius, in the Imperial Palace. He is a nephew of Caligula. Caligula is a great tyrant and Messalina takes advantage of the hatred of the people to make her husband Emperor. She and an Egyptian princess fall in love with a famous chariot driver. Jealousy between the two arises and they plot to outwit each other. A young girl slave with whom the driver is in love, brings about the death of the princess and Messalina and unites the two young lovers.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [Italy]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Chariots - Romans

Listing updated: 7 December 2024.

References: Bondanella-Italian pp. 6, 385; Sinyard-Silent p. 138 : Website-IMDb.

 
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