Movie: La falena

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Lyda Borelli
Lyda Borelli

Thea di Marlievo

Andrea Habay
Andrea Habay

Filippo

Francesco Cacace
Francesco Cacace

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Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto
Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto

Principessa Maria

Nella Montagna
Nella Montagna

La madre di Thea

Lina Dax
Lina Dax

Allegra

Alfonso Cassini
Alfonso Cassini

Il maestro di Thea

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    Thea is a sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a final party, inviting along her estranged husband. The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.

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    1916-03-01

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