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Voidsville Follies

Works from Enrico Guazzoni (3)

Quo Vadis? [1913]

Enrico Guazzoni (director/writer)
Eugenio Bava (cinematographer)
Alessandro Bona (cinematographer)
Henryk Sienkiewicz (author)
Gustavo Serena (lead)
Amleto Novelli (lead)
Società Italiana Cines (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, Russian subtitles, released in Mar 1913
Minutes: 103

Maybe Rome wasn't built in a day, but it only took one night to burn it down (with the help of a few good men with torches), according to this elaborate tale of palace intrigue, divine intervention, and jungle fever in Nero's Rome.

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: corruption; death scene; execution; falsely accused; female bonding; forbidden love; heroic defender; historical drama; male bonding; manipulator; melodrama; patriarchy; persecution; prison; redemption; religion; rescue; revenge; Roman empire; romance; servitude; strongman; suicide; torture; treachery; unrequited love

Antony and Cleopatra (Marcantonio e Cleopatra)

Enrico Guazzoni (director)
Alessandro Bona (cinematographer)
William Shakespeare (author)
Amleto Novelli (lead)
Società Italiana Cines (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Sep 1913
Minutes: 74

Initially lacks the striking imagery of other epics of this period, so doesn't seem to be worth the effort required to view this badly damaged print. But patience is somewhat rewarded when the glitz kicks in later on.