La falena is a 1916 silent Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone.[1] The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.[2]

La falena
Directed byCarmine Gallone
Written byHenry Bataille (play Le Phalène)
Carmine Gallone
StarringLyda Borelli
CinematographyDomenico Grimaldi
Release date
  • March 1916 (1916-03)
CountryItaly
LanguageSilent

Plot

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ "Early Diva Behaviour: La Falena (1916) and Malombra (1917)". Irenebrination. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ "La Falena". Silent Era. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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