Theodora (1921 film)

Theodora
Theodora
Directed by	Leopoldo Carlucci
Written by	Victorien Sardou (play)
Starring	Rita Jolivet and Emilia Tosini
Edited by	Katherine Hilliker (subtitles)
Production; company	Ambrosio-Zanotta
Release date	14 October 1921;
Country	Italy

Theodora (Italian: Teodora) 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

Rita Jolivet as Teodora Augusta
Ferruccio Biancini as Justinian
René Maupré as Andreas
Emilia Rosini as Antonina
Adolfo Trouché 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
François 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.^[1]