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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 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.
See also
List of historical drama films
Late Antiquity
References
External links
Teodora at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ferruccio Biancini
- Rita Jolivet
- Thurston Hall
- Beyond the Rocks (film)
- Albert, Pangeran Permaisuri Britania Raya
- Daftar sejarawan
- Aletta Jacobs
- Theodora (1921 film)
- Theodora
- Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969)
- Theodora (wife of Justinian I)
- List of plays adapted into feature films
- Theodora Keogh
- Dora Maar
- Theodora Morse
- Michael
- Roberto Roberti
