Synopsis
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Will M. RitcheyWriter
- Henry KingDirector
- Louis F. GottschalkOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lillian GishRomola
- Dorothy GishTessa
- William PowellTito Melema
- Ronald ColmanCarlo Bucellini
- Charles LaneBaldassar Calvo
- Herbert GrimwoodSavonarola
- Bonaventura IbáñezBardo Bardi
- Frank PugliaAdolfo Spini
- Amelia SummervilleBrigida
- Tina Ceccaci RenaldiMonna Ghita
- Eduilio MucciNello
- Angela ScatignaBratti
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Themes
based on novel or bookflorence, italysilent filmrenaissance