The Betrothed (1922)
Based on the famous historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, and set between 1628 and 1630 in Lombardy, Northern Italy, during the Spanish domination, the film displays the marriage between two young textile workers, Renzo and Lucia. The 1922 version is one of the most ambitious and spectacular films in all Italian silent cinema, with remarkable mass scenes and some images that sparked controversy.
Watch nowHistory, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Emilia Vidali — Lucia Mondella
- Domenico Serra — Renzo Tramaglino
- Ninì Dinelli — La monaca di Monza
- Mario Parpagnoli — Don Rodrigo
- Rodolfo Badaloni — L'Innominato
- Umberto Scalpellini — Don Abbondio
- Ida Carloni Talli — Agnese Mondella
- Raimondo Van Riel — Il Griso
- Rinaldo Rinaldi — Lo Sfregiato
- Olga Capri — Perpetua
- Enzo Biliotti — Fra Cristoforo
- Bonaventura Ibáñez — Cardinale Federigo Borromeo
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