Thaïs (Italian film)
| Thaïs |
A Scene from the Movie |
| Directed by |
Anton Giulio Bragaglia |
| Written by |
Riccardo Cassanoi |
| Starring |
Thaïs Galitzky: Vera Preobrajenska |
| Release date(s) |
1917 |
| Running time |
unknown |
| Country |
Italy |
| Language |
Italian, French |
Thaïs, also known as Perfido incanto is a 1917 silent film directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. The movie is the only surviving Italian futurist film and currently kept at the Cinémathèque Française. It is based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France.
Plot
The plot is fairly conventional and refers to the love stories of turbid "diva-film" typical of the period.
The beautiful Slavic countess Vera Preobrajenska (played by Thaïs Galitzy) is a seductress of married men, who drags them to the brink of ruin. When Thaïs seduces the husband of her best friend, she dies from falling off her horse.
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Bibliography
- Sandro Bernardi, L'avventura del cinematografo, Marsilio Editori, Venezia 2007. ISBN 978-88-317-9297-4
- G. Aristarco, Teoria futurista e film d'avanguardia, ne «La Biennale di Venezia» n. 36/37 Luglio- Dicembre, Venezia, 1959
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- M. Verdone e AAVV, La casa d’arte Bragaglia, Bulzoni, Roma, 1992
- M. Verdone, Cinema e letteratura del futurismo, Manfrini, Calliano, Trento, 1990
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