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silent film with Lina Cavalieri
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João, a blacksmith in Portugal, lives with his wife, two children and father. After work, he goes to the cabaret, where he meets up with Ana, his mistress. Ana is seduced by a fado singer, provoking João's jealousy.
The distinctive loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct morals of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana.
After losing her father in the sea, Rosa is lodged in the house of the lighthouse keeper João Vidal. António Gaspar, also a lighthouse keeper, loves Rosa. His jealousy of João Vidal will provoke the death of Rosa, an act that the mother of António will help to cover up.
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
A tragedy about the immoral love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseut/Isolde. It depicts Tristan's mission to escort Iseult from Ireland to Cornwall to marry his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. On the journey, Tristan and Iseult ingest a love potion, which instigates a forbidden love affair between them.
A 1916 french silent film.
The film, shot in Nice, was started by Jean Epstein, and the editing finished by Maurice Mariaud, who had just shot The Adventurer
The Crushed Idol is a 1920 French silent drama film directed by Maurice Mariaud and starring Lina Cavalieri.
The men of a fishing village rescue a young men from a burning ship. He is the sole survivor. Having lost his memory, he stays in the village, and he is especially helped by a young woman, Annaick, who starts to fall in love with him.
