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DANTE'S INFERNO

1924, regia di Henry Otto

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Fox Film Corporation - Soggetto (dalla Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri) Cyrus Wood - Sceneggiatura: Edmund Goulding - Fotografia: Joseph H. August - Formato: B.N., muto, 6 rulli (54').

Cast: Lawson Butt, Howard Gaye, Pauline Starke, Josef Swickard, Gloria Grey, Ralph Lewis, Robert Klein, Winifred Landis, Lorimer Johnston, Lon Poff, Bud Jamison, Noble Johnson, William Scott.

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Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: entertainment.msn.com - buyindies.com: «A modern, Scrooge-like fable is used to bracket interpretations of images of Hell from Dante Alighieri's The Inferno in this rare silent film. Ralph Lewis stars as a cold and ruthless millionaire who refuses to lend a helping hand to others. A mistreated friend gives him a copy of The Inferno, which causes the millionaire to have a dream where he is punished for his own sins. He awakens determined to make...».

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