Love Everlasting (1913 film)
1913 Italian film directed by Mario Caserini
Love Everlasting (Italian: Ma l'amor mio non muore, more literally translated as But My Love Will Never Die) is a 1913 Italian silent drama film directed by Mario Caserini and starring Lyda Borelli, Mario Bonnard and Gianpaolo Rosmino. With the possible exception of Cabiria (1914), it is the most famous of early Italian silent films. It was made in Turin by Gloria Film. Borelli's appearance in the film led to her being considered the first diva of the cinema.
Cast
Lyda Borelli as Elsa Holbein
Mario Bonnard as Prince Maximilien of Wallenstein
Gianpaolo Rosmino as Moise Sthar
Vittorio Rossi Pianelli as Col. Julius Holbein
Dante Cappelli as Granduke of Wallenstein
Maria Caserini as Granduchess of Wallenstein
Camillo De Riso as Schaudard
Emilio Petacci as Col. Theubner
Antonio Monti as General
Letizia Quaranta
Felice Metellio
Gentile Miotti
References
Bibliography
Doane, Mary Ann (2013). Femmes Fatales. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415903202.
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