Francesca Bertini
Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1974 |
| Birthday | 1892-04-10 |
| Place of Birth | Prato, Tuscany, Italy |
| Also Known As | Elena Seracini Vitiello, |
1976
1900
7.785/675
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
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1900
1918
Mariute
7/2
The actress Francesca Bertini, as every diva worthy of her name, always arrives on the set extremely late. One day, in the studio, she happened to hea...
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Mariute
1918
L'orgoglio
0/0
A menaced politic leaves his child with another family who will raise her unaware of her true origin. When she grows up the son of a duchess falls in...
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L'orgoglio
1918
L'ira
9/1
Elena and Zefor are brothers. They live with their mother in a wild country where smuggling reigns. At their modest home, Zefor plays the violin while...
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L'ira
1910
Salomé
5.786/7
Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey...
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Salomé
1911
Tristano e Isolda
7/1
Film adaptation of the Celtic legend of Tristan and Iseult.
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Tristano e Isolda
1929
You Belong to Me
9/1
The frenetic pace of the edit was intended to match the action, based on Article 635 of the French criminal code stipulating that after 20 years on th...
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You Belong to Me
1915
The Lady of the Camellias
5.8/6
La Signora delle Camelie chronicles the tragic love story of courtesan Marguerite Gautier and provincial bourgeois Armand Duval. Armand’s father disap...
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The Lady of the Camellias
1971
Una ragazza di Praga
6.5/2
A woman from Czechoslovakia escapes her homeland after the occupation by the armies of Warsaw pact to Italy to tell the tale...
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Una ragazza di Praga
1912
Romeo e Giulietta
5.75/4
The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
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Romeo e Giulietta
1917
Malìa
9/1
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Malìa
1914
Pierrot the Prodigal
6.1/5
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierr...
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Pierrot the Prodigal
1922
La donna nuda
9/1
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La donna nuda
1915
Nelly the Fast Girl
7/1
Directed by Emilio Ghione. Lost film.
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Nelly the Fast Girl
1920
The Poison Mood
0/0
The dramatic events of the composer Mario Sirchi, falsely accused of murder, and his girlfriend Adonella who is revealed to have a secret sister, Nayd...
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The Poison Mood
1914
Blue Blood
6.313/8
The Princess of Monte Cabello is divorced and is granted custody of her beloved daughter. Her ex-husband's mistress hires private detectives who take...
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Blue Blood
1915
Diana, the Enchantress
7/5
Diana is assigned to find out the details of the enemy's war tactics. Together with her partner in crime, Robertson, she manages to get in touch with...
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Diana, the Enchantress
1914
The Masked Amazon
5.167/6
Silent adventure film in which a horse riding woman has to save her husband from prison in a enemy country.
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The Masked Amazon
1953
The Suitcase of Dreams
6.714/7
A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an ac...
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The Suitcase of Dreams
1917
The Clemenceau Affair
5.25/4
The Clemenceau Affair (Italian: Il processo Clémenceau) is a 1917 silent Italian adventure film directed by Alfredo De Antoni. The film features the f...
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The Clemenceau Affair
1913
Venomous Tongues
10/1
Charles Raleigh is a cousin of Miss Clara Burton, and is secretly in love with her. She returns his affection in secret also. Time parses and George C...
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Venomous Tongues
1935
Odette
9/1
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Odette
1910
King Lear
5.4/9
Hand-tinted Italian verison of the Shakespeare Classic King Lear.
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King Lear
1911
The Merchant of Venice
3.5/5
With a friend desperate for money, a merchant takes out a loan from a ruthless money-lender. Confident that his ships will soon be bringing him great...
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The Merchant of Venice
1914
Cabiria
7.2/142
Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla,...
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Cabiria
1913
La terra promessa
8/1
Italian short drama from Baldassarre Negroni.
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La terra promessa
1923
La Ferita
9/1
Raymonde (Bertini) has had a passionate affair with Giacomo (Giorgio Bonaiti) and has a son with him. Life has taken a different turn, however, and Gi...
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La Ferita
1912
Woman's Logic
9/1
Italian film from 1912
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Woman's Logic
1918
Gluttony
9/1
Glotonia and Frescalia are neighbor Ducal lands. In Glotonia everyone is fond of food. Young countess Frescalinda, daughter of a citizen of each count...
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Gluttony
1915
Assunta Spina
6.2/25
Assunta and Michele are in love, but others come between them and jealousy arises. Assunta Spina stands out as an early landmark of naturalistic actin...
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Assunta Spina
1929
La Possession
8/1
La Possession is a 1929 French film directed by Léonce Perret.
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La Possession
1982
The Last Diva
9/1
Documentary in which 94 year-old Francesca Bertini recalls her life and career while attending a screening of Assunta Spina.
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The Last Diva
2004
Bellissime
0/0
Documentary consisting of archival footage that depicts the evolving conditions of Italian women during the first half of the 20th century.
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Bellissime
1915
Ivonne, la bella danzatrice
7/1
Ivonne is a vulgar, loose, promiscuous and a passionate danseuse at the tavern. Countess Edith is an angelic creature, exquisitely elegant, a finite a...
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Ivonne, la bella danzatrice
1930
La Femme d'une nuit
8/1
A lieutenant of the French navy, ready to kill himself in despair, renounces his project after spending a night with a beautiful stranger, the Princes...
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La Femme d'une nuit
1918
L'avarizia
10/1
Maria and Luigi love each other in spite of their poverty, while she resists her many wealthy suitors. But their mutual enemies figure out a lie that...
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L'avarizia
1916
Fedora
8/1
An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.
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Fedora
1919
The Cheerful Soul
0/1
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The Cheerful Soul
1918
Tosca
0/0
Film version of the play.
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Tosca
1919
L'accidia
7/1
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L'accidia
1999
Diva Dolorosa
7/5
In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of...
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Diva Dolorosa
1912
Beatrice d'Este
9/1
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Beatrice d'Este
1919
La contessa Sara
10/1
Sara is a very beautiful gypsy. One fine day, she meets a rich English woman, to whom she strangely reminds her late daughter. She decides to give her...
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La contessa Sara
1912
The Charm of Violence
7/2
Short film.
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The Charm of Violence
1919
L'invidia
9/1
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L'invidia
1919
La lussuria
9/1
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La lussuria
1913
Shattered Idol
10/1
"Idolo infranto is a fantastic way to appreciate Francesca Bertini in the mood for cruelty. From a tender shepherdess who inspires sublimely artistic...
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Shattered Idol
1925
Consuelita
7/1
Consuelita, a young woman who longs to escape the harsh conditions of her small fishing village, is married off to a wealthy, mentally ill Englishman....
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Consuelita
1950
Dora la espía
9/1
Dora, daughter of the Marchioness of Río Zares, marries the politician Andrés. Despondent, Countess Zicka launches the lie that she is a spy.
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Dora la espía
1919
Beatrice
9/1
It tells the story of Dante Alighieri's love to Beatrice Portinari, loosely based on Dante's poetry.
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Beatrice
1916
Odette
9/1
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Odette
1921
Maddalena Ferat
9/1
Madeleine is a beautiful married woman, hopelessly attracted to her former lover, Jacques. This obsession leads to the destruction of her life and eve...
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Maddalena Ferat
1910
Il Trovatore
0/0
A film based on the drama of the same name by Antonio Gutiérrez, which formed the basis for Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera Il Trovatore. Count di Luna...
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Il Trovatore
1979
The Cinema Machine
0/0
Directed by a group of avant-garde filmmakers, the film is an investigation of the less edifying aspects of film industry.
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