Dillo Lombardi (10 January 1858 – 15 July 1935) was an Italian

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. He played a leading role in the 1914 film '' Lost in the Dark'', seen as a precursor to

Italian neorealism Italian neorealism ( it, Neorealismo), also known as the Golden Age, is a national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class. They are filmed on location, frequently with non-professional actors. They pri ...

.Goble p.51

Selected filmography

* '' Lost in the Dark'' (1914) * '' The Cry of the Eagle'' (1923) * ''

Orphan of Lowood ''Orphan of Lowood'' (German: ''Die Waise von Lowood'') is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Evelyn Holt, Olaf Fønss and Dina Diercks. It is based on the 1847 British novel ''Jane Eyre'' by Charlotte Bro ...

'' (1926) * '' Volga Volga'' (1928) * ''

The Secret Courier ''The Secret Courier'' (German: ''Der geheime Kurier'') is a 1928 German silent adventure film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Lil Dagover, Ivan Mozzhukhin and Agnes Petersen.Bock & Bergfelder p.77 It is based on the classic novel ''T ...

'' (1928) * '' Artists'' (1928)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1858 births 1935 deaths Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male silent film actors Actors from Parma 20th-century Italian male actors {{Italy-actor-stub