''Monna Vanna'' is a 1915 Italian

silent film 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, when ...

directed by

Mario Caserini Mario Caserini (26 February 1874 – 17 November 1920) was an Italian film director, as well as an actor, screenwriter, and early pioneer of film making in the early portion of the 20th century. Caserini was born in Rome, Italy, and was marrie ...

and starring Madeleine Céliat,

Hamilton Revelle Hamilton Revelle (31 May 1867 – 11 April 1958) was a British-born stage and later silent screen actor. Biography He was born Arthur Lloyd Hamilton Engstrom at Moorish Castle in Gibraltar, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. His parents ...

and François-Paul Donadio.Bernardini & Martinelli p.62 It was released in the United States by

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

in 1916.

Cast

* Madeleine Céliat *

* François-Paul Donadio * Luigi Chiesa *

Maria Caserini Maria Caserini (née Gasperini; 24 July 1884 – 15 April 1969) was an Italian stage and film actress, as well as a pioneer of filmmaking during the early 20th century. She often starred in adaptations of stage and film productions for the works ...

* Cesare Zocchi * Umberto Scalpellini *

Rita Jolivet Marguerite Lucile Jolivet (25 September 1884 – 2 March 1971), known professionally as Rita Jolivet, was a British actress in theatre and silent films in the early 20th century. She was known in private life as the Countess Marguerita de C ...

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Bibliography

* Aldo Bernardini & Vittorio Martinelli. ''Il cinema muto italiano, Volume 8, Part 2''. Nuova ERI-Edizioni RAI, 1992.

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* 1915 films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Caserini Italian silent short films Films based on works by Maurice Maeterlinck Films set in the 15th century Italian black-and-white films Films based on works by Niccolò Machiavelli {{Italy-silent-film-stub

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