''The Railway Owner'' (Italian title:''Il padrone delle ferriere'') is a 1919 Italian silent

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directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Luigi Serventi, Maria Caserini and

Amleto Novelli Amleto Novelli (18 October 1885 – 16 April 1924) was an Italian film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 110 films between 1909 and 1924. Selected filmography * ''Brutus'' (1911) * '' Agrippina'' (1911) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1913) * '' A ...

.Dalle Vacche p.263 It is based on

Georges Ohnet Georges Ohnet (3 April 1848, in Paris – 5 May 1918) was a French novelist. Life and career Ohnet was educated at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and the Lycée Napoléon. After the Franco-Prussian War he became editor of the magazines ''Pays'' an ...

's novel ''Le Maître de Forges''.

Cast

* Maria Caserini as Marchesa di Beaulieu *

Myriam De Gaudi Miriam () is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew, recorded in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the prophetess Miriam. Spelling variants include French ''Myriam'', German ''Mirjam, Mirijam''; hypocoristic for ...

as Sig.na Derblay *

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Pina Menichelli Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli (10 January 1890 – 29 August 1984), known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pas ...

as Clara de Beaulieu *

Lina Millefleurs Lina (pronounced "Leena") is a feminine given name. Languages of origin include: English, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Persian, Kurdish, Arabic. It is also the short form of a variety of names ending in -lina including Cat ...

as Athenaide Moulinet *

as Filippo Derblay * Luigi Serventi as Duca di Bligny

References

Bibliography

* Angela Dalle Vacche. ''Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema''. University of Texas Press, 2008.

External links

* 1919 films 1919 drama films Italian silent feature films 1910s Italian-language films Films based on works by Georges Ohnet Films based on French novels Films directed by Eugenio Perego Italian black-and-white films Silent Italian drama films {{Italy-silent-film-stub