Francesca Bertini Movies

An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.

Documentary in which 94 year-old Francesca Bertini recalls her life and career while attending a screening of Assunta Spina.

Directed by Emilio Ghione. Lost film.

"Idolo infranto is a fantastic way to appreciate Francesca Bertini in the mood for cruelty. From a tender shepherdess who inspires sublimely artistic...

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...

Film version of the play.

Film adaptation of the Celtic legend of Tristan and Iseult.

Hand-tinted Italian verison of the Shakespeare Classic King Lear.

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...