Villa Falconieri (1929)

Directed by

Richard Oswald

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drama set at an Italian villa outside Rome. The story follows personal conflicts and romantic entanglements among the characters who stay there. It is a silent film based on a 19th century novel.

statelyold-fashionedslow-pacedmelodramaticromanticnostalgicsereneelegiac

What happens

Villa Falconieri is a 1928 German-Italian silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Maria Jacobini, Hans Stüwe, and Eve Gray. It was based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Richard Voss. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and the Fert Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at the real Villa Falconieri outside Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter. It premiered at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin on 20 September 1928, with the first Italian release taking place in March 1929. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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