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Nerone (1909)

Nerone poster
Original title
Nerone, o la caduta di Roma
Directed by
Luigi Maggi
Genre
drama film, silent film, historical film
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Runtime
14 min
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent short film presents the Roman emperor Nero and his downfall. The story follows events from Pietro Cossa's drama about the ruler.

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What happens

Nero, or The Fall of Rome (Italian: Nerone, o la caduta di Roma) is a 1909 Italian short silent Epic film directed by Luigi Maggi and Arturo Ambrosio, based on the eponymous 1872 drama by Pietro Cossa. This is one of the oldest surviving Italian epic films about Ancient Rome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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