Underplayed Gems

Fra Diavolo (1910)

Fra Diavolo poster
Directed by
Albert Capellani
Genre
drama
Country
France
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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How it feels

This is a silent short film from 1910. It is the first movie adaptation of an opera about a bandit named Fra Diavolo and events at an inn.

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What happens

Fra Diavolo est un court métrage muet français réalisé par Albert Capellani, sorti en 1910. Il s'agit de la première adaptation au cinéma de l'œuvre de Daniel-François-Esprit Auber Fra Diavolo ou l’Hôtellerie de Terracine, opéra-comique en trois actes, sur un livret d'Eugène Scribe et Casimir Delavigne, créé à Paris le 28 janvier 1830 à l'Opéra-Comique. Il y aura plusieurs autres adaptations cinématographiques de cet opéra-comique, par Alice Guy (1912) deux ans plus tard, par Mario Bonnard (1931) , par Hal Roach et Charley Rogers (1933) aux États-Unis et par Luigi Zampa en Italie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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