Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary (1910)

Directed by

Francis Boggs

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A short silent film based on a Lord Byron poem. It shows the story of a man being tied to a wild horse as a punishment.

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What happens

Mazeppa, or the Wild Horse of Tartary è un cortometraggio muto del 1910 diretto da Francis Boggs. Il poema di Byron era già stato portato sullo schermo due anni prima, nel 1908, da Frank Dudley, un regista britannico che aveva firmato Mazeppa, un corto della Walturdaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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