The Virgin of Babylon (1910)
- Original title
- La vergine di Babilonia
- Directed by
- Luigi Maggi
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A king abducts a woman from her lover and tries to win her with riches. She refuses and is thrown to lions, but the beasts spare her. The crowd sees this as a sign from the gods and she is freed to return to her lover.
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