Aida (1911)

Directed by

Oscar Apfel, J. Searle Dawley

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film adapts the opera of the same name, set in ancient Egypt. It follows an Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with an Egyptian military commander and the Pharaoh's daughter.

early cinemasilentmelodramaticstagedhistoricalslow-pacedtheatricalromantic

What happens

Aida is a 1911 American film directed by Oscar Apfel and J. Searle Dawley and starring Mary Fuller, Marc McDermott, Nancy Avril and Charles Ogle. It was produced by Edison Film Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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