Underplayed Gems

Excelsior (1913)

Excelsior poster
Original title
Excelsior!
Directed by
Luca Comerio
Genre
silent film
Country
Italy
Runtime
17 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent film recreates the main scenes from a staged allegorical ballet called Excelsior. The ballet is about the struggle of progress against regression and the triumph of civilization over obscurantism.

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What happens

Excelsior è un film muto del 1913 diretto da Luca Comerio. La pellicola riproduce le scene principali di un allestimento del ballo allegorico Excelsior, già messo in scena al Teatro alla Scala di Milano nel 1881 e replicato ovunque in Italia. La coreografia è di Luigi Manzotti, riprodotta da Enrico Biancifiori. Gli interpreti principali sono Eugenia Villa, Armando Berruccini e Vittorina Galiberti. Il ballo è dedicato alla lotta sostenuta dal progresso contro il regresso, alla grandezza della civiltà che abbatte e distrugge il potere dell'oscurantismo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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