Lost in the Dark (1914)

Original title

Sperduti nel buio

Directed by

Nino Martoglio

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 06m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film documents life in the slums of Naples. It follows people struggling with poverty and hardship in their daily lives.

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What happens

Lost in the Dark (Italian: Sperduti nel buio) is a 1914 Italian silent drama film directed by Nino Martoglio and starring Giovanni Grasso Sr., Maria Carmi and Virginia Balestrieri. Documenting life in the slums of Naples, it is considered a precursor to the Italian neorealism movement of the 1940s and 1950s. The only known surviving copy of this film was destroyed by Nazi German forces during World War II. The film is based on a 1901 play of the same title by Roberto Bracco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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