Underplayed Gems

Lost in the Dark (1914)

Lost in the Dark poster
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
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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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