Masked Ball (1917)
- Original title
- Álarcosbál
- Directed by
- Alfréd Deésy
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Austria–Hungary, Austria, Hungary
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A silent drama based on Verdi's opera about a masked ball where political and romantic tensions lead to betrayal and murder. A secretary governor gets caught in the intrigue.
dramaticmelodramaticstagedtheatricalsilent-erahistoricalseriousformal
What happens
Masked Ball (Hungarian: Álarcosbál) is a 1917 Hungarian film directed by Alfréd Deésy and featuring Béla Lugosi and Norbert Dan. The screenplay was written by Francesco Maria Piave, Eugène Scribe and Antonio Somma. It was based on the opera Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi. Lugosi played Rene, a Secretary Governor, one of his earliest "red herring" roles. The film was first shown at the Urania Theater in Budapest on Oct. 21, 1917. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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