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The King, the Rooks and the Bishops (1917)

The King, the Rooks and the Bishops poster
Original title
Il Re, le Torri e gli Alfieri
Directed by
Ivo Illuminati
Genre
silent film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent Italian film from 1917 based on a novel. It follows the story as an example of early Italian futurist cinema. The film is now considered lost.

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What happens

Il re, le torri, gli alfieri è un film muto italiano del 1917 diretto da Ivo Illuminati, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Lucio D'Ambra e considerato "uno dei film più significativi della cinematografia muta italiana". Il film, che rappresentava una delle rare opere del cinema futurista italiano, è perduto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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