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The Railway Owner (1919)

The Railway Owner poster
Original title
Il padrone delle ferriere
Directed by
Eugenio Perego
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1919 Italy, a powerful ironworks owner faces a conflict of love and class. The story follows his turbulent relationships with people in his industrial town.

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What happens

The Railway Owner (Italian title:Il padrone delle ferriere) is a 1919 Italian silent drama film directed by Eugenio Perego and starring Luigi Serventi, Maria Caserini and Amleto Novelli. It is based on Georges Ohnet's novel Le Maître de Forges. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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