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The Story of a Poor Young Man (1921)

The Story of a Poor Young Man poster
Original title
Il Romanzo di un Giovane Povero
Directed by
Amleto Palermi
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Italy
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man struggles with poverty and social class in 19th century Italy. He falls in love and faces tragic obstacles.

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What happens

The Story of a Poor Young Man (Italian: Il romanzo di un giovane povero) is a 1920 Italian silent drama film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Luigi Serventi, Pina Menichelli and Antonio Gandusio. It was one of numerous film adaptations of Octave Feuillet's novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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