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Povere bimbe (1923)

Povere bimbe poster
Directed by
Giovanni Pastrone
Genre
silent film
Country
Italy
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two orphaned sisters face hardship and separation in 19th century Paris. Their story follows a sentimental drama of survival and reunion.

silent-eradramaticmelodramaticslow-burnold-fashionedseriousstaged

What happens

Povere bimbe è un film muto italiano del 1923 diretto da Giovanni Pastrone, l'ultimo in assoluto del cineasta piemontese. Il film è tratto dal dramma teatrale (e dal relativo romanzo) Le due orfanelle di Adolphe d'Ennery ed Eugéne Cormon del 1874. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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