The Ship (1921) — drama, history film. Directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio, Mario Roncoroni. Starring Ida Rubinstein, Alfredo Boccolini, Ciro Galvani, Mary Cleo Tarlarini.
Drama, History · 5.6/10 · 86 min · 1921
The newly-settled city of Venice in the Sixth Century AD: A wandering people struggle to establish Christian Theocracy. Basiliola Faledro, an exotic dancer, wicked and cunning, arrives from faraway lands seeking to avenge her pagan lineage; Her father and brothers blinded and humilated by frenzied zealots. Her primary targets are the brothers Gràtico, both newly-elected to positions of power: One, Marco, an arbiter and tribune, the other, Sergio, a bishop. The title refers to a bold pronouncement made by Deaconess Ema Gràtico to her subjects the Venetians, a seafaring and desperate tribe-- That their native homeland is aboard a ship.
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