King Lear (1910 film)

King Lear
Directed by	Gerolamo Lo Savio
Written by	William Shakespeare (play)
Starring	Francesca Bertini
Production company	Film d'Arte Italiana
Distributed by	Pathé Frères
Release date	1910 (1910)
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

King Lear (Italian: Re Lear) is a 1910 Italian silent historical drama film directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio and starring Ermete Novelli, Francesca Bertini and Olga Giannini Novelli.[1] It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Cast

• Ermete Novelli as King Lear
• Francesca Bertini as Cordelia
• Olga Giannini Novelli as King Lear's Daughter
• Giannina Chiantoni as King Lear's Daughter

References

1. Moliterno p.33

Bibliography

• Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• King Lear at IMDb