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Romola (1924)

NR ★ 6.7/10 106 min Drama, History United States English
Director: Henry King
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Description

In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.

Top Cast

Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish Romola
Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish Tessa
William Powell
William Powell Tito Melema
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman Carlo Bucellini
Charles Lane
Charles Lane Baldassar Calvo
Herbert Grimwood Savonarola
Bonaventura Ibáñez Bardo Bardi
Frank Puglia
Frank Puglia Adolfo Spini

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