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Filibus
Sign in to saveFilibus is a 1915 Italian silent adventure film directed by Mario Roncoroni and written by the future science fiction author Giovanni Bertinetti (it). It features Valeria Creti (fr) as the title character, a mysterious sky pirate who makes daring heists with her technologically advanced airship. When an esteemed detective sets out on her trail, she begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with him, slipping between various male and female identities to romance the detective's sister and stage a midnight theft of a pair of valuable diamonds.
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6.8The mysterious air pirate Filibus steals from the rich and then retreats to the safety of her airship, which is manned by a staff of mask-wearing lackeys who instantly obey her every command. When an esteemed detective sets out to investigate the thefts, Filibus attempts to frame him as the burglar, while also slipping between male and female disguises to romance the detective's sister.
Cast
- Valeria Creti as Baroness Troixmonde / Filibus
- Cristina Ruspoli as Leonora
- Giovanni Spano as Detective Kutt-Hendy
- Mario Mariani as Police Magistrate
- Filippo Vallino as Leo Sandy
Themes
- silent film
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Key facts
- Film.country
- Italy
- Film.name
- Filibus
- Film.image
- Filibus airship poster.jpg
- Film.director
- Mario Roncoroni
- Film.writer
- Giovanni Bertinetti
- Film.starring
- Valeria Creti
- Film.cinematography
- Luigi Fiorio
- Film.studio
- Corona Film
- Film.runtime
- 79 minutes at 18fps
via Wikipedia infobox
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Production
- Themes
- Release and reception
- References
- External links
Filibus is a 1915 Italian silent adventure film directed by Mario Roncoroni and written by the future science fiction author Giovanni Bertinetti (it). It features Valeria Creti (fr) as the title character, a mysterious sky pirate who makes daring heists with her technologically advanced airship. When an esteemed detective sets out on her trail, she begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with him, slipping between various male and female identities to romance the detective's sister and stage a midnight theft of a pair of valuable diamonds.
Filibus was produced by Corona Film, a short-lived Turin-based studio operating on relatively low budgets and obscure casts. Though Italian reviews at its release were negative, Filibus has been well received by later writers and film historians who have highlighted its pioneering use of lesbian attraction, genderfluidity, and science fiction motifs, and its creative adaptation of stylistic elements from contemporary popular fiction. It has been screened at numerous film festivals, and a nitrate print survives at the Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam) with a dupe print held in Milan.
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