L'Inferno
'''''L'Inferno''' () is a 1911 Italian silent film, loosely adapted from Inferno'', the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. ''L'Inferno'' took over three years to make, and was the first full-length Italian feature film. It is also one of the first films to be shown in its entirety in the United States.
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6.6The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.
Released: 1911-03-0172 minDir: Giuseppe de LiguoroFantasy, Horror
Cast
- Salvatore Papa as Dante Alighieri
- Arturo Pirovano as Virgilio
- Giuseppe de Liguoro as Farinata degli Uberti / Pier Delle Vigne / Il conte Ugolino
- Augusto Milla as Lucifer
- Attilio Motta
- Emilise Beretta
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
4,139 votes
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8 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Home video
- See also
- References
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'''''L'Inferno''' () is a 1911 Italian silent film, loosely adapted from Inferno'', the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. ''L'Inferno took over three years to make, and was the first full-length Italian feature film. It is also one of the first films to be shown in its entirety in the United States.
==Plot== thumb|left|thumbtime=10|L'Inferno'' (with Italian intertitles) Dante is barred from entering the hill of salvation by three beasts that block his path (Avarice, Pride, and Lust). Beatrice descends from above and asks the poet Virgil to guide Dante through the Nine Circles of Hell. Virgil leads Dante to a cave where they find the river Acheron, over which Charon ferries the souls of the dead into Hell. They also see the three-headed Cerberus and Geryon, a flying serpent with a man's face. They see the Devil eating human beings whole, harpies eating the corpses of suicides, an evil man forced to carry his own severed head for eternity, people half-buried in flaming lava, etc.