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Vinony files it under 1910s historical drama films, 1917 American films and 1917 drama films.
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0.0Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is killed by five conspirators, the fathers of Gennaro's dearest friends, Lucretia tortures the old men to death. Later, Gennaro and his companions journey to Lucretia's domain, and she sees her son for the first time. The Duke, who believes him to be her lover, poisons him, but Lucretia administers the antidote in time and saves his life. Then she schemes to poison her sons' five friends for their fathers' mistake.
Cast
- Florence Reed as Lucretia Borgia
- William E. Shay as The Duke of Ferrara
- Stephen Grattan as Lucretia's Brother
- Richard Barthelmess as Gennaro
- Alex Shannon as Rustighello
- A.G. Parker as Maffio
Themes
- silent film
- lost film
- borgia family
- 15th century
- borgias
- lucrezia borgia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Herbert Brenon
- Cast member
- Florence Reed
- Cinematographer
- J. Roy Hunt
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- publication date
- 1917-03-17
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Lewis J. Selznick
- title
- The Eternal Sin
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