Thea is a sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a final party, inviting along her estranged husband. The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.
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Lyda Borelli as Thea di Marlievo
Andrea Habay as Filippo
Francesco Cacace as Lignères
Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto as Principessa Maria
Nella Montagna as La madre di Thea
Lina Dax as Allegra
Alfonso Cassini as Il maestro di Thea
Carmine Gallone Director
Carmine Gallone Writer
Henry Bataille Writer
Domenico Grimaldi Cinematography
Italy 01 March 1916
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