Madame Tallien (1916)
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Directors
Enrico Guazzoni, Mario Caserini
Cast
Lyda Borelli, Amleto Novelli, Renzo Fabiani, Ruggero Barni
During the French Revolution, a marquise bargains with a powerful official to save the journalist she loves.
The story
The Marquise Teresa di Fontenay falls in love with journalist Jean Guery and divorces her husband, intending to marry him. Their plans are interrupted by the French Revolution. Guery, a supporter of the monarchy, goes underground, but an ambush leads to his capture and trial before Robespierre. Tallien, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, becomes enamored of Teresa. She promises to be his only if he saves Guery from a death sentence, setting her personal hopes against the upheaval of revolutionary politics.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The Marquise Teresa di Fontenay, having fallen in love with the journalist Jean Guery, divorces her husband with the intention of marrying the man she loves, but the outbreak of the French Revolution prevents the wedding. Guery, a supporter of the monarchy, goes underground but, after falling into an ambush, is captured by the sans-culottes, who drag him before a court. The trial is presided over by the incorruptible Robespierre. Tallien, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, falls for Teresa, who promises to be his only if he saves Guery from the death sentence. Tallien attacks Robespierre, who is deposed and sentenced to the guillotine, but the tide of opposition will later turn against Tallien as well, and he falls into disgrace. Guery is then executed, and Teresa is left alone.
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