The Plague in Florence (1919)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 23, 1919Release Date
The Plague in Florence (1919)
1h 43m
Running Time
October 23, 1919Release Date
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Plot.
Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.
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Cast & Crew.
Marga von Kierska
Julia
Anders Wikman
Lorenzo
Theodor Becker
Franciscan Monk
Otto Mannstaedt
Cesare
Karl Bernhard
Lorenzos Vertrauter
Julietta Brandt
Death
Hans Walter
Julia's Confidant
Otto Rippert
Director
Details.
Release DateOctober 23, 1919
Original NameDie Pest in Florenz
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Plague in Florence (German: Pest in Florenz) is a 1919 German silent historical film directed by Otto Rippert for Eric Pommer's Deutsche Eclair (Decla) production company. The screenplay was written by Fritz Lang. It stars Marga von Kierska, Theodor Becker, Karl Bernhard and Julietta Brandt. The film is a tragic romance set in Florence in 1348, just before the first outbreaks in Italy of the Black Death, which then spread out across the entire continent.Lang's screenplay was based on the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Masque of the Red Death", but he heightened the story's sexual tension by making the plague appear in the form of a beautiful seductress.