''Hedda Gabler'' is a 1920 Italian silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

directed by Gero Zambuto and

Giovanni Pastrone Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (13 September 1883 – 27 June 1959), was an Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. Pastrone was born in Montechiaro d'Asti. He worked during the era of ...

. It is based on the 1890 play ''

Hedda Gabler ''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage. The play has been can ...

'' by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of theatrical realism, realism" and one of the mo ...

.Goble p.793

Cast

Italia Almirante Manzini Italia Almirante Manzini (3 June 1890 – 15 September 1941) was an Italian actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1911 to 1934. Biography She was born to Michele and actress Urania Dell'Este. Her paternal un ...

as Hedda Gabler * Ettore Piergiovanni as Erberto Lovborg *

Oreste Bilancia Oreste Bilancia (24 September 1881 – 31 October 1945) was an Italian film actor. Born in Catania, Sicily he was a star of Italian films in the silent era. He worked during the 1920s in Weimar Germany which had the largest European film indust ...

as Giorgio Tessmann * Diana D'Amore as Tea * Vittorio Rossi Pianelli as Brak * Letizia Quaranta as Edith * Léonie Laporte as zia Giulia * Gabriel Moreau

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1920 films Italian films based on plays 1920s Italian-language films Films based on Hedda Gabler Films directed by Giovanni Pastrone Films directed by Gero Zambuto Italian silent feature films Italian black-and-white films 1920 drama films Silent Italian drama films 1920s Italian films {{Italy-silent-film-stub