''Jacopo Ortis '' is a

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directed by Giuseppe Sterni and based on the novel ''Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis'' by

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. It was the debut film of

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Plot

Cast

* Ernestina Badalutti *

* Luigi Duse * Elisa Finazzi * Angelo Giordani * Giulio Grassi * Virginio Mezzetti * Vittorio Pieri * Felicita Prosdocimi * Mary Cleo Tarlarini * Carlo Trouchez

References

*Title: Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis *Author:

*Publisher: A. Bergnes, 1833 *Page Nº: 255 p.

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