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Dante's Inferno

Original title: L'Inferno
  • 19111911
  • 1h 11m
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7.0/10
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L'Inferno (1911)
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Francesco Bertolini
    • Adolfo Padovan
    • Giuseppe de Liguoro(collaboration)
  • Writer
    • Dante Alighieri(poem "La Divina Commedia")
  • Stars
    • Salvatore Papa
    • Arturo Pirovano
    • Giuseppe de Liguoro
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  • Directors
    • Francesco Bertolini
    • Adolfo Padovan
    • Giuseppe de Liguoro(collaboration)
  • Writer
    • Dante Alighieri(poem "La Divina Commedia")
  • Stars
    • Salvatore Papa
    • Arturo Pirovano
    • Giuseppe de Liguoro
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    • 36User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Giuseppe de Liguoro in L'Inferno (1911)
    Giuseppe de Liguoro, Salvatore Papa, and Arturo Pirovano in L'Inferno (1911)
    Giuseppe de Liguoro and Pier Delle Vigne in L'Inferno (1911)
    Augusto Milla in L'Inferno (1911)
    Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, and Augusto Milla in L'Inferno (1911)
    Arturo Pirovano in L'Inferno (1911)
    L'Inferno (1911)
    L'Inferno (1911)
    L'Inferno (1911)
    Salvatore Papa and Arturo Pirovano in L'Inferno (1911)
    L'Inferno (1911)
    Salvatore Papa and Arturo Pirovano in L'Inferno (1911)

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    Salvatore Papa
    • Dante Alighierias Dante Alighieri
    Arturo Pirovano
    • Virgilioas Virgilio
    Giuseppe de Liguoro
    • Farinata degli Ubertias Farinata degli Uberti…
    Pier Delle Vigne
    • Il conte Ugolinoas Il conte Ugolino
    Augusto Milla
    Augusto Milla
    • Luciferas Lucifer
    Attilio Motta
    Emilise Beretta
    • Directors
      • Francesco Bertolini
      • Adolfo Padovan
      • Giuseppe de Liguoro(collaboration)
    • Writer
      • Dante Alighieri(poem "La Divina Commedia")
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    Storyline

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    The poet Dante is lost in a dark and gloomy wood. At the summit of a mountain he sees the light of salvation. He endeavors to ascend to it, but his way is barred by three wild beasts, symbolizing Avarice, Pride and Lust. Beatrice sees his predicament and descends from Paradise into Limbo, where she asks the poet Virgil to rescue and guide Dante. Virgil knows another way to go, but this leads straight through the entire Inferno, before it continues towards Paradise. Virgil leads Dante to the portals of Inferno. Charon ferries them over the river Acheron, and then they start their journey downwards through the different circles of Inferno. Dante meets all kind of sinners and sees the never-ending punishments they have to undergo. The various punishments are adjusted to the different transgressions. Among the sinners Dante recognizes many persons he has met in Florence, when they were still alive. They tell him their sad stories and why they have ended here. At last Dante and Virgil meets the arch traitor Lucifer, who holds the bodies of Brutus and Cassius in his mouth. The two poets climb down the shaggy sides of Lucifer, to reach the subterranean way which leads out of Inferno. —Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
    • sinner
    • punishment
    • underworld
    • christianity
    • visions of hell
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    • Genres
      • Adventure
      • Drama
      • Fantasy
      • Horror
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    • Trivia
      This is the first feature film to be shown in its entirety, in one screening, in the USA. Prior to this it was thought audiences wouldn't be prepared to sit for over an hour to watch a feature - films such as Les Misérables (1909) and The Life of Moses (1909) were shown in episodic parts over the course of a month or two.
    • Goofs
      The penultimate scene: as Virgil leads Dante through the subterranean passage, he suffers an uncharacteristic moment of clumsiness (he trips, stumbles, and has to pull his own toga out from under his foot).
    • Connections
      Edited into Hell-A-Vision (1936)

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    8/10
    At little more than an hour, L'Inferno is monumental in the scope of history.
    L'Inferno was the first feature film released in Italy, beginning that country's long career of storied cinema. An adaptation of the famous Inferno by Dante Alighieri, L'Inferno is not a horror film in the traditional sense. The images of Hell are appropriately disturbing, as are it's inhabitants. The scenes of death and torture are shocking for the time. And to top it all off the old footage (now 108 years old) only adds to the creepy atmosphere. Anyone interested in old horror movies has to see this one.
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    • Jan 22, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 1911 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El infierno
    • Filming locations
      • Bovisa, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Milano Film
      • SAFFI-Comerio
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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