Pierrot the Prodigal

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Pierrot the Prodigal
Directed by Baldassarre Negroni
Written by Fernand Beissier (play)
Starring
Cinematography Giorgio Ricci
Music by Mario Costa
Production
company
Celio Film
Distributed byCelio Film
Release date
11 February 1914
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
Italian intertitles

Pierrot the Prodigal (French: Histoire d'un Pierrot) is a 1914 Italian silent film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Francesca Bertini, Leda Gys and Emilio Ghione. [1]

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