Saetta Learns to Live

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Saetta Learns to Live
Directed by Guido Brignone
Written by Pier Angelo Mazzolotti
Starring
Cinematography Massimo Terzano
Production
company
Distributed byFert Film
Release date
  • May 1924 (1924-05)
CountryItaly
Languages

Saetta Learns to Live (Italian: Saetta impara a vivere) is a 1924 Italian silent film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Domenico Gambino and Pauline Polaire. [1] It was made by the Turin-based Fert Film.

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  1. Reich p.207

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