The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1916 film)

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The Blind Woman of Sorrento
Directed by Gustavo Serena
Written by Francesco Mastriani (novel)
Starring Alfredo De Antoni
Olga Benetti
Carlo Benetti
Gustavo Serena
Production
company
Distributed byCaesar Film
Release date
May 1916
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
Italian intertitles

The Blind Woman of Sorrento (Italian:La cieca di Sorrento) is a 1916 Italian silent drama film directed by Gustavo Serena and starring Alfredo De Antoni, Olga Benetti and Carlo Benetti. [1] It is set in the nineteenth century in Sorrento in southern Italy. It is an adaptation of the 1852 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani. Subsequent adaptations were made in 1934, 1952 and 1963.

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  1. Poppi p.399

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