The Eternal Sin
1917, English. Directed by Herbert Brenon.
How a Woman's Enemies Forced Her to Take an Awful Revenge. From the French Drama by Victor Hugo.
Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is killed by five conspirators, the fathers of Gennaro's dearest friends, Lucretia tortures the old men to death. Later, Gennaro and his companions journey to Lucretia's domain, and she sees her son for the first time. The Duke, who believes him to be her lover, poisons him, but Lucretia administers the antidote in time and saves his life. Then she schemes to poison her sons' five friends for their fathers' mistake.
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Cast & crew
- Herbert BrenonDirector
- Florence ReedLucretia Borgia
- William E. ShayThe Duke of Ferrara
- Stephen GrattanLucretia's Brother
- Richard BarthelmessGennaro
- Alex ShannonRustighello
- A.G. ParkerMaffio
- M.J. BriggsAstolpo
- Edward ThorneJeppo
- Elmer PattersonLiverretto
- Tony MerloPetrucci
- Henry ArmettaThe Jester
- William WelshGubetta
Details
- Released
- 15 March 1917
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Victor Hugo, George Edwardes-Hall, Herbert Brenon
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The Eternal Sin (1917) was directed by Herbert Brenon and stars Florence Reed, William E. Shay, Stephen Grattan.