The Eternal City
Cast & Crew
George Fitzmaurice
Barbara La Marr
Bert Lytell
Lionel Barrymore
Richard Bennett
Montagu Love
Film Details
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Synopsis
David Rossi, an Italian orphan, is cared for by Bruno, a tramp. Dr. Roselli, a pacifist, adopts him and rears him together with Roma, his daughter. They grow up and pledge their love. Dr. Roselli dies, David and Bruno join the army after war breaks out, and Roma becomes a famous sculptor with the financial assistance of Baron Bonelli, the secret leader of the Communist party. David joins the Fascists and becomes Mussolini's righthand man. He meets Roma and denounces her as Bonelli's mistress; then he leads the Fascists against the Bolshevists and kills Bonelli. Roma takes the blame for Bonelli's murder, thereby convincing David that she had not betrayed him. (Climaxes with a view of Mussolini on the balcony of the royal palace, beside the king, reviewing the entrance of his troops into the city.)
Director
George Fitzmaurice
Cast
Barbara La Marr
Bert Lytell
Lionel Barrymore
Richard Bennett
Montagu Love
Film Details
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Trivia
Included newsreel footage of King Victor Emmanuel and of the Duce reviewing troops.
