The Song of Hate
Cast & Crew
J. Gordon Edwards
Betty Nansen
Arthur Hoops
Dorothy Bernard
Claire Whitney
William Fox
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Synopsis
Baron Scarpia, the Roman Regent of Police, loves Floria Tosca, a beautiful opera singer, but she is engaged to artist Maurice Saranof. Inspired by jealousy, Scarpia orders his soldiers to torture Saranof for information leading to the location of a friend suspected of being an Austrian spy. Forced to listen to Saranof's cries of pain, Tosca relents and reveals the whereabouts of the friend. Spurned by Saranof for her weakness, she must then negotiate with Scarpia for his life and offers herself to the baron in exchange for a phony execution. While embracing, Tosca stabs and kills Scarpia, who supposedly has arranged for blank bullets to be put in the soldiers' guns. In spite of the baron's promise, Saranof is executed, and Tosca, destroyed, climbs the prison wall. Shot while climbing, she falls to her death.
Director
J. Gordon Edwards
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Giacomo Puccini's opera La Tosca, which was first performed on January 14, 1900 in Rome, was also based on Sardou's play, but was not used in this film. For information on remakes, see listing below for La Tosca.
