Francesca Bertini

Born: 1892-04-10

Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 5 January 1892 – 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century.


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1900

as Sister Desolata
Released: 1976-08-28

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two...

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Cabiria

as uncredited
Released: 1914-06-01

Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be...

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Bellissime

as (archive footage)
Released: 2004-01-08

Documentary consisting of archival footage that depicts the evolving conditions of Italian women...

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Assunta Spina

as Assunta Spina
Released: 1915-10-27

Assunta and Michele are in love, but others come between them and jealousy arises. Assunta Spina...

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Diva Dolorosa

as uncredited
Released: 1999-10-21

In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut...

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The Suitcase of Dreams

as uncredited
Released: 1953-10-29

In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi...

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Odette

as Odette
Released: 1935-05-31

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Beatrice

as uncredited
Released: 1919-01-01

It tells the story of Dante Alighieri's love to Beatrice Portinari, loosely based on Dante's poetry.

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La Possession

as Jessie Cordier
Released: 1929-05-24

La Possession is a 1929 French film directed by Léonce Perret.

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L'accidia

as uncredited
Released: 1919-01-01

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La lussuria

as uncredited
Released: 1919-06-07

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Mariute

as uncredited
Released: 1918-07-06

The actress Francesca Bertini, as every diva worthy of her name, always arrives on the set...

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Salomé

as La schiava
Released: 1910-07-16

Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the...

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The Lady of the Camellias

as Margherita Gauthier
Released: 1915-11-21

La Signora delle Camelie chronicles the tragic love story of courtesan Marguerite Gautier and...

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One night woman

as Princess Lystrie
Released: 1930-06-16

A lieutenant of the French navy, ready to kill himself in despair, renounced his project after...

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Dora la espía

as La principessa
Released: 1950-04-26

Dora, daughter of the Marchioness of Río Zares, marries the politician Andrés. Despondent,...

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The Cheerful Soul

as uncredited
Released: 1919-08-01

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Tosca

as uncredited
Released: 1918-07-04

Film version of the play.

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Blue Blood

as uncredited
Released: 1914-07-01

The Princess of Monte Cabello is divorced and is granted custody of her beloved daughter. Her...

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Fedora

as Fedora
Released: 1916-01-01

An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.

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Odette

as uncredited
Released: 1916-01-10

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Ivonne, la bella danzatrice

as Ivonne/Edith
Released: 1915-09-15

Ivonne is a vulgar, loose, promiscuous and a passionate danseuse at the tavern. Countess Edith...

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Tu m'appartiens !

as uncredited
Released: 1929-11-01

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Pierrot the Prodigal

as Pierrot
Released: 1914-02-12

A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by...

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Romeo e Giulietta

as Giulietta
Released: 1912-01-24

The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

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Diana, the Enchantress

as Diana
Released: 1915-11-20

Diana is assigned to find out the details of the enemy's war tactics. Together with her partner...

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Shattered Idol

as La pastorelle Francesca
Released: 1913-01-01

"Idolo infranto is a fantastic way to appreciate Francesca Bertini in the mood for cruelty. From...

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L'invidia

as uncredited
Released: 1919-01-01

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The Masked Amazon

as Franca
Released: 1914-02-21

Silent adventure film in which a horse riding woman has to save her husband from prison in a...

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Consuelita

as Consuelita
Released: 1925-08-01

Consuelita, a young woman who longs to escape the harsh conditions of her small fishing village,...

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Tristano e Isolda

as Isolda
Released: 1911-01-01

Film adaptation of the Celtic legend of Tristan and Iseult.

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