SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Silent version of Macbeth presented as an historical spectacle and directed by Mario Caserini with Dante Capelli and Maria Gasperini as the Macbeths. Contemporary accounts speak of ‘very fine tableaux’ and ‘numerous retinue’.

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Silent

Year of release

1909

Duration

40 mins; 1443 feet

Credits

Director

Mario Caserini

Cast

Dante Capelli	Macbeth
Maria Gasperini	Lady Macbeth

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The copy held by the Library of Congress is 1428ft and has Russian intertitles, the copy acquired from the Gosfilmofond Collection.

General

The film was reported to have cost c$10,000 for 1460ft of film.

History

Released in the US by Film Import and Trading Co.

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp101-2, 327-8).

Production Company

Name

Cines

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

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Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

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Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States