Ashes
About Ashes
In a Sardinian village, Rosalia Derios is left by her lover before their son Anania is born. She gives the boy to the father and leaves a sacred amulet with him. Grown, Anania will not take a career or a marriage until he finds her. When they meet, she takes her own life. Eleonora Duse plays Rosalia. It is the only film she made. Febo Mari directed and plays Anania. The Italian title is Cenere.
Cast & crew
More about Ashes
Arturo Ambrosio produced. Duse is credited with the script, from Grazia Deledda's 1904 novel. Eugenio Bava photographed. Released in 1916. The listed length is 30 minutes. Nietta Mordeglia is billed. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-cenere.
Themes
Look
Eugenio Bava shot the Sardinian village and the reunion.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Duse did not make another film. She said she was too old for this one and disliked the result.
- Deledda's novel is 1904. Deledda later won the Nobel Prize in literature.
- Mari is both director and the son.
- The amulet is what she leaves with the child.
Scenes
- She leaves the amulet with the child.
- Anania finds her, and she does not live past the meeting.
Influenced by
- Grazia Deledda's novel Cenere (1904)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-cenere)
