The Ship
About The Ship
Basiliola (Ida Rubinstein), daughter of the deposed tribune Orso Faledro, comes back to a city on the Venetian plain after the Gratici have blinded her father and her brothers. She seduces the new tribune Marco (Alfredo Boccolini) and his brother Sergio, a bishop (Ciro Galvani), pushes them into a duel, and kills the men who tortured her family. Marco kills Sergio, then orders Basiliola blinded, the sentence her father suffered. She throws herself onto a burning altar. With barbarians at the gates the people leave to found Venice in the lagoon, and Marco sails to find the body of Saint Mark.
Cast & crew
More about The Ship
Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Mario Roncoroni directed. The film adapts Gabriele D'Annunzio's play La nave. Guido Marussig designed the sets and costumes. Narciso Maffeis photographed it. Ambrosio Film produced it. Unione Cinematografica Italiana distributed it. Mary Cleo Tarlarini plays the deaconess Ema. Mario Mariani plays the monk Traba.
Themes
Music
Ildebrando Pizzetti wrote the score.
Notes
- The Italian title is La nave.
- A 1912 film had already adapted the same play. This is the second screen version.
- Wikidata gives the length as 84 minutes.
Scenes
- Basiliola sets Marco and Sergio against each other until Marco kills his brother.
- Rather than be blinded, she throws herself onto a burning altar.
- The people leave the plain to found a city in the lagoon.
Influenced by
- La nave (play)
