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The Palace of Flames

Original title: Padre
  • 1912
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
33
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The Palace of Flames (1912)
DramaShort

Evariste Marny, a business rival of Andrew Vivanti, is threatened with ruin, and to eliminate competition hires a town vagabond, Tonio, to fire the factory of Vivanti. Changing his clothing ... Read allEvariste Marny, a business rival of Andrew Vivanti, is threatened with ruin, and to eliminate competition hires a town vagabond, Tonio, to fire the factory of Vivanti. Changing his clothing after having fulfilled his part of the bargain, Tonio carefully preserves a card bearing M... Read allEvariste Marny, a business rival of Andrew Vivanti, is threatened with ruin, and to eliminate competition hires a town vagabond, Tonio, to fire the factory of Vivanti. Changing his clothing after having fulfilled his part of the bargain, Tonio carefully preserves a card bearing Marny's handwriting, an agreement as to the time for the deed to be committed, etc., etc., ... Read all

  • Directors
    • Dante Testa
    • Gino Zaccaria
  • Stars
    • Ermete Zacconi
    • Lidia Quaranta
    • Dante Testa
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    33
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Dante Testa
      • Gino Zaccaria
    • Stars
      • Ermete Zacconi
      • Lidia Quaranta
      • Dante Testa
    • 2User reviews
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    Ermete Zacconi
    Ermete Zacconi
    • Andrea Vivanti
    Lidia Quaranta
    Lidia Quaranta
    • Lidia Vivanti
    Dante Testa
    Dante Testa
    • Tonio
    Giovanni Casaleggio
    • Evaristo Marni
    Febo Mari
    Febo Mari
    • Roberto - il figlio di Evaristo
    Valentina Frascaroli
    • Lucia
    • Directors
      • Dante Testa
      • Gino Zaccaria
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    4boblipton

    Sick Burn

    Ermete Zacconi's business is strangling his, so Giovanni Casaleggio hires Dante Testa to burn down Zacconi's factory. Zacconi is imprisoned for starting the fire to collect the insurance. More than a dozen years later, he escapes and returns to the town, to discover that Casaleggio has taken Zacconi's daughter into his house, and she and his son are in love.

    This early, short (30 minutes) feature is set up for the big ending, with a huge fire. While the visuals are not neglected, the story is told via titles, and the acting is very large. Clearly, the art of the feature movie had a long way to go.
    8JoeytheBrit

    Padre review

    An ordinary tale of wronged imprisonment that is partly redeemed by the fact that it chooses not to follow the usual path of the protagonist seeking revenge for wrongs suffered, and greatly enhanced by an impressively staged climactic blaze and rescue from a collapsing staircase which is (as far as I'm aware) quite unlike anything filmed up to that point.

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    • Release date
      • December 1912 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • None
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Father
    • Production company
      • Itala Film
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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