🎬 Drama

The Eternal Sin

"How a Woman's Enemies Forced Her to Take an Awful Revenge. From the French Drama by Victor Hugo."

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Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is killed by five conspirators, the fathers of Gennaro's dearest friends, Lucretia tortures the old men to death. Later, Gennaro and his companions journey to Lucretia's domain, and she sees her son for the first time. The Duke, who believes him to be her lover, poisons him, but Lucretia administers the antidote in time and saves his life. Then she schemes to poison her sons' five friends for their fathers' mistake.

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Year
1917
Runtime
1h
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Herbert Brenon 👤 Florence Reed 👤 William E. Shay 👤 Stephen Grattan
silent film lost film borgia family 15th century borgias lucrezia borgia

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The Eternal Sin has a runtime of 1h (1 hour).
The Eternal Sin was directed by Herbert Brenon and released in 1917.
The Eternal Sin is a Drama film (1917).
The cast of The Eternal Sin includes Florence Reed, William E. Shay, Stephen Grattan, Richard Barthelmess, Alex Shannon.

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