The Eternal City
5.7
“Actual Scenes Staged in the Coliseum, Vatican Gardens and the Castle of St. Angelo. Scenic Splendor and overpowering dramatic appeal.”
Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to be brought up by nuns, then enters a monastery. David is brought to London and is raised to be a beggar and thief until he is rescued by Dr. Roselli, an Italian political refugee, who raises David with his daughter Donna Roma. Years later David gets heavily involved in Italian politics and incurs the enmity of the corrupt Italian Prime Minister, which leads him to discover the hidden secrets of his family's past--and present.
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Cast
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Pauline Frederick
Donna Roma
Also in
Smouldering Fires
Thank You, Mr. Moto
Thomas Holding
David Rossi - aka David Leone
Also in
The Three Musketeers
The Dream Lady
Kittens Reichert
Little Roma
Also in
So's Your Old Man
The Scarlet Letter
Arthur Oppenheim
Little David
No other roles listed
George Stillwell
Leone
Also in
Gretna Green
Soldiers of Fortune
Della Bella
Leone's Wife
No other roles listed
Frank Losee
Baron Bonelli
Known for
Orphans of the Storm
Edwin S. Porter Director · Hugh Ford Director Hall Caine Author
United States release April 12, 1915 · Produced in United States
Production
Famous Players Film Company
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · April 12, 1915
Theatrical
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