Amleto e il suo clown
Also known as On with the Motley in the United Kingdom
(1920) Italy
B&W : [?] Seven? reels / 1940 metres
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Cast: Soava Gallone [Alessandra di Tranda], Elisa Severi [Sua madre], Luciano Molinari [Frere Ivre], Maurice De Grunewald, Angelo Gallina, Tatiana Gorka, Renato Piacentini, Umberto Zanuccoli
D’Ambra Film production; distributed by Unione Cinematografica Italiana. / Scenario by Lucio D’Ambra. Production design by Tito Antonelli and Raffaele Ferro. Cinematography by Emilio Guattari. / Released 26 January 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom as On with the Motley in May 1920. The film was released in Japan on 4 February 1921.
Drama.
Synopsis: [Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, 8 March 1921, page ?] After her father is murdered, his daughter who suspects her step-father of the crime and kills him. After she is acquitted of the crime she joins a circus, and becomes famous because of a death defying act which she performs. In the succeeding episodes she is shown to suffer for her act, although she is helped along in the world by a kindly clown, until the burden proves too strong, and she relieves herself of her worldly troubles.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 26 January 2025.
References: Ball-Shakespeare p. 385 : Website-IMDb.
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