Satan's Rhapsody (Rapsodia satanica) (1917)

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Directed by

Nino Oxilia

Starring

Lyda Borelli
Contessa Alba d'Oltrevita

Andrea Habay
Tristano

Ugo Bazzini
Mephisto

Giulio Bazzini
Mephisto

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Description: Rapsodia Satanica (1915) was the last film directed by Nino Oxilia and is undoubtedly one of the finest achievements of the early Italian cinema. In it, Oxilia spins a variation on the Faust myth, embodied here by the diva Lyda Borelli. Typical of extravagant D’Annunzian aestheticism at its height, Rapsodia Satanica was one of the summits of what was later called the “tail coat film.” Diametrically opposed to the “cinema of reality” practiced by Serena, Martoglio and others, “tail coat films” set their melodramatic stories in the salons and villas of the upper middle class and the aristocracy, deploying narrative s ... (more)

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"Sopravvivono quaranta (spesso colorati in uno o più dettagli) dei cinquantacinque minuti originari di questa faustiana vicenda in cui un'anziana signora vende l'anima al diavolo per l'eterna giovinezza a patto di non innamorarsi mai. Pieno di echi dannunziani sin dal nome della protagonista - Alba d'Oltrevita! - per non parlare delle fiammeggianti didascalie e con le musiche di Mascagni, questo melodrammone è l'ultimo lavoro di Oxilia prima di andare a morire al fronte. Volutamente avulso da q"