Lucrezia Borgia

Dec 20, 1935

1h 33m

★ 5.3

Overview

French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, Cesare. and her father, Pope Alexander VI -- one of history's most ruthless and ambitious crime families.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

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Cast

Lucrezia Borgia

Edwige Feuillère

César Borgia

Gabriel Gabrio

Jean Borgia, Duke of Gandie

Maurice Escande

Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI

Roger Karl

Niccollo Machiavelli

Aimé Clariond

Filippo, sculptor-lover

Philippe Hériat

Giannino Sforza, Duke of Milano

Jacques Dumesnil

Alfonse de Aragon

Max Michel

Capt. Mario, officer-lover

Louis Eymond

Tybald

Jean Fay

Pietro

René Bergeron

Fracassa

Gaston Modot

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