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The Plague in Florence(Movie, 1919)

Original title: "Die Pest in Florenz" (German/DE)
1h 43min | Genres: Drama, Horror, History
The Plague in FlorenceRating: 3.1/5 (with 55 votes)
The Plague in Florence (German: Pest in Florenz) is a 1919 German silent historical film directed by Otto Rippert for Eric Pommer's Deutsche Eclair (Decla) production company. The screenplay was written by Fritz Lang. It stars Marga von Kierska, Theodor Becker, Karl Bernhard and Julietta Brandt. The film is a tragic romance set in Florence in 1348, just before the first outbreaks in Italy of the Black Death, which then spread out across the entire continent. Lang's screenplay was based on the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Masque of the Red Death", but he heightened the story's sexual tension by making the plague the result of the actions of a young seductress. ()
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About The Plague in Florence

Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany
Plays in: Florence
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), French (FR), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/23/1919
Cast: Theodor Becker, Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg, Julietta Brandt, Erich Bartels, Hans Walter, Erner Hübsch
Director: Otto Rippert
Producer: Erich Pommer
Screenwriter: Fritz Lang
Director of Photography: Willy Hameister, Emil Schünemann
Composer: Bruno Gellert
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Die Pest in Florenz"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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