Dante's Inferno (1911)
Genre : Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime : 1H 12M
Director : Giuseppe de Liguoro, Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan
Synopsis
The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.
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