Royal Tiger

  • Italy Tigre reale
Italy, 1916, 80 min

Directed by:

Giovanni Pastrone

Based on:

Giovanni Verga (book)

Screenplay:

Giovanni Verga

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Pina Menichelli’s compelling interpretation of an ambiguous charismatic heroine in the similarly ambiguous The Royal Tigress eloquently demonstrates why she is considered one of the greatest Italian actresses of the silent era, even though only a few films from her plentiful genre-spanning filmography survived. (Summer Film School)