Romola (1924)

6.7/10 • 106 min • Drama History

Overview

In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.

Cast

Lillian Gish

Romola

Dorothy Gish

Tessa

William Powell

Tito Melema

Ronald Colman

Carlo Bucellini

Charles Lane

Baldassar Calvo

Frank Puglia

Adolfo Spini

Amelia Summerville

Brigida

Alfredo Martinelli

Captain of the Barque

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