Mariute

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  • Genre: Feature film
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 00:09:02
  • Description: The actress Francesca Bertini, as every diva worthy of her name, always arrives on the set extremely late. One day, in the studio, she happened to hear a colleague actor who, back from the front, tells about the brutalities suffered by the civilians in the occupied territories. At night, still troubled by that story, Bertini falls asleep and dreams: in her dream she plays the role of Mariute, a young Friulian countrywoman, mother of three kids waiting for her husband homecoming from the frontline. One day, while she is going to the well for water, she is assaulted and molested by three enemy soldiers. Her father-in-law will avenge her. In the meantime Bertini, waking up with a start, will arrive to work on time and she will end the film inviting the public to put their savings into the war bonds. The preservation of fragments of Mariute was carried out by Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino from two colored nitrate prints, 30 and 35 meter long, and from a 79 meter long colored safety print held by the Museo. The preservation work was carried out at L’Immagine Ritrovata in 2015.
  • Keywords: Francesca Bertini; Gustavo Serena; Edoardo Bencivenga / drama / World War I; war crimes; patriotic movie
  • Provider: Museo Nazionale del Cinema
  • Rights: In Copyright - EU Orphan Work
  • Production company: Bertini Film (Caesar Film), Rome
  • Colour: Tinted / Toned / Hand coloured
  • Director: Bencivenga, Edoardo
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Collection: Museo Nazionale del Cinema Film Collection
  • Language: it