Lyda Borelli
Date of birth: 1884-03-22
Place of birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lyda Cini , Countess of Monselice
Biography
Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 - 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress, her career in theatre started in 1902. Between 1913 and 1918 Borelli made 14 films and appeared in 2 documentaries. She often portrayed vamps who end up committing suicide via poison. Her acting was mainly based on excessive gestures, painful expressions and languid gazes. Antonio Gramsci, who, in 1917 worked as a theatre reviewer, criticised her stating she represented a heightened form of sensuality, "a part of a primordial and prehistoric humanity" that had managed to cast a spell on the audience.
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The Wedding March
1915-11-26
Grazia de Plessans abandons her studies in a convent following a mystical crisis. In her paternal ho
La falena
1916-03-01
Thea is a sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning h
La memoria dell'altro
1913-12-31
Young aviatrix Lyda spurns the advances of the Prince of Sèvre and falls in love with journalist Mar
The Thirteenth Man
1917-10-01
La storia dei tredici is an Italian silent film starring Lyda Borelli.
Satan's Rhapsody
1917-07-31
A Faustian tale about an old woman who makes a pact with Mephisto to regain her youth, but in return
Malombra
1917-01-01
Marina di Malombra (Borelli) lives in a castle prior to her wedding. She begins to read letters writ
Madame Guillotine
1916-11-12
19th century Sardou period melodrama turned into a vehicle for diva star Lyda Borelli: an aristocrat
Love Everlasting
1913-10-03
Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chie
Lyrical Nitrate
1991-02-20
Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the
The Legend of Saint Barbara
1918-11-22
Short film in which Barbara's father is killed in a raid of the Vandals. When Barbara and the other
The Suitcase of Dreams
1953-10-29
A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up
Carnevalesca
1918-01-07
Carnevalesca with the beautiful Lydia Borelli is divided into four parts: white carnival - innocent
Diva Dolorosa
1999-10-21
In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyri
The Naked Truth
1914-04-01
The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents
Flower of Evil
1915-10-04
Lyda is a prostitute with no education and no hope for the future. Unfortunately, this ungrateful jo
Una Notte a Calcutta
1918-02-01
Fashion in Movement
1991-01-01
Compilation film with film fragments from 1910 to 1930 about fashion, clothing, movement and pose. P