Anton Giulio Bragaglia - Thais (1917)
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Thaïs, also known as Perfido incanto is a 1917 silent film directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. The movie is the only surviving Italian futurist film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France.The plot is fairly conventional and refers to the love stories of turbid "diva-film" typical of the period. The beautiful Slavic countess Vera Preobrajenska (played by Thaïs Galitzy) is a seductress of married men, who drags them to the brink of ruin. When Thaïs seduces the husband of her best friend, she dies from falling off her horse. Thaïs commits suicide because of regret.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%C3%AFs_%28Italian_film%29
Thaïs, also known as Perfido incanto is a 1917 silent film directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. The movie is the only surviving Italian futurist film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France.The plot is fairly conventional and refers to the love stories of turbid "diva-film" typical of the period. The beautiful Slavic countess Vera Preobrajenska (played by Thaïs Galitzy) is a seductress of married men, who drags them to the brink of ruin. When Thaïs seduces the husband of her best friend, she dies from falling off her horse. Thaïs commits suicide because of regret.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%C3%AFs_%28Italian_film%29