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Il padrone delle ferriere

191968 minItaly
Drama

Synopsis

After her family's financial collapse ends an expected aristocratic marriage, Clara accepts the proposal of a prosperous ironworks owner. She regards his humble origins with contempt, making their new household a continuation of the humiliation she hoped to escape. His conduct gradually challenges her judgment and the social values that made the rejected match seem superior.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Italian.
This copy runs
75:12
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Italian. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Eugenio Perego · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsEugenio Perego

Inspirations

Perego adapts Georges Ohnet's Le Maître de forges, with Pina Menichelli as Clara. The conflict sets inherited social rank against the dignity and wealth of a self-made industrialist.

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Wikipedia — film referenceWikidata — film identity and creditsTorino Film Festival — Il padrone delle ferriereMuseo Nazionale del Cinema — Itala archival catalogue

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