Nelly la domatrice
Love Amongst the Lions(1912)
Director: Mario Caserini – Director of photography: Angelo Scalenghe – Production: Società Anonima Ambrosio, Torino – Original lenght: 602/622 m – Lenght: 504 m – Intertitles: Dutch – Censorship certificate: 9787, 22/6/1915 – Availability date: 09/1912

Cast: Fernanda Negri-Pouget (Nelly), Mario Bonnard (Alfredo), Mario Voller Buzzi (Wilhelm), Antonietta Calderai, Oreste Grandi, Alfred Schneider e i suoi leoni/and his lions

The film:

"Nelly, with her irresistible charm, has a certain appeal on the animals that she tames. With the attractiveness of her shapely body she also causes violent passions in the heart of men. The tamer knows that and she takes advantage of it."

 

[From the original advertising sheet of Cinema Odeon (Torino), 7-9 th October 1912 - Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino, Coll. / Online collections: Documents from Torino's era of silent films: 

http://www.museocinema.it/Materialipubblicitari/Materiale_pubblicitario-200_dpi/01R0561916000_P41596_001_m.jpg]

 

The film restoration:

The restored print of Nelly la domatrice was bought by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino in 1989. The restoration was carried out by the Nederlands Filmmuseum of Amsterdam [EYE Film Institute Netherlands] from a tinted nitrate print with Dutch intertitles belonging to the Jean Desmet collection.

 

Link Vimeo Cineteca MNC:

https://vimeo.com/155944988

 



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