Romola
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Cast
Lillian Gish
Romola
Dorothy Gish
Tessa
William Powell
Tito Melema
Ronald Colman
Carlo Bucellini
Charles Lane
Baldassar Calvo
Herbert Grimwood
Savonarola
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Bardo Bardi
Frank Puglia
Adolfo Spini
Amelia Summerville
Brigida
Tina Ceccaci Renaldi
Monna Ghita
Eduilio Mucci
Nello
Angela Scatigna
Bratti
Ugo Uccellini
Bishop of Nemours
Alfredo Martinelli
Captain of the Barque
Attilo Deodati
Tomaso
Storyline
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
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