The Eternal Sin (1917)
How a Woman's Enemies Forced Her to Take an Awful Revenge. From the French Drama by Victor Hugo.
Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is killed by five conspirators, the fathers of Gennaro's dearest friends, Lucretia tortures the old men to death. Later, Gennaro and his companions journey to Lucretia's domain, and she sees her son for the first time. The Duke, who believes him to be her lover, poisons him, but Lucretia administers the antidote in time and saves his life. Then she schemes to poison her sons' five friends for their fathers' mistake.
- Date of release
- 1917-03-15
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Herbert Brenon
Casting
- Florence Reed — Lucretia Borgia
- William E. Shay — The Duke of Ferrara
- Stephen Grattan — Lucretia's Brother
- Richard Barthelmess — Gennaro
- Alex Shannon — Rustighello
- A.G. Parker — Maffio
- M.J. Briggs — Astolpo
- Edward Thorne — Jeppo
- Elmer Patterson — Liverretto
- Tony Merlo — Petrucci
- Henry Armetta — The Jester
- William Welsh — Gubetta
Interesting facts
The Eternal Sin is a lost 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Florence Reed. Brenon produced and Lewis J. Selznick handled the distribution.
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