Theodora

Theodora (1921)

Teodora

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But a love affair with a handsome Greek whom she meets in Byzantium leads to revolution and armed conflict in both Byzantium and Rome.

Date of release
1921-10-14
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 40m
Director
Leopoldo Carlucci

Casting

Interesting facts

Theodora is a 1921 Italian silent film dramatization of the life of the Byzantine empress Theodora.

Production

To aid the directorial staff, miniatures of all the sets to be constructed were made, allowing the staff to work out the grouping of the thousands of extras and the camera angles and lighting for the scenes.

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