La falena is a 1916 silent Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone. The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.
Plot Thea (Borelli) is a sculptor diagnosed with phthisis before she marries Filippo (Habay). After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organises a final party, inviting her estranged husband. He fails to show, as he's now married to another woman. Thea appears naked in front of her guests before she kills herself.
Cast Lyda Borelli as Thea di Marlievo Andrea Habay as Filippo Francesco Cacace as Lignères Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto as Principessa Maria Nella Montagna as La madre di Thea Lina Dax as Allegra Alfonso Cassini as Il maestro di Thea
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