Lyda Borelli

Lyda Borelli

Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 - 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress, her career in theatre started in 1902. Between 1913 and 1918 Borelli made 14 films and appeared in 2 documentaries. She often portrayed vamps who end up committing suicide via poison. Her acting was mainly based on excessive gestures, painful expressions and languid gazes. Antonio Gramsci, who, in 1917 worked as a theatre reviewer, criticised her stating she represented a heightened form of sensuality, "a part of a primordial and prehistoric humanity" that had managed to cast a spell on the audience.

  • Title: Lyda Borelli
  • Popularity: 0.774
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1884-03-22
  • Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Lyda Cini , Countess of Monselice
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Lyda Borelli Movies

  • 1917
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    The Thirteenth Man
    The Thirteenth Man

    1 1917 HD

    La storia dei tredici is an Italian silent film starring Lyda Borelli.

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  • 1913
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    La memoria dell'altro
    La memoria dell'altro

    1 1913 HD

    Young aviatrix Lyda spurns the advances of the Prince of Sèvre and falls in love with journalist Mario, who, although engaged to Cesarina,...

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  • 1915
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    The Wedding March
    The Wedding March

    1 1915 HD

    Grazia de Plessans abandons her studies in a convent following a mystical crisis. In her paternal house, she studies music together with maestro...

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  • 1916
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    La falena
    La falena

    1 1916 HD

    Thea is a sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a...

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  • 1917
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    Satan's Rhapsody
    Satan's Rhapsody

    6.4 1917 HD

    A Faustian tale about an old woman who makes a pact with Mephisto to regain her youth, but in return she must stay away from love. After making the...

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  • 1917
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    Malombra
    Malombra

    5.1 1917 HD

    Marina di Malombra (Borelli) lives in a castle prior to her wedding. She begins to read letters written by an ancestor called Cecilia. She finds out...

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  • 1916
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    Madame Guillotine
    Madame Guillotine

    5 1916 HD

    “Madame Tallien” (1916) depicts the libertine life and loves of the eponymous decadent aristocrat, an important activist who was ahead of...

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  • 1913
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    Love Everlasting
    Love Everlasting

    5.8 1913 HD

    Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise...

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  • 1991
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    Lyrical Nitrate
    Lyrical Nitrate

    7 1991 HD

    Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film...

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  • 1918
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    The Legend of Saint Barbara
    The Legend of Saint Barbara

    1 1918 HD

    Short film in which Barbara's father is killed in a raid of the Vandals. When Barbara and the other women are threatened, she throws a box with...

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  • 1953
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    The Suitcase of Dreams
    The Suitcase of Dreams

    6.7 1953 HD

    In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The...

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  • 1918
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    Carnevalesca
    Carnevalesca

    5.8 1918 HD

    Carnevalesca with the beautiful Lydia Borelli is divided in to 4 parts, the white carnival, the innocent and pure childhood, the blue carnival love &...

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  • 1999
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    Diva Dolorosa
    Diva Dolorosa

    6.5 1999 HD

    In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit...

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  • 1915
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    Flower of Evil
    Flower of Evil

    4.167 1915 HD

    Lyda is a prostitute with no education and no hope for the future. Unfortunately, this ungrateful job leads her to have an unwanted pregnancy, and...

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  • 1914
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    The Naked Truth
    The Naked Truth

    6 1914 HD

    The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very...

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  • 1918
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    Una Notte a Calcutta
    Una Notte a Calcutta

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1991
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    Fashion in Movement
    Fashion in Movement

    1 1991 HD

    Compilation film with film fragments from 1910 to 1930 about fashion, clothing, movement and pose. Part one highlights leisurely strolling, followed...

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