La falena (film)

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