La Tosca (1909 movie)

La Tosca
Directed byAndré Calmettes
Charles le Bargy
Written byAndré Calmettes
Based onThe 1887 play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
Release dates
  • March 15, 1909 (1909-03-15) (Paris, Cinéma Omnia Pathé)
  • June 9, 1909 (1909-06-09) (US)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

La Tosca is a 1909 French silent movie directed by André Calmettes and Charles le Bargy[1][2] and stars Cécile Sorel, René Alexandre, and Charles le Bargy.

Actors

  • Cécile Sorel: Floria Tosca, a famous opera singer
  • René Alexandre: Mario Cavaradossi, a painter and supporter Bonapartist her young lover
  • Charles le Bargy: the Baron Scarpia, the ruthless police chief of Rome
  • Charles Mosnier: Cesare Angelotti, the leader of the opposition arrested by Scarpia

References

  1. La Tosca
  2. Alan Goble. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film

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