Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
The Eternal Sin (1917)
Directed by Herbert Brenon
“How a Woman's Enemies Forced Her to Take an Awful Revenge. From the French Drama by Victor Hugo.”
Drama · 1h 00m
Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara. After Lucretia's brother is killed by five conspirators, the fathers of Gennaro's dearest friends, Lucretia tortures the old men to death. Later, Gennaro and his companions journey to Lucretia's domain, and she sees her son for the first time. The Duke, who believes him to be her lover, poisons him, but Lucretia administers the antidote in time and saves his life. Then she schemes to poison her sons' five friends for their fathers' mistake.
Cast
Florence Reed
Lucretia Borgia
William E. Shay
The Duke of Ferrara
Stephen Grattan
Lucretia's Brother
Richard Barthelmess
Gennaro
A
Alex Shannon
Rustighello
A
A.G. Parker
Maffio
M
M.J. Briggs
Astolpo
E
Edward Thorne
Jeppo
E
Elmer Patterson
Liverretto
T
Tony Merlo
Petrucci
Henry Armetta
The Jester
William Welsh
Gubetta
Crew
- Director
- Herbert Brenon
- Writer
- Victor Hugo, George Edwardes-Hall, Herbert Brenon
- Editor
- James C. McKay
Details
- Release date
- 1917-03-15
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Herbert Brenon Film Corporation, Selznick Pictures