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Lucrezia Borgia (1928)
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
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Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has three adult children: Juan, who is virtuous and has a sweetheart who is a woman of the people, Lucrezia, who is virtuous and wants to marry Alfonso, and Cesare, who is wicked and lusts after Lucrezia, Juan's girlfriend, and probably others. Cesare has vowed to kill any suitor for Lucrezia's love, and he has three thugs to carry out his wishes. Bodies fall into the Tiber, into the Colosseum (with lions prowling), and onto the Vatican floors.
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Written By:Richard Oswald
In Theaters:12/21/1928
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Runtime:96 minutes
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Cast
Richard Oswald
Director
Conrad Veidt
Cesare Borgia
Liane Haid
Lucrezia Borgia (Fandanga)
Albert Bassermann
Papst Alexander VI Rodrigo Borgia
Paul Wegener
Micheletto
Heinrich George
Sebastiano
Adolf E. Licho
Lodowico
William Dieterle
Giovanni Sforza, Herr von Pesaro
Lothar Müthel
Juan Borgia
Alphons Fryland
Alfonso, Prinz von Arragon
Käte Oswald
Naomi
Alexander Granach
ein Gefangener
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