The Eternal City

The Eternal City

80 mins | Drama | April 12, 1915

Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to be brought up by nuns, then enters a monastery. David is brought to London and is raised to be a beggar and thief until he is rescued by Dr. Roselli, an Italian political refugee, who raises David with his daughter Donna Roma. Years later David gets heavily involved in Italian politics and incurs the enmity of the corrupt Italian Prime Minister, which leads him to discover the hidden secrets of his family's past--and present.

The Eternal City

80 mins | Drama | April 12, 1915

The Eternal City
Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to be brought up by nuns, then enters a monastery. David is brought to London and is raised to be a beggar and thief until he is rescued by Dr. Roselli, an Italian political refugee, who raises David with his daughter Donna Roma. Years later David gets heavily involved in Italian politics and incurs the enmity of the corrupt Italian Prime Minister, which leads him to discover the hidden secrets of his family's past--and present.
Producers Famous Players Film Company
Original title The Eternal City
Directors Hugh Ford, Edwin S. Porter
Writers Hall Caine

Cast

Pauline Frederick

as Donna Roma

Thomas Holding

as David Rossi - aka David Leone

Kittens Reichert

as Little Roma

Arthur Oppenheim

as Little David

George Stillwell

as Leone

Della Bella

as Leone's Wife

Frank Losee

as Baron Bonelli