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La Tosca (1909 film)

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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 film directed by André Calmettes and Charles le Bargy.[1]

Cast

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  • 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

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  • "The Moving Picture World", USA, 5 June 1909
  • Henri Bousquet, "Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914 (1907-1908-1909), Edition Henri Bousquet, Paris, 1993, 256 pages, page 172, ISBN 2-9507296-1-4
  1. ^ "La Tosca (1909)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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