La falena (film)
# La falena (film)

La falena is a 1916 silent Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone. The film is considered to be lost, with only a fragment surviving in the film archive of the Cineteca Italiana.

## Plot

Thea (Borelli) is a sculptor diagnosed with phthisis before she marries Filippo (Habay). After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organises a final party, inviting her estranged husband. He fails to show, as he's now married to another woman. Thea appears naked in front of her guests before she kills herself.

## Cast

* Lyda Borelli as Thea di Marlievo
* Andrea Habay as Filippo
* Francesco Cacace as Lignères
* Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto as Principessa Maria
* Nella Montagna as La madre di Thea
* Lina Dax as Allegra
* Alfonso Cassini as Il maestro di Thea
