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Based on Théophile Gautier's novel of the same name, the film tells of the tragic love affair of Ottavio de Saville. He falls madly in love with Madame Prascovie Labinska, a woman very faithful to her husband, the Polish count Olaf Labinski. Alarmed by the growing physical and mental weariness of the desperate young man, his relatives and friends decide to turn to Doctor Balthazar, who has just returned from a trip to the Indies where he was initiated into the secrets of Brahman.

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5.0 1916
Patrician and the Slave

Numidian queen Afra is sold as a slave to the Roman patrician, Marcella, and is compelled to the care of little Lucina, the daughter of the noblewoman. One day a party of Numidian's tribe, happening along, recognize her and rescue Afra, who kidnaps little Lucina in revenge. A band of Roman warriors pursue the kidnappers, whose vessel has sunk in a storm. Lady Marcella makes an offering at the shrine of the Goddess of the Sea, and in a visitation sees her little child with the Naiads, handmaidens of the sea goddess. She sets out with her retinue for the spot indicated, and is rewarded by the assistance of the sea nymphs, who restore Lucina to her mother.

Patrician and the Slave

0.0 1909
The Butterflies

In a Japanese garden, gather maidens with nets to catch butterflies, all in the joy of life and budding maidenhood; fresh Irish sweetness of blithe Spring; the light fantastic toe "tripping" the limpid music arranged for this unique piece of art in a large cage a pretty colored butterfly is brought in, to delight the winsome maidens, who execute a pretty umbrella dance ere the poor butterflies are forced to entertain the merry group. Scenes are passed and the pretty butterfly is imprisoned again in the cage.

The Butterflies

6.0 1908