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Un Tragique amour de Mona Lisa
(The Tragic Love of Mona Lisa)
Also known as Mona Lisa in the USA : [La Joconde], [Le Tragique amour de Mona Lisa]
(1912) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Albert Capellani

Cast: Jacques Grétillat [Leonard da Vinci], Aimée Raynal [Mona Lisa], Claude Garry [François I], Mademoiselle Barat [la belle ferronniere], Stacia Napierkowska

La Société Cinématographique d’Auteurs et Gens de Lettres [SCAGL] production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Scenario by Abel Gance. Cinematography by Pierre Trimbach. / Released 17 May 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Bardèche-History lists the release year as 1910. The film was released in the USA by Warner’s Features, Incorporated.

[?] Drama?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 June 2010.

References: Bardèche-History p. 45; Tarbox-Lost pp. 116, 141 : Website-IMDb.