Il Focolare domestico

Director: Nino Oxilia | Production Country: Italy | Year: 1914 | Production Company: Savoia Film | FLM21760 | Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam) - www.eyefilm.nl
Drama about a young man who blinded by love ends up so deep in debt that he loses everything.
Charles Silvestri is in love with Granata and neglects his studies. Because Granata is demanding and requires expensive jewelry, Charles accumulates debts. He doesnt only ask his parents for more money but also gets a loan from a loan shark. The contract he signs with his father's name, ruining him. The father has to sell everything and breaks off all contacts with his son.
It is only at this point that Charles leaves Granata and starts looking for a job. Granata then finds the letter from Charles' father and learns the truth. She manages to persuade the loan shark to give the Silvestri family home to her. When she gets her hands on the the deed of ownership she is about to return it to the Silvestri's when she is shot by the loan shark. While he is caught, Granata dies in the arms of Charles.
Cast: Piera De Ferrari, Maria Jacobini, Dillo Lombardi, Alberto Nepoti, Giovanni Spano.
This film is from the Jean Desmet Collection at EYE.
Jean Desmet (1875-1956) was one of the leading cinema operators and film distributors in the Netherlands from 1907 - 1916. The Jean Desmet Collection at EYE has more than 900 films, and is included UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.
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