Italian theater star Eleonora Duse gets an adulatory later-life biopic that neglects to make the case to the uninitiated for why she merits the adulation. Now, there may be many reasons, none of them ...

Painting an attractively-composed picture of Italian theater legend Eleanora Duse (1858-1924), festival favorite Pietro Marcello has for his latest feature swapped an underdog striving to achieve - as ...

She Has Played the Greatest Romances of Art and Life Announcement was made that Duse is coming to America. Eleanora Duse, Italian actress, is generally conceded a solitary niche of honor at the ...

Stage acting is the most ephemeral of the classical performing arts. While music can play on forever under the baton of a fresh conductor and dance can be handed down via choreographic records from ...

EXCLUSIVE: Italian director Pietro Marcello’s biopic Duse about iconic stage actress Eleonora Duse – the Italian Sarah Bernhardt rival who captivated playwrights such as Anton Chekhov, Luigi ...

Below, Bruni Tedeschi and Marcello speak to Variety about why Duse’s free spirit and non-conventional feminism, coupled with her talent, are so relevant today. Pietro, simply put: what drew you to ...

Venice: The "Martin Eden" director returns for a heavily fictionalized portrait of an actress whose life story leaves much to the imagination. It should be noted that Eleanora Duse is a historical ...

Pietro Marcello imagines the twilight years of legendary Italian stage actress Eleanora Duse in the period between World War I and the rise of fascism. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Director ...