Summary Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to be brought up by nuns, then enters a monastery. David is brought to London and is raised to be a beggar and thief until he is rescued by Dr. Roselli, an Italian political refugee, who raises David with his daughter Donna Roma. Years later David gets heavily involved in Italian politics and incurs the enmity of the corrupt Italian Prime Minister, which leads him to discover the hidden secrets of his family's past--and present. View more details
Directed : Hugh Ford Edwin S. Porter
Written : Hall Caine
Stars : Thomas Holding Pauline Frederick Kittens Reichert Arthur Oppenheim
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 11, 1915
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : London, England, UK
Production companies : Famous Players Film Company
Summary Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to be brought up by nuns, then enters a monastery. David is brought to London and is raised to be a beggar and thief until he is rescued by Dr. Roselli, an Italian political refugee, who raises David with his daughter Donna Roma. Years later David gets heavily involved in Italian politics and incurs the enmity of the corrupt Italian Prime Minister, which leads him to discover the hidden secrets of his family's past--and present. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 11, 1915
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : London, England, UK
Production companies : Famous Players Film Company