Directed by
Arturo Ambrosio
Febo Mari
Guion:
Grazia Deledda (novel)
Eleonora Duse
Genero: Short / Drama
Sinopsis Sardegna, alle fine dell'Ottocento. In una terra arida e sconsolata, Rosalia, poverissima ragazza madre... (more)
User Rating: 6.0/10 (19 votes)
Credited cast:
Eleonora Duse .... Rosalia Derios
Febo Mari .... Anania
Misa Mordeglia Mari .... Margherita
Ettore Casarotti .... Child
Ilda Sibiglia
Carmen Casarotti
Also Known As:
Ashes (literal English title)
Runtime: 30 min / 38 min (restored print)
Country: Italy
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
The print I saw of this film in Italian states Duse was 60 when she made it but in truth she was 56. She resembles Peggy Wood's character of Mama in the televised I REMEMBER MAMA - that is, what we can see of her face - there are no close-ups and only a few medium shots. She registers only suffering in this very spare and taut film. See the summary for the story line. There seems to be resentment in the young man that his mother gave him up and indeed that she grew old in the interim. Motivations for his character seem muddled at best. She was the rival of Sarah Bernhardt - Sarah with her grand, dramatic and romantic gesturing and Duse with her spare, tight controlled use of body and modulated voice. She is very controlled here - her movements are slow and deliberate, her expressions natural, her use of her hands and arms very expressive. It is a brief shadow but it is all the record we have of one of the great actresses of all time.
Datos tecnicos:
Cenere di Febo Mari e Arturo Ambrosio con Eleonora Duse (1916, 31') by ENCIERRO.avi
Tamaño....: 600 MB (or 615,263 KB or 630,030,120 bytes)
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Codec.....: DivX 4 (OpenDivX)
Duración..: 00:31:19 (46,967 fr)
Resolución: 656x480 (1.37:1) [~26:19]
Bitrate...: 2546 kb/s
FPS.......: 25.000
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Codec.....: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Bitrate...: 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR
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Cenere di Febo Mari e Arturo Ambrosio con Eleonora Duse (1916, 31') by ENCIERRO.avi 
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