Dante's Inferno 1911 film

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    dropoffyourkeylee

    I just watched a 1911 silent film of Dante's Inferno, with recently (2016) added soundtrack.

    The film was produced in Italy, but the captions in this copy are in English.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRUkyHvsvfg

    Rather disturbing, to say the least.

    Curiously, very little of Dante's depiction of hell is hot hellfire. In fact in the closing scene, it is a pit of ice. I'm not sure where Dante got that; I don't think it is Catholic doctrine.

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