Storyline
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Cast & Crew
Lillian Gish
Romola
Lead
Dorothy Gish
Tessa
William Powell
Tito Melema
Ronald Colman
Carlo Bucellini
Charles Lane
Baldassar Calvo
HG
Herbert Grimwood
Savonarola
BI
Bonaventura Ibáñez
Bardo Bardi
Frank Puglia
Adolfo Spini
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry King's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Romola is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
