Villa Falconieri (film)

{{short description|1928 silent film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Villa Falconieri

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| director = Richard Oswald

| producer = {{ubl|Richard Oswald|Stefano Pittaluga}}

| based_on = Villa Falconieri by Richard Voss

| writer = {{ubl|Alfred Halm}}

| starring = {{ubl|Maria Jacobini|Hans Stüwe|Eve Gray|Clifford McLaglen}}

| music =

| cinematography = Giovanni Vitrotti

| editing =

| studio = {{ubl|Richard-Oswald-Produktion|Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga}}

| distributor = Messtro-Film (Germany)

| released = {{Film date|1928|09|20|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = {{ubl|Germany|Italy}}

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German/Italian intertitles}}

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Villa Falconieri is a 1928 German-Italian silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Maria Jacobini, Hans Stüwe, and Eve Gray. It was based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Richard Voss.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/56703 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603233734/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/56703 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2009 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | VILLA FALCONIERI (1928) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=16 April 2009 |access-date=8 January 2013}}

The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and the Fert Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at the real Villa Falconieri outside Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter. It premiered at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin on 20 September 1928, with the first Italian release taking place in March 1929.