Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black

Story

Synopsis

1926: While on tour promoting his latest movie "Son Of The Sheik", Rudolph Valentino, the Hollywood silent screen icon, suffers a sudden collapse and is hospitalized at the New York Polyclinic Hospital. After an emergency surgery, Valentino loses his grip on reality and, while hallucinating, reexperiences his life in Hollywood from - as a silent film shown at a movie palace, the magical portal between life and eternity, between reality and illusion. Dubbed "The Great Lover" around the world, Valentino plays dashing and virile Sheiks on the screen and drives his female audience into hysteria. However, his private life is a complete failure - the Sheik cannot satisfy even his own domineering wife. Snapping back to reality, Valentino finds himself abandoned, alone and stricken with illness. Pam, a young deaf-mute Valentino's fan, who works as a nurses' aid at the hospital, will show the God of Love for the first time in his life what love can truly mean.

Director

Vladislav Kozlov

Writers

Natalia Dar, Ksenia Jarova, Vladislav Kozlov

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

20 November 2023

Ensemble

Cast

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  Sherilyn Fenn

  Madame Nazimova

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  Isabella Rossellini

  Gabriella Guglielmi

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  Franco Nero

  Valentino's Spirit

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  Paul Rodríguez

  Alexander De Salm

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  Monte Markham

  Dr. Mecker

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  Terry Moore

  Lady in Black

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  Jeff DuJardin

  Paul Hearts

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  Dalton Cyr

  Rudolpho Guglielmi

• Dunham Stewart

  Young Rudolpho

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  Ksenia Jarova

  Natacha Rambova

• Teri Bocko

  Theatre Vendor Girl (uncredited)

• Stephen Nelson

  Kazimir