6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Romola (1924)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.3
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on individual moral choices, the consequences of deceit, and a critique of both religious fanaticism and amoral pragmatism positions it as largely apolitical, emphasizing universal human values over specific ideological agendas.
This 1924 historical drama, set in Renaissance Italy, features traditional casting consistent with its era and setting, without intentional diversity-driven recasting. Its narrative focuses on the period's dramatic elements and does not incorporate explicit critiques of traditional identities or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays 15th-century Florentine Christianity with significant depth and nuance, exploring both the genuine piety and moral struggles of its adherents, as well as the dangers of religious fanaticism and institutional corruption through figures like Savonarola. While critiquing the excesses of zealotry, the narrative avoids a blanket condemnation, instead focusing on the complex interplay of faith, morality, and human nature within the period.
The film 'Romola' (1924) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on heterosexual relationships and historical events in 15th-century Florence, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1924 film "Romola" adapts George Eliot's novel. A review of the main characters and their portrayals in the film indicates that all significant roles maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No instances of a character canonically one gender being portrayed as another were found.
The 1924 film "Romola" adapts George Eliot's novel set in 15th-century Florence. The characters, canonically Italian and thus white, are portrayed by white actors, aligning with their established racial background. No instances of a character's race being changed from the source material are present.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.1
6.6
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