The Plague in Florence (German: Pest in Florenz)[a] is a 1919 German silent historical film directed by Otto Rippert. The screenplay was written by Fritz Lang. It stars Marga von Kierska, Theodor Becker, Karl Bernhard and Julietta Brandt.
The film is a tragic romance set in Florence in 1348, just before the first outbreaks in Italy of the Black Death, which then spread out across the entire continent.
Lang's screenplay was based on the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Masque of the Red Death", but he heightened the story's sexual tension by making the plague the result of the actions of a young seductress.
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1. The Arrival of Julia — The Spark of Disorder
Julia, a wealthy courtesan of extraordinary beauty, enters Florence. Her presence immediately unsettles the city’s moral authorities. A cardinal fears her influence and orders an inquiry into her beliefs. Meanwhile, both Cesare, Florence’s ruler, and Lorenzo, his son, fall violently in love with her. This triangle is the seed of the city’s unraveling.
2. The Rivalry — Father and Son Consumed
Lorenzo and Julia begin a passionate relationship built on shared ideals of pleasure and freedom. Cesare, unable to possess her, conspires with the Church to seize her. Julia becomes a symbol of forbidden desire, and Florence’s political order fractures as father and son drift toward inevitable violence.
3. The Kidnapping — The City Turns Against Itself
Cesare kidnaps Julia with clerical support, intending to “purify” the city by torturing her. Lorenzo, adored by the townspeople who see Julia as a liberating force, leads a mob to storm the palace. In the chaos, Lorenzo kills his own father, an act that marks the moral point of no return for Florence.
4. The Triumph of Lust — Florence Abandons Restraint
With Cesare dead, Lorenzo and Julia preside over a city that descends into ecstatic excess. Churches become dens of erotic revelry; civic order dissolves. The film frames this not as liberation but as a spiritual vacuum — Florence becomes a playground of appetite with no moral center.
5. Medardus Appears — The Warning No One Hears
Medardus, a hermit and religious zealot, arrives to condemn the city’s decadence. His warnings are ignored, but Julia is disturbed by his words. Pregnant and increasingly disillusioned with Lorenzo, she seeks Medardus in his cave. He tries to convert her, but her presence overwhelms him; he nearly kisses her, then recoils in horror at his own weakness.
6. The Collapse — Murder, Betrayal, and Moral Rot
Medardus destroys his wooden cross in despair and returns to Florence. He finds Lorenzo attempting to force himself on Julia. A fight erupts; Medardus kills Lorenzo. Julia, now bound to Medardus, becomes the center of a new, darker union. The city’s buildings — once symbols of Renaissance beauty — are transformed into grotesque spaces of vice.
7. Death Arrives — The Plague as Judgment
As Florence reaches peak corruption, Death itself enters the city, unleashing the plague. The film, drawing from Poe’
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Madame Bovary is a 1949 American romantic drama directed by Vincente Minnelli from a screenplay by Robert Ardrey based on the Flaubert 1857 classic novel. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa.
It stars Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin (billed as Christopher Kent), Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby and Gladys Cooper.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration in 1950 for Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle.
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The story is about a frivolous and adulterous wife which presented censorship issues with the Motion Picture Production Code. A plot device which structured the story around author Flaubert's obscenity trial was developed to placate the censors. One famous sequence of the film is an elaborately choreographed ball sequence set to composer Miklós Rózsa's film score.
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MADAME BOVARY (1949) dir. Vincente Minnelli
"Morbus" (1983) is a Spanish zombie horror film directed by Ignasi P. Ferre.
A scientist has discovered a formula that brings the dead back to life. Meanwhile, a prostitute, who dreams of writing a book in a brothel, meets a true writer with whom she falls in love. A satanic sect will cross into their lives.
A music video for "House Tour" was released on April 6, 2026. Co-directed by Carpenter and Margaret Qualley and shot in VistaVision, it depicts a trio of thieves played by Carpenter, Qualley, and Madelyn Cline who break into a mansion and loot its contents. It drew comparisons to the lesbian crime thriller Drive-Away Dolls, which also starred Qualley.
"House Tour" is a song by the American singer Sabrina Carpenter and the fourth single from her seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend (2025). It was written by Carpenter alongside Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, and John Ryan, and was produced by Carpenter, Antonoff, and Ryan. A bubblegum pop, dance-pop, power pop and synth-pop song, "House Tour" features elements of post-disco and 1980s music.
"House Tour" sees Carpenter using various innuendos about bringing a date back to her house. It received comparisons to Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. Carpenter added the song to the setlist of her fifth concert tour, Short n' Sweet Tour (2024–2025). It received positive reviews from music critics.
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A music video for "House Tour" was released on April 6, 2026. Co-directed by Carpenter and Margaret Qualley and shot in VistaVision, it depicts a trio of thieves played by Carpenter, Qualley, and Madelyn Cline who break into a mansion and loot its contents. It drew comparisons to the lesbian crime thriller Drive-Away Dolls, which also starred Qualley.
"House Tour" is a song by the American singer Sabrina Carpenter and the fourth single from her seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend (2025). It was written by Carpenter alongside Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, and John Ryan, and was produced by Carpenter, Antonoff, and Ryan. A bubblegum pop, dance-pop, power pop and synth-pop song, "House Tour" features elements of post-disco and 1980s music.
"House Tour" sees Carpenter using various innuendos about bringing a date back to her house. It received comparisons to Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. Carpenter added the song to the setlist of her fifth concert tour, Short n' Sweet Tour (2024–2025). It received positive reviews from music critics.
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MARGARET QUALLEY in HOUSE TOUR (2026) dir. Sabrina Carpenter and Margaret Qualley SOURCE
"Morbus" (1983) is a Spanish zombie horror film directed by Ignasi P. Ferre.
A scientist has discovered a formula that brings the dead back to life. Meanwhile, a prostitute, who dreams of writing a book in a brothel, meets a true writer with whom she falls in love. A satanic sect will cross into their lives.
A music video for "House Tour" was released on April 6, 2026. Co-directed by Carpenter and Margaret Qualley and shot in VistaVision, it depicts a trio of thieves played by Carpenter, Qualley, and Madelyn Cline who break into a mansion and loot its contents. It drew comparisons to the lesbian crime thriller Drive-Away Dolls, which also starred Qualley.
"House Tour" is a song by the American singer Sabrina Carpenter and the fourth single from her seventh studio album, Man's Best Friend (2025). It was written by Carpenter alongside Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff, and John Ryan, and was produced by Carpenter, Antonoff, and Ryan. A bubblegum pop, dance-pop, power pop and synth-pop song, "House Tour" features elements of post-disco and 1980s music.
"House Tour" sees Carpenter using various innuendos about bringing a date back to her house. It received comparisons to Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. Carpenter added the song to the setlist of her fifth concert tour, Short n' Sweet Tour (2024–2025). It received positive reviews from music critics.
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MARGARET QUALLEY in HOUSE TOUR (2026) dir. Sabrina Carpenter and Margaret Qualley SOURCE
Do you know what's worse than a zombie trying to eat you? One that was once your family member! Nicholas Payne Santos and his crew really bring professional quality to this horror short, especially when it comes to the cinematography and practical effects.
Way Down East" is a 1920 silent melodrama directed by D.W. Griffith, featuring Lillian Gish, and is notable for its dramatic storytelling and innovative cinematic techniques. (AI COPILOT)
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
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The callous rich, portrayed by Lennox, think only of their own pleasure. Anna is but a poor country girl whom Lennox tricks into a fake wedd
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