The Fable of Psyche
(La Fable de Psyché)

Production Company: Pathé
Cast: Stacia Napierkowska
1909 | France | Tinted | 6min | 35mm | Silent with French Intertitles & English Interpretation

By 1909, the allure of certain actresses had gained such appeal that the idea of movie goddesses began to take shape. La Fable de Psyché features Stacia Napierkowska, one of cinema’s earliest divas, having achieved stardom in 1908. The film is a condensed telling of the Greek myth, with Napierkowska playing the beautiful mortal in the title, with elaborate compositions and sumptuous stencil coloring.

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