Divine Comedy | Media Adaptations
The Divine Comedy, or parts of it, has inspired a number of films: Giuseppe de Liguoro directed a silent feature in 1912, called Dante's Inferno; in 1924, Henry Otto directed another silent version with the same title. In 1935 Harry Lachman directed Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Rita Hayworth, Yakima Cannutt and Dorothy Dix in a film called Dante's Inferno, about a carnival concession that shows scenes from Dante's poem. Peter Greenaway produced TV Dante: The Inferno Cantos...
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