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S.: Pio Vanzi. F.: Giovanni Tomatis. In.: Matilde Di Marzio, Tullio Carminati, Alfonso Cassini. P.: Tiber-film, Roma. 35mm. L.o.: 1323 m. L.: 1100m.ca. D: 56‘ a 16 f/s.
Yet another actress who became more beautiful when she gained weight: Tilde Di Marzio. Do you remember her, oh readers, just one or two years ago? She was willowy. Well, go see her now in Kalida’a, and your eyes will be delighted by the shapely, white figure of a woman, worthy of the Egyptian dream that Tiber has decided to relate to us, and that we will all want to return to in our most beloved and fantastic dreams. (…) Tiber’s film is at least the fifth or sixth resurrection of Egyptian mummies, but this time the resurrection occurs in a dream, and that fact is revealed with grace, clarity and marvelous photography in superbly chosen locations. Few but good actors, and I repeat, there’s Tilde Di Marzio, she too resuscitated and reincarnated, just like Kalida’a, and that alone is enough to make Tiber’s latest product worth going to see.
Tito Alacci, in Film, 23 aprile, 1918
The present version has been restored in July 2000 from a original positive print, tinted and toned, preserved by Cinemateca Brasileira. The portoguse intertitles have been translated into Italian. The original colours have been reproduced with the Desmet method.
