---
name: "Francesca Bertini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francesca-bertini"
fi1m_id: "francesca-bertini"
imdb_id: "nm0078116"
tmdb_id: 34035
wikidata_id: "Q434941"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 April 1892"
died: "13 October 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:11:36.112279+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Francesca Bertini

## Identity

Francesca Bertini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francesca-bertini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francesca-bertini
- **IMDb ID:** nm0078116
- **TMDB ID:** 34035
- **Wikidata ID:** Q434941
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Bertini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34035

Actor. Born 10 April 1892 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Died 13 October 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 April 1892, Prato, Tuscany, Italy
- **Died:** 13 October 1985
- **Also known as:** Elena Seracini Vitiello
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Bertini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34035

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*1900*](https://film.one/film/1900.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Francesca Bertini, also credited as Elena Seracini Vitiello, was an Italian actress. She began her career on the stage in Naples before making her film debut in the late 1900s. She appeared in numerous silent films, including *Assunta Spina* (1915) and *La Tosca* (1918).

Bertini married the Swiss banker Paul Cartier in 1921 and largely retired from acting, though she made occasional later appearances. Her final film role was as Sister Desolata in Bernardo Bertolucci's *1900* (1976). She died in Rome on 13 October 1985.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *1900* (1976), Fi1m 70, as Sister Desolata — [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bellissime* (2004), as (archive footage)
- *Diva Dolorosa* (1999), Actor
- *The Last Diva* (1982), Actor
- *1900* (1976), as Sister Desolata — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)
- *Una ragazza di Praga* (1971), as Gabriela
- *A sud niente di nuovo* (1956), Actor
- *The Suitcase of Dreams* (1953), Actor
- *Dora la espía* (1950), as La principessa
- *Odette* (1935), as Odette
- *La Femme d'une nuit* (1930), as Princess Hélène of Lystrie
- *You Belong to Me* (1929), as Gisele
- *La Possession* (1929), as Jessie Cordier
- *Odette* (1928), as Odette
- *Consuelita* (1925), as Consuelita
- *La Ferita* (1923), Actor
- *La donna nuda* (1922), as Lolette
- *Maddalena Ferat* (1921), as Maddalena Ferat
- *The Poison Mood* (1920), as Nayda · Producer
- *La contessa Sara* (1919), Actor
- *The Cheerful Soul* (1919), Actor
- *La lussuria* (1919), Actor
- *Beatrice* (1919), Actor
- *L'accidia* (1919), Actor
- *L'invidia* (1919), Actor
- *L'avarizia* (1918), as Maria Lorini
- *Mariute* (1918), as Producer
- *Tosca* (1918), Actor
- *Gluttony* (1918), as Comtessa Frescalinda Ciufettino
- *L'ira* (1918), as Producer
- *L'orgoglio* (1918), Actor
- *The Clemenceau Affair* (1917), as Iza
- *Malìa* (1917), as Liliana di Sant’Elmo
- *Odette* (1916), Actor
- *Fedora* (1916), as Fedora · Producer
- *The Lady of the Camellias* (1915), as Margherita Gauthier
- *Diana, the Enchantress* (1915), as Diana
- *Assunta Spina* (1915), as Assunta Spina · Director, Writer
- *Ivonne, la bella danzatrice* (1915), as Ivonne/Edith
- *Nelly the Fast Girl* (1915), Actor
- *Blue Blood* (1914), Actor
- *Cabiria* (1914), Actor
- *The Masked Amazon* (1914), as Franca
- *Pierrot the Prodigal* (1914), as Pierrot
- *La terra promessa* (1913), Actor
- *Venomous Tongues* (1913), Actor
- *Shattered Idol* (1913), as La pastorelle Francesca
- *The Charm of Violence* (1912), Actor
- *Romeo e Giulietta* (1912), as Giulietta
- *Beatrice d'Este* (1912), as Beatrice d' Este
- *Woman's Logic* (1912), Actor
- *The Merchant of Venice* (1911), as Jessica
- *Tristano e Isolda* (1911), as Isolda
- *King Lear* (1910), as Cordelia
- *Salomé* (1910), as La schiava
- *Il Trovatore* (1910), as Eleonora

## Gallery

- ![Francesca Bertini (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-4a95c413b468.jpg) Francesca Bertini (1925) — 報知新聞社出版部 編, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Francesca_Bertini_1925.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Francesca Bertini](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-7d9f4113eeb6.png) Francesca Bertini — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Francesca_bertini%2C_1915%2C_assunta_spina.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![photographie de Francesca Bertini parue dans Comœdia illustré, 1919](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-3ee606b1755a.jpg) photographie de Francesca Bertini parue dans Comœdia illustré, 1919 — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Francesca_Bertini.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Francesca Bertini interprete di L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (B. Negroni, 1913 - 1914) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-eed3e2730626.jpg) Francesca Bertini interprete di L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (B. Negroni, 1913 - 1914) (2015) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Histoirepierrot_bertini.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Francesca Bertini](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-5688b971d8cf.jpg) Francesca Bertini — Image via TMDB
- ![Inquadratura con Amedeo Ciaffi e Francesca Bertini da "L'Histoire d'un Pierrot", film muto 1914 (B. Negroni) (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-1bb22f05943a.jpg) Inquadratura con Amedeo Ciaffi e Francesca Bertini da "L'Histoire d'un Pierrot", film muto 1914 (B. Negroni) (2015) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Histoirepierrot_ghione%2Bbertini.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Francesca Bertini and Gustavo Serena in the movie Diana l’affascinatrice (1915)](https://film.one/media/person/3920535/gallery-1f02d25f7d50.png) Francesca Bertini and Gustavo Serena in the movie Diana l’affascinatrice (1915) — Director Gustavo Serena, production company Caesar Film, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Francesca_Bertini_Gustavo_Serena_Diana_l%E2%80%99affascinatrice.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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