The Plague of Florence
The Plague in Florence (German: Die Pest in Florenz) is a 1919 German silent historical film directed by Otto Rippert for Eric Pommer's Deutsche Eclair (Decla) production company.
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 appear in the form of a beautiful seductress.
Otto Rippert
Otto Rippert (22 October 1869 – 15 January 1940) was a German film director during the silent film era.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Giovanni Battista Mainero
Giovanni Battista Mainero( c. 1600–1657) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa.
He was the pupil of the painter Luciano Borzone.
He died during the plague of 1657.
Mark Burdis
Mark Burdis( born 2 March 1968) is an English actor who started his career at the age of six in 1974 in the" Plague of London"( LWT).
He currently works as a boxing ring announcer, and is a co-owner of Roma Security Ltd.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Charles Jalabert
Charles François Jalabert( 1819–1901) was a French painter in the academic style.
He rapidly gained renown as an artist among Parisian high society in the second half of the 19th century and attended the salon of Madame Sabatier.
Some of his works are now in the Musée des Beaux- Arts de Nîmes.
Jalabert was born in Nîmes.
One of his most famous works was the oil on canvas painting called" The Plague of Thebes".
The painting referred to the Athenian tragedy' Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.
Thebes is ravaged by plague as a result of the corruption in the place and the murderer of Laius, the former king of the city.
The attempts of Oedipus, the incumbent ruler, to allay the plague bring him only to the realization that he is the cause of the plague.
His murdering his own father and marrying his mother, he comes to see, is what brought the curse to Thebes.
The Plague of Thebes, and other famous works of Jalabert's, like Oedipus and Antigone, are now on display at the Musée des Beaux- Arts de Nîmes.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.

Question: When did the director of film The Plague Of Florence die?
Answer: 15 January 1940