This Contessa Sara – though a splendid work in itself – does not faithfully mirror great French writer Giorgio Ohnet’s novel of the same name, from which the film was adapted by Ezio Berti. We cannot deny that the novel, dense with strong dramatic situations, keen psychology, vehement passions, and souls in tumult, presents marked difficulties for an exact cinematic expression. However, with a more profound study of the various characters and more precise reproduction of the details, the film could have come closer to the masterpiece by the outstanding author. Francesca Bertini, the darling of every viewer, is full of energy and passion as “Contessa Sara”; thanks to numerous other excellent performances, her interpretative art is well established and can no longer be questioned.

Carlo Fischer, in “La Cine-Fono”, Napoli, n. 420, 1920