When Polifilms is not making art films, it is pretty successful. And so it is with Ursus, which has nothing to envy from similar adventure films made in America. We are not referring to the story, which can’t have taxed its author greatly. Rather, we are talking about the incisive execution, which is as fast-paced and energetic as the genre demands, and the spectacle, which is fascinating, thanks to the presence of circus animals performing a wide variety of acts. Among the thoroughbred horses, camels and dromedaries, Ursus demands our admiration for an elephant who lacks… I was about to say the power of speech, forgetting that he is a performer in a silent film. In short, it is a film which does not require much thought, but which will attract and delight the public.

V., “La vita cinematografica”, 15 August 1918