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Retribution is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Armand Lionello, who ran a Brisbane acting school. The film was shot in Brisbane and is considered a lost film.

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“Retribution—ah, my friend, retribution is the sweetest of all sweet dark dreams.”
— Stephen R. Donaldson, The Power That Preserves (1977), Chapter
“Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.”
— Eric Hoffer, "Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely'", The New York Times Magazine (April 25, 1971), p. 57.
“The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.”
— Euripides, Bacchæ, 382.
“The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.”
— Euripides, Ion, I. 1615.
“Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.”
— But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow.
“Lento quidem gradu ad vindictam divina procedit ira, sed tarditatem supplicii gravitate compensat.”
— The divine wrath is slow indeed in vengeance, but it makes up for its tardiness by the severity of the punishment.

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Retribution is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Armand Lionello, who ran a Brisbane acting school. The film was shot in Brisbane and is considered a lost film. Plot A female detective tries to bust a crime ring operating in the city and in the sapphire mines of Anakie. The gang kill old man "Dawn", the sapphire king, and steal his gems. The detective's sister, a young nurse, is accused of the crime and imprisoned. The detective tries to clear her sister's name. There are two romantic subplots. Cast Thorene Adair as Arabelle Redmond Thora Galli Production It was the first entirely locally made Brisbane film. Local buildings featured heavily, including Boggo Road Gaol. It was shot over three months, in between June and August 1921.

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