Dante's Inferno

Dec 22, 1967

1h 27m

★ 6.9

Overview

The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his art.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Oliver Reed

Elizabeth Siddal

Judith Paris

William Morris

Andrew Faulds

Christina Rossetti

Iza Teller

Algernon Swinburne

Christopher Logue

Fanny Cornforth

Pat Ashton

Izabella Telezynska

Jane Morris

Gala Mitchell

Ruskin

Clive Goodwin

Burne-Jones

Norman Dewhurst

W. M. Rossetti

Tony Gray

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