Gloria Mundi

Apr 7, 1976

2h 10m

★ 4.5

He Dreamed to Make the Ultimate Movie

Overview

An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gaia Productions

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Cast

Galai

Olga Karlatos

Raftal

Roland Bertin

Gilles

Philippe Adrien

Naki

Mehmet Ulusoy

Sainof

Armand Abplanalp

Marsanne

Christiane Tissot

Biseau

Jean-Louis Broust

Antoinette Moya

Jean Rougeul

Annick Fougery

Anna Douking

Jacques Ebner

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