Magnificat

Apr 9, 1993

1h 50m

★ 6.3

Overview

During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Union P.N.

Duea Film

Penta Film

Istituto Luce Cinecittà

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Cast

Lord of Malfole

Luigi Diberti

Folco

Arnaldo Ninchi

Baino

Massimo Bellinzoni

Rozal (as Dalia Lahav)

Dalia Zagni

Venturina

Lorella Morlotti

Margherita's Father

Massimo Sarchielli

Lord of Campodose

Brizio Montinaro

Agateo

Marcello Cesena

Abbess

Consuelo Ferrara

Narrator (voice)

Nando Gazzolo

Eugenia Abbati

Miriam Abutori

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