Gloria Mundi

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Gloria Mundi

"He Dreamed to Make the Ultimate Movie"

1976

2h 10m

4.4(17 votes)

Drama

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Olga Karlatos

Galai

Roland Bertin

Raftal

Philippe Adrien

Gilles

Mehmet Ulusoy

Naki

Armand Abplanalp

Sainof

Christiane Tissot

Marsanne

Jean-Louis Broust

Biseau

Antoinette Moya

Jean Rougeul

Annick Fougery

Creative team

Directed by: Nikos Papatakis
Written by: Nikos Papatakis
Produced by: Helène Vager
Sabine Gayet

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