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1993
1h 50m
6.1(12 votes)
Drama
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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.

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Duea Film
Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Cast & Crew

70 members
Acting

Luigi Diberti

Lord of Malfole

Luigi Diberti
Acting

Arnaldo Ninchi

Folco

Arnaldo Ninchi
Acting

Massimo Bellinzoni

Baino

Massimo Bellinzoni
Acting

Dalia Zagni

Rozal (as Dalia Lahav)

Dalia Zagni
Acting

Lorella Morlotti

Venturina

Lorella Morlotti
Acting

Massimo Sarchielli

Margherita's Father

Massimo Sarchielli
Acting

Brizio Montinaro

Lord of Campodose

Brizio Montinaro
Directing

Marcello Cesena

Agateo

Marcello Cesena
Acting

Consuelo Ferrara

Abbess

Consuelo Ferrara
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Nando Gazzolo

Narrator (voice)

Nando Gazzolo
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Eugenia Abbati

Unknown Role

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Miriam Abutori

Unknown Role

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Eleonora Alessandrelli

Margherita

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Ilaria Amaldi

Unknown Role

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Diana Anselmo

Anna

Diana Anselmo
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Santo Bellina

Unknown Role

Santo Bellina
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Salvatore Billa

Unknown Role

Salvatore Billa
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Flavio Bisone

Unknown Role

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Michelangelo Brancato

Unknown Role

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Laura Brotzu

Unknown Role

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Valentina Capone

Unknown Role

Valentina Capone
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Alfredo Caruso Belli

Unknown Role

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Massimo Cavallaro

Unknown Role

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Davide Celli

Unknown Role

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Chantal Chierici

Unknown Role

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Consuelo Ciatti

(as Consuelo Cialdi)

Consuelo Ciatti
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Marco Colacioppo

Unknown Role

Marco Colacioppo
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Paola Contini

Unknown Role

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Rodolfo Corsato

Unknown Role

Rodolfo Corsato
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Vincenzo Crocitti

Agnello

Vincenzo Crocitti
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Elisabetta Darida

Unknown Role

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Ludovico Dello Iojo

(as Ludovico Dello Ioio)

Ludovico Dello Iojo
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Mariella Di Lauro

Unknown Role

Mariella Di Lauro
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Lucio Di Lullo

Unknown Role

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Francesco Gabriele

Unknown Role

Francesco Gabriele
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Federico Gentilini

Unknown Role

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Federico Geremicca

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Gaia Graziani

Unknown Role

Gaia Graziani
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Ferdinando Gueli

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Barbara Marciano

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Bruno Marinelli

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Marina Marini

Unknown Role

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Maria Claudia Massari

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Michele Melega

Unknown Role

Michele Melega
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Mimmo Mignemi

Oratore

Mimmo Mignemi
Acting

Beatrice Morgia

Unknown Role

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Salvatore Mortellitti

Unknown Role

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Abramo Orlandini

Unknown Role

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Ignazio Pandolfo

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Claudio Parise

Unknown Role

Claudio Parise
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Giuseppe Pasculli

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Mario Patanè

Unknown Role

Mario Patanè
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Rosa Pianeta

Unknown Role

Rosa Pianeta
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Claudia Pozzi

Unknown Role

Claudia Pozzi
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Fabio Roscillo

Unknown Role

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Lucio Salis

Condannato a morte

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Cinzia Scalzi

Unknown Role

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Andrea Scorzoni

Unknown Role

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Loredana Solfizi

Unknown Role

Loredana Solfizi
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Bianca Maria Sorgi Moschini

Unknown Role

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Sofia Spada

Unknown Role

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Marzia Spanu

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Donald Tesdahl

(as Don Tesdahl)

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Marco Tomassi

Unknown Role

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Valentina Tomiselli

Unknown Role

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Luca Trinca

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Guglielmo Ucciero

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Antonio Viespoli

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Saša Vulićević

Unknown Role

Saša Vulićević
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Giuliana Zaroli

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