Magnificat (1993)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 0.709 |
Directed By
Pupi Avati
Crew
Pupi Avati
Pupi Avati
Pupi Avati
Giuseppe Pirrotta
Sissi Parravicini
Raffaele De Luca
Riz Ortolani
Cesare Bastelli
Amedeo Salfa
Antonio Avati
Giovanni Ragone
TOP CAST
Luigi Diberti
Lord of Malfole
Arnaldo Ninchi
Folco
Massimo Bellinzoni
Baino
Dalia Zagni
Rozal (as Dalia Lahav)
Lorella Morlotti
Venturina
Massimo Sarchielli
Margherita's Father
Brizio Montinaro
Lord of Campodose
Marcello Cesena
Agateo
Consuelo Ferrara
Abbess
Nando Gazzolo
Narrator (voice)
Eleonora Alessandrelli
Margherita
Diana Anselmo
Anna
Consuelo Ciatti
(as Consuelo Cialdi)
Vincenzo Crocitti
Agnello
Ludovico Della Jojo
(as Ludovico Dello Ioio)
Mimmo Mignemi
Oratore
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