Magnificat

Magnificat

1993•1h 50m•6.1/10

DramaHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(13)

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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Production

Union P.N., Duea Film, Penta Film, Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Luigi Diberti

Luigi Diberti

Lord of Malfole

Arnaldo Ninchi

Arnaldo Ninchi

Folco

Massimo Bellinzoni

Massimo Bellinzoni

Baino

Dalia Zagni

Dalia Zagni

Rozal (as Dalia Lahav)

Lorella Morlotti

Lorella Morlotti

Venturina

Massimo Sarchielli

Massimo Sarchielli

Margherita's Father

Brizio Montinaro

Brizio Montinaro

Lord of Campodose

Marcello Cesena

Marcello Cesena

Agateo

Consuelo Ferrara

Consuelo Ferrara

Abbess

Nando Gazzolo

Nando Gazzolo

Narrator (voice)

Eugenia Abbati

Miriam Abutori

Eleonora Alessandrelli

Margherita

Ilaria Amaldi

Diana Anselmo

Diana Anselmo

Anna

Santo Bellina

Santo Bellina

Salvatore Billa

Salvatore Billa

Flavio Bisone

Michelangelo Brancato

Laura Brotzu

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