The Bad Poet

The Bad Poet

2021•1h 46m•6.0/10

HistoryDrama

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6.0/10(143)

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.

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Production

Ascent Film, Bathysphere Productions, MiC, RAI Cinema

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Francesco Patanè

Francesco Patanè

Giovanni Comini

Tommaso Ragno

Tommaso Ragno

Giancarlo Maroni

Clotilde Courau

Clotilde Courau

Amélie Mazoyer

Fausto Russo Alesi

Fausto Russo Alesi

Achille Starace

Massimiliano Rossi

Massimiliano Rossi

Commissario Rizzo

Elena Bucci

Luisa Baccara

Lidiya Liberman

Lidiya Liberman

Lina

Janina Rudenska

Janina Rudenska

Emy Heufler

Lino Musella

Lino Musella

Carletto

Paolo Graziosi

Paolo Graziosi

Giovanni's father

Antonio Piovanelli

Antonio Piovanelli

General Noseda

Marcello Romolo

Marcello Romolo

Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli

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