Apr 09, 1993
110 min
Full-HD

Magnificat (1993)

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.

Category

Drama History

Country

Italy

Companies

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

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

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