The Earth's Most Beloved Son(1993)
The verdict constitutes a brutal end to all his projects and ideals.
The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
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Victor Petrini
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The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
Release Date
1993-03-20
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The verdict constitutes a brutal end to all his projects and ideals.
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