
Cesare Mori - Il prefetto di ferro(2012)
Two-part miniseries about the real-life "Iron Governor" who battled the Sicilian Mafia during the early decades of the 20th Century.

Movie: Cesare Mori - Il prefetto di ferro
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Michele Morelli

Cesare Mori - Il prefetto di ferro
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Two-part miniseries about the real-life "Iron Governor" who battled the Sicilian Mafia during the early decades of the 20th Century.
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2012-09-16
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