Movie: The Bad Poet

Top 10 Billed 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
Elena Bucci

Luisa Baccara

Lidiya Liberman
Lidiya Liberman

Lina

Janina Rudenska
Janina Rudenska

Emy Heufler

Lino Musella
Lino Musella

Carletto

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    Il cattivo poeta

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2021-05-20

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

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    Italiano
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