Movie: Magnificat

Top 10 Billed Cast

Luigi Diberti
Luigi Diberti

Lord of Malfole

Arnaldo Ninchi
Arnaldo Ninchi

Folco

Massimo Bellinzoni
Massimo Bellinzoni

Baino

Dalia Zagni
Dalia Zagni

Rozal (as Dalia Lahav)

Lorella Morlotti
Lorella Morlotti

Venturina

Massimo Sarchielli
Massimo Sarchielli

Margherita's Father

Brizio Montinaro
Brizio Montinaro

Lord of Campodose

Marcello Cesena
Marcello Cesena

Agateo

Consuelo Ferrara
Consuelo Ferrara

Abbess

Nando Gazzolo
Nando Gazzolo

Narrator (voice)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1993-04-09

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    Italiano
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