Movie: Breath of Life

Top 10 Billed Cast

Franco Nero
Franco Nero

Angelo

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere

Marta

Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey

Gran Magno

Remo Girone
Remo Girone

Sebastiano

Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave

Suor Crocifissa

Egidio Termine
Egidio Termine

Luigi

Salvatore Cascio
Salvatore Cascio

Adelmo

Dalila Di Lazzaro
Dalila Di Lazzaro

Teresa

Gianluca Favilla
Gianluca Favilla

Padre Vittorio

Ferdinando Murolo
Ferdinando Murolo

Colonnello

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    Set in Italy in 1946 just after World War 2, the film explores the lives and emotions of a group of patients who are terminally ill and confined to an isolated sanatorium.

  • Release Date

    1990-10-11

  • Average

    10

  • Rating:

    5.0 starts
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    EnglishItaliano
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