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Magnificat

Name: Magnificat
Director: Pupi Avati
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1993-04-09
Cast: Luigi Diberti, Arnaldo Ninchi, Massimo Bellinzoni, Dalia Zagni, Lorella Morlotti

DramaHistory

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.

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Luigi DibertiArnaldo NinchiMassimo BellinzoniDalia ZagniLorella MorlottiMassimo SarchielliBrizio MontinaroMarcello CesenaConsuelo FerraraNando GazzoloEugenia AbbatiMiriam Abutori

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Pupi Avati

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