The read
A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10.
Synopsis
After attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to travel all over Europe to heal the poor. But he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe. This cannot be tolerated by the 18th century's establishment and bought the Pope and the regal house of France try to eliminate him. So Cagliostro is locked up in a castle, while his wife is killed. But when in 1795 the door of his cell is opened there is nothing inside but a sword...
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniele PettinariScreenplay
- Daniele PettinariDirector
- Enrica BonaccortiScreenplay
- Manuel De SicaOriginal Music Composer
- Pier CarpiScreenplay
Cast
- Bekim FehmiuCount Alexander Cagliostro / Giuseppe Balsamo
- Curd JürgensCardinal Braschi
- Ida GalliSerafina Cagliostro
- Anna OrsoThe Queen
- Luigi PistilliCardinal de Rohan
- Adolfo LastrettiPrelate in Rome
- Luigi MontiniPrelate in Rome
- Rosanna SchiaffinoLorenza Balsamo
- Alessandro HaberBeggar in Rome
- Gaby VeruskyA Paralytic Beggar
- Antonio PierfedericiA naturalist monk
- Robert AldaPope Clement XIII
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Themes
alchemyfreemasonry