The Bad Poet
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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.
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Edited by Simona PaggiShot by Daniele CipriScored by Michele BragaDesigned by Tonino Zera
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- The Bad Poeten
- El poeta y el espíaes
- Le Poète et le Dictateurfr
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Sergio Castellitto
as Gabriele D'Annunzio
Francesco Patane
as Giovanni Comini
Tommaso Ragno
as Giancarlo Maroni
Clotilde Courau
as Amélie Mazoyer
Fausto Russo Alesi
as Achille Starace
Massimiliano Rossi
as Commissario Rizzo
Elena Bucci
as Luisa Baccara
Lidiya Liberman
as Lina
Janina Rudenska
as Emy Heufler
Lino Musella
as Carletto
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