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Beatrice Cenci is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi and Fausto Tozzi. It is a biopic of Beatrice Cenci, a young Roman noblewoman who murdered her abusive father, Count Francesco Cenci.
Plot
In 1598, his son Giacomo, lover of his stepmother Lucrezia, was involved in the investigation into the death of Francesco Cenci, a violent and dissolute patrician. To defend him, Lucrezia accuses Olimpio Calvetti, Francesco's steward, who had helped Beatrice Cenci. Under torture, Beatrice also accuses Olimpio, but she is sentenced to death and beheaded in Castel Sant'Angelo. In the end, the judge also has Giacomo and Lucrezia locked up.
Cast
Release
Beatrice Cenci was distributed theatrically in Italy by Cei-Incom on 6 September 1956. It grossed a total of 223,400,000 Italian lire domestically.
References
= Bibliography
=External links
Beatrice Cenci at IMDb
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- Carlo Duse
- Elli Parvo
- Beatrice Cenci (1956 film)
- Beatrice Cenci (disambiguation)
- Beatrice (given name)
- The Family (1987 film)
- Jacques Rémy (writer)
- Carola Höhn
- Sword-and-sandal
- 1956 in Italy
- Mireille Granelli
- Vittorio Vaser
