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Il cappello da prete

1944 1 hour 30 minutes
61/100

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The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from the house of a very rich priest and, surprised during the theft, he kills the priest, and then throws the body in an abandoned well. He continues his life of revelries and luxury, until the remorse for the crime trigger a process of self-destruction. The nightmares of the baron, tormented by the only evidence left of the murder, the hat of the priest ,drags him into a daring and hallucinated series of ups and downs to the brink of insanity and jail.

Released

10th November 1944

81 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 30 minutes

Finishes at 6:19am

Ratings and awards

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    6.8/10

  • TMDb Logo

    54%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    61%

Directed by

Ferdinando Maria Poggioli

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Written by

Sergio Amidei, Giacomo De Benedetti

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