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The Gadfly (1980)
Directed by Mykola Mashchenko
Drama, Romance, TV Movie, Action · 3h 30m
The movie set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and uprisings. The story centers on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, as a member of the Youth movement, and his antagonist, Padre Montanelli. A thread of a tragic relationship between Arthur and his love Gemma simultaneously runs through the story. It is a story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism.
Cast
Andrey Kharitonov
Sergei Bondarchuk
Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Ada Rohovtseva
Kostiantyn Stepankov
Aleksei Kolesnik
Crew
- Director
- Mykola Mashchenko
- Writer
- Yuli Dunsky, Valeri Frid
- Novel
- Ethel LIlian Voynich
- Director of Photography
- Serhiy Stasenko
Details
- Original title
- Овод
- Release date
- 1980-11-11
- Runtime
- 3h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, TV Movie, Action
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Gosteleradio USSR, Dovzhenko Film Studios