La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker) (1988)
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Italian director Ermanno Olmi serves up another tale of dignity amongst the "rabble" in Legend of the Holy Drinker. Rutger Hauer plays an alcoholic derelict who comes into a large sum of money. Though his benefactor is a human stranger, Hauer attributes his windfall to Santo Bevitor, or… More Italian director Ermanno Olmi serves up another tale of dignity amongst the "rabble" in Legend of the Holy Drinker. Rutger Hauer plays an alcoholic derelict who comes into a large sum of money. Though his benefactor is a human stranger, Hauer attributes his windfall to Santo Bevitor, or the "saint of drunkards." When Hauer tries to pay back the favor, he is constantly thwarted by society's "better" people. Distinguished by its long, portentous silent passages and by the consistently offbeat performances of stars Rutger Hauer and Anthony Quayle, The Legend of the Holy Drinker (originally La Leggenda del Santo Bevitor) is in the eyes of some observers superior to its source, a novel by Joseph Roth titled Die Legende des Helligen Trinkers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ermanno Olmi
- Written By
- Tullio Kezich
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1988 Wide
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Cast
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Rutger Hauer
as Andreas
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Anthony Quayle
as Gentleman
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Sandrine Dumas
as Gabby
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Dominique Pinon
as Woitech
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Sophie Segalen
as Karoline
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Jean-Maurice Chanet
as Kaniak
- Cécile Paoli
