Cagliostro backdrop

Cagliostro 1975 Directed by Daniele Pettinari

After attending esoterical studies with a wise man, Cagliostro, a mysterious Italian count, received the gift of supernatural powers. He started to travel all over Europe to heal the poor. But he is also a member of a pre-revolutionary lodge the aim of which is to give freedom to the populations of Europe. This cannot be tolerated by the 18th century's establishment and bought the Pope and the regal house of France try to eliminate him. So Cagliostro is locked up in a castle, while his wife is killed. But when in 1795 the door of his cell is opened there is nothing inside but a sword...

Country Italy
Production Country Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Language Italian
Gnere Thriller
Production Company Puttignani
Release Date 21 February 1975
103 mins
Cast
Bekim Fehmiu Count Alexander Cagliostro / Giuseppe Balsamo
Curd Jürgens Cardinal Braschi
Ida Galli Serafina Cagliostro
Anna Orso The Queen
Luigi Pistilli Cardinal de Rohan
Adolfo Lastretti Prelate in Rome
Luigi Montini Prelate in Rome
Rosanna Schiaffino Lorenza Balsamo
Alessandro Haber Beggar in Rome
Gaby Verusky A Paralytic Beggar
Antonio Pierfederici A naturalist monk
Robert Alda Pope Clement XIII
Massimo Girotti Giacomo Casanova
Franco Ressel Morandi, News editor
Alessandro Perrella Mendacious cripple
Ada Pometti French noblewoman
Andrea Scotti Mendacious mute
Rodolfo Puttignani Napoleon (uncredited)