Wolfgang Cazotte, a famous, refined and charming court painter of the early 19th century, plans to seduce Ehrengard, an attractive and proud virgin, without touching her, just by instilling in her a throbbing passion. At one point, though, the painter's artifice seems to start turning its back on him.
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Cazotte
Audrey Matson
Ehrengard
Lea Padovani
granduchessa
Christian Borromeo
Lotario
Alessandro Haber
Matthias
Caterina Boratto
contessa von Gassner
Anita Laurenzi
Poggendorf
Patrizia De Clara
Lisbeth
Wolfgang Cazotte, a famous, refined and charming court painter of the early 19th century, plans to seduce Ehrengard, an attractive and proud virgin, without touching her, just by instilling in her a throbbing passion. At one point, though, the painter's artifice seems to start turning its back on him.
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