Top Cast
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Franco Branciaroli
Messo
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Massimo Foschi
Messo
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Gabriella Giacobbe
Atossa
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Franco Graziosi
Dario
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Roberto Herlitzka
Coreuta
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Alberto Terrani
Coreuta
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Lino Troisi
Coreuta
Overview
An adaptation of the Aeschylus play.
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