Severo Torelli
Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.
Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.
Renée Carl
Dona Pia
Musidora
Fernand Herrmann
Laurent Morléas
Paul Chevalet
Marthe Vinot
Louise Lagrange
Edmund Breon
Jehan Le Gall
Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.
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