The Devil in the Hills
It is in the late 1930s, and Cesare Pavese, a writer, with two of his friends meets a very uninhibited noble couple.
It is in the late 1930s, and Cesare Pavese, a writer, with two of his friends meets a very uninhibited noble couple.
Alessandro Fontana
Rino
Roberto Accornero
Pieretto
Matteo Corvino
Oreste
Urbano Barberini
Poli
Kristina van Eyck
Rosalba
Daniela Silverio
Gabriella
Beatrice Palme
Resina
Maria Rosa Fassi
Pinotta
Rita Rondinella
Cantante
It is in the late 1930s, and Cesare Pavese, a writer, with two of his friends meets a very uninhibited noble couple.
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