Rappaccini's Daughter

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Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father's poison garden. However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatrice (Kathleen Beller) masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her. From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another's soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.

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n/a 55 min

Type:

Movie

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Movie

Release:

1980-01-01

Year:

1980

Director:

Mike Fash

Production:

Learning in Focus, Seacliff Productions

Cast:

Kristoffer Tabori, Kathleen Beller, Michael Egan, Leonardo Cimino, Antonia Rey, Madeline Willemsen, Dennis Boutsikaris, Coqui González, Henry Fonda

Rappaccini's Daughter

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