Love Sacrifice

Love Sacrifice

1976 · 100 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy

Leonidas, of noble lineage but poor, serves in the house of Count Aristide Of the Fava Dongo, waiting patiently for his death to arrive. He dies at last, but rumors reveal that, on his deathbed, the Count has decided to leave everything to Marco (Claudio Ercoli), his illegitimate and retarded son who secretly grew up in a boarding school. In the meantime, the whole family of Leonida moves to the luxurious estate as for certainly no one wants to miss out on this wealth opportunity...

Directed by Bruno Mattei · Written by George Eastman

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Ziggy Zanger Nicoletta Fava Del Dongo
Gino Pagnani Leonida Fava Del Dongo
Ria De Simone Elvira - Wife of Leonida
Paola Maiolini Ornella Fischietti - The maid
Tommy Polgár Aristide Fava Del Dongo
Franco Diogene Sciaccaluga
Franca Scagnetti Priest's housekeeper
Marco Tulli Priest
Rita Moscatelli Marietta
Claudio Ercoli Marco Marcovaldi
Leo Valeriano
Massimo Stazzi

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