Necropolis

Necropolis

1970 · 116 min · ★ 4.8 · Fantasy, Horror

Frankenstein's monster gropes towards the awareness that his mind is a universe; Attila, naked on a white horse, liberates his people from their ignominy; the ultra-caustic Viva bemoans the frustrations of married life and drifts into the elegiac persona of the Bloody Countess Bathory; Louis Waldon is a hip American tourist searching for the (missing) Mona Lisa.

Directed by Franco Brocani · Written by Franco Brocani

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