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Il Mistero di Oberwald
ITALY · 1980

Il Mistero di Oberwald

Michelangelo Antonioni
political assassination identity and duality psychological manipulation power and mortality redemption through hesitation
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Synopsis

A man, mirroring the assassinated King, infiltrates a castle to kill the Queen but hesitates, leading to a deadly dare and revelation of shared history.

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