A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style, Decadentismo, was beginning to take shape, the film focuses on D'Annunzio's life when he was already an established poet and journalist in Rome. A staunch opponent of democracy and commoners, he searches for passion and pleasure among the wealthy and noble. One such noblewoman Elvira Fraternali Leoni, serves as the muse for his first novel - The Pleasure (Il Piacere).
Directed by Sergio Nasca
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Cast

Robert Powell
Gabriele D'Annunzio

Stefania Sandrelli
Elvira Fraternali Leoni

Laurent Terzieff
Michetti

Florence Guérin
Clo Albrini

Sonia Petrovna
Maria Cruyllas di Gravina

Teresa Ann Savoy
Maria di Gallese
Fiorenza Marchegiani
Olga Ossani

Paolo Bonacelli
Ercole Leoni

Roberto Alpi
Edoardo Scarfoglio

Cesare Barbetti
De Bosis

Eva Grimaldi
Viola

Achille Brugnini
Fuchs
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