The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
2h 8m
Running Time
September 2, 1988Release Date
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
2h 8m
Running Time
September 2, 1988Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, forever intervene.
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Cast & Crew.

Rutger Hauer
Andreas Kartak

Anthony Quayle
Distinguished Gentleman

Sandrine Dumas
Gaby

Dominique Pinon
Wojtech

Sophie Segalen
Karoline

Jean-Maurice Chanet
Daniel Kanjak

Cecile Paoli
Fur Store Seller

Francesco Aldighieri
Policeman

Joseph De Medina
Fat Man

Françoise Pinkwasser
Inn Woman

Joséphine Lecaille
Fat man's wife

Maria Mazzocco
Tari-Bari Owner

Dalila Belatreche
Thérèse

Ermanno Olmi
Director / Editor / Writer

Tullio Kezich
Writer

Mario Cecchi Gori
Executive Producer

Roberto Cicutto
Producer

Dante Spinotti
Director of Photography

Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Executive Producer

Anne-Marie Marchand
Costume Design

Jean-Jacques Caziot
Set Decoration

Gianni Quaranta
Production Design

Paolo Cottignola
Editor

Fabio Olmi
Editor

Philippe Turlure
Set Decoration

Igor Stravinsky
Music

Vincenzo Di Leo
Producer

Françoise Gallo
Casting / Assistant Director

Piero Maccarinelli
Casting / Assistant Director

Arlette Danis
Production Manager

Marcello Siene
Line Producer

André Djaoui
Co-Producer

Joëlle Picaud
Production Supervisor

Yasmine Bourbia
Makeup Artist

Francesco Arcuri
Hairstylist

Nadine Dumas
Hairstylist

Annamaria Santolmasi
Makeup Artist

Romano Pampaloni
Sound Mixer

Franca Invernizzi
Script Supervisor

Mimmola Girosi
First Assistant Director

Georges Glon
Assistant Art Director

Armand Bonomi
Grip

Jean-Pierre Nossereau
Set Decoration Buyer

Marco Gardani
Sound

Denis Moncel
Electrician

Alain Curvelier
Sound

Mauro Pastorino
Electrician

Agostino Gorga
Electrician

Dominique Le Strat
Still Photographer

Paola Cariani
Administration

Bernard Caroff
Genetator Operator

Sergio Rossi
Grip

Christian Weyers
Electrician

Jean-Claude Perchet
Props

Philippe Combes
Boom Operator

Alain Salmon
Grip

Marie Hermet
Assistant Costume Designer

Myriem Khinouche
Tailor

Sandra Beauchard
Production Secretary

Eugène Delsuc
Grip

Jean Kerby
Still Photographer

Dominique Maestracci
Still Photographer

Pierre Sicre
Props

Gino Chiappini
Electrician

Marcello Mancini
Grip

Bruno Angeletti
Gaffer

Alain Borla
Grip

Martine Derda
Production Secretary

Barbara Melega
Assistant Director

Stephane Van den Bergh
Boom Operator

Sandro Bolli
Key Grip

Eric Caron
Electrician

Mauro Diamanti
Grip

Enrico Lucidi
Camera Operator

Valerie Dupin
Assistant Camera

Marco Sacerdoti
Assistant Camera

Luc Guillermic
Production Assistant

Giovanna Lai
Production Secretary

Bertrand Quatrhomme
Production Assistant

Charles Millot
Dialogue Coach

Giovanni Marolla
Production Secretary

Michael Menard
Production Assistant

Joseph Roth
Novel

Stanislas Sobolak

Jacques Pasternak

Claude Kolton

Bachir Semmoudi

Jacques Goumy

Bernard Leclerc

Leon Feinman

Pierre Du Bourguet

Robert Amory

Xavier Marty

Raymond Fourmy

André Morison

René Voudon

Françoise Le Goff

Marie-Christine Grudzinski

Liko and Lako

Alma Semmoudi

Yves Le Bail

André Pierre

Salomon Touitou

Odina Renoir

Alain Bodart

Gilbert Flammang

Jean-Michel Jammet

Charline Lacas

Jean Boissy

Vanic Gotoghian

Jacques Amiryan

Fabio Bettini

Freddie Hortemel

Ahcenne Megriche
Media.



Details.
Release DateSeptember 2, 1988
Original NameLa leggenda del santo bevitore
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Italian: La leggenda del santo bevitore) is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.
The film won the Golden Lion at the 45th Venice Film Festival. It also won four David di Donatello Awards (for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing) and two Silver Ribbons (for Best Director and Best Screenplay). The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
It is based on the 1939 novella of the same name by the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth.
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