In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.

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Cast

Adrienne La Russa

Beatrice Cenci

Tomas Milian

Olimpo Calvetti

Georges Wilson

Francesco Cenci

Mavie Bardanzellu

Lucrezia Petroni

Antonio Casagrande

Don Giacomo Cenci

Ignazio Spalla

Catalano

Steffen Zacharias

Prospero Farinacci

Raymond Pellegrin

Cardinal Lanciani

Giancarlo Badessi

Officer

John Bartha

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Adrienne La Russa — Beatrice Cenci

Adrienne La Russa (born May 15, 1948) is an American actress known for her role as Brooke Hamilton on Days of Our Lives, which she played from 1975 to 1977. Her film career included roles in The Black Sheep (1968), Psychout for Murder (1969), Beatrice Cenci (1969), Keep It in the Family (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Uncle Joe Shannon (1978).

Tomas Milian — Olimpo Calvetti

Tomás Milián (1933–2017) was a Cuban-American actor best known for having worked extensively in Italian films from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

Georges Wilson — Francesco Cenci

Georges Wilson (né Willson; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Theatre National Populaire from 1963 and 1972, while his film work earned him both BAFTA Award and Cesar Award nominations. He was also the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.