| La leggenda del santo bevitore | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Legend_of_the_Holy_Drinker_(film).JPG) Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Written by | Ermanno Olmi Tullio Kezich |
| Starring | Rutger Hauer |
| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Edited by | Paolo Cottignola Ermanno Olmi Fabio Olmi |
| Music by | José Padilla Sánchez Ilter Pelosi Igor Stravinsky |
Production company | Cecchi Gori Group |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Italia |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
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.[1] 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).[1] 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.[2]
It is based on the 1939 novella of the same name by the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth.[3]
- ^ a b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.