Film

The Gadfly

1980 · 3h 30m · Drama · Romance · TV Movie

IMDb

6.7

The movie set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of tumultuous revolt and uprisings. The story centers on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, as a member of the Youth movement, and his antagonist, Padre Montanelli. A thread of a tragic relationship between Arthur and his love Gemma simultaneously runs through the story. It is a story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism.

Andrey Kharitonov

Артур Бертон

Sergey Bondarchuk

Кардинал Монтанелли

Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Джемма

Ada Rohovtseva

Джулия Бертон, жена Джеймса

Kostiantyn Stepankov

Австрийский полковник

Aleksei Kolesnik

• Mykola MashchenkoDirector
• Yuli DunskyWriter
• Valeri FridWriter
• Ethel LIlian VoynichNovel
• Serhiy StasenkoDirector of Photography

Release date

November 11, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

3h 30m

Genres

Drama, Romance, TV Movie, Action