The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) ( La Leggenda del santo bevitore ) ( La Légende du saint buveur )

The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: La Leggenda del santo bevitore
Alternate Title: La Légende du saint buveur
Screened, competed or awarded at:
David Donatello Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Ermanno Olmi

Written By:
Ermanno Olmi
Tullio Kezich

Actors:
Rutger Hauer ..... Andreas Kartak
Anthony Quayle ..... Distinguished Gentleman
Sandrine Dumas ..... Gaby
Dominique Pinon ..... Woitech
Sophie Segalen ..... Karoline
Cécile Paoli ..... Fur store seller
Jean-Maurice Chanet ..... Daniel Kanjak
Joseph De Medina ..... Fat man
Francesco Aldighieri ..... Policeman (as Franco Aldighieri)
Françoise Pinkwasser ..... Inn woman
Joséphine Lecaille ..... Fat man's wife
Maria Mazzocco ..... Tari-Bari owner
Dalila Belatreche ..... Thérèse

Synopsis:

Italian director Ermanno Olmi serves up another tale of dignity amongst the "rabble" in Legend of the Holy Drinker. Rutger Hauer plays an alcoholic derelict who comes into a large sum of money. Though his benefactor is a human stranger, Hauer attributes his windfall to Santo Bevitor, or the "saint of drunkards." When Hauer tries to pay back the favor, he is constantly thwarted by society's "better" people. Distinguished by its long, portentous silent passages and by the consistently offbeat performances of stars Rutger Hauer and Anthony Quayle, The Legend of the Holy Drinker (originally La Leggenda del Santo Bevitor) is in the eyes of some observers superior to its source, a novel by Joseph Roth titled Die Legende des Helligen Trinkers.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 17 April, 2025.