Magnificat

Magnificat (1993)

April 9th, 19931h 50min

Drama, History
61%

Overview

During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.


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