![The Gadfly](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vMhSTTDY7LCohLViKeW9k94PxTt.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Ethel LIlian Voynich |
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Director | Mykola Mashchenko |
Actor | Andrey Kharitonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Anastasiya Vertinskaya |
Country | Soviet Union |
Production | Gosteleradio USSR |