Film
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
France · Italy- Age rating
- TP
- Director
- Ermanno Olmi
- Year
- 1988
Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, forever intervene.
Top cast
Rutger Hauer
Andreas Kartak
Anthony Quayle
Distinguished Gentleman
Sandrine Dumas
Gaby
Dominique Pinon
Wojtech
Sophie Segalen
Karoline
Jean-Maurice Chanet
Daniel Kanjak
Cécile Paoli
Fur Store Seller
Francesco Aldighieri
Policeman
Joseph De Medina
Fat Man
Françoise Pinkwasser
Inn Woman
Joséphine Lecaille
Fat man's wife
Maria Mazzocco
Tari-Bari Owner
Dalila Belatreche
Thérèse
Claude Kolton
Jacques Pasternak
Stanislas Sobolak
Vanic Gotoghian
Jean Boissy
Directed by
Ermanno Olmi
Written by
Tullio Kezich, Ermanno Olmi
Produced by
Roberto Cicutto, Vincenzo Di Leo