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IMDb rating 6.5
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Critic rating 7

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

No one else could have made this film – a fascinating and somewhat heart-sinking realisation.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Fredrik Adolvsson
rated 8

...en ytterst underlig förpackning, med en livfull scenografi, fantasifullt fotografi, en teatralisk berättarteknik och underbar, nästan magisk, dialog.

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Cast & Crew

Peter Greenaway
Director
F. Murray Abraham
As The Margrave
Lars Eidinger
As Amos Quadfrey
Vincent Riotta
As Ricardo del Monte
Halina Reijn
As Portia
Goran Bogdan
As Gottlieb

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In 16th century Holland, renowned printer and artist Hendrik Goltzius seductively convinces a wealthy Margrave to fund his dream project: a lavishly illustrated book of Bible stories, featuring tempting tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathieba, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptsit and Salome. To seal the deal, Goltzius offers to stage theatrical performances of these erotic stories for the Margrave's court, blurring art and reality in a captivating showcase of passion and creativity.

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