The mandrake root /
"Callimaco, a young Sardinian returns from studying in Paris and is overcome by the beauty of Lucrezia, the virtuous and beautiful wife of the rich and foolish lawyer Nicia. In his desire to bed her, he engages the services of a dubious fixer Liguro who knows that Nicia and Lucrezia are despera...
| Uniform Title: | Mandrake root (Motion picture : 2008) |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Language Notes: | In English and Italian with English subtitles. |
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[Great Britain] :
European Drama Network Ltd.,
[2008]
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| Edition: | Widescreen. |
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| Summary: | "Callimaco, a young Sardinian returns from studying in Paris and is overcome by the beauty of Lucrezia, the virtuous and beautiful wife of the rich and foolish lawyer Nicia. In his desire to bed her, he engages the services of a dubious fixer Liguro who knows that Nicia and Lucrezia are desperate for a child. With Ligurio's help, Callimaco masquerading as a doctor, convinces Nicia that the surest way for his wife to conceive is by taking a potion made from the Mandrake Root, with the dire warning that the first man to sleep with her will die within 8 days. Nicia agrees to a plan to kidnap an unsuspecting man to sleep with his wife and thereby draw out the poison, but of course it is the disguised Callimaco who is to be kidnapped."--IMDb. |
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| Item Description: | From the play, La Mandragola, by Niccolò Machiavelli. Videodisc release of a 2008 production. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, Dolby surround. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Tony Yates ; original music score, Christopher Ash ; editors, Nat Higginbottom, Simon M. Woods, Malachi Bogdanov. |