Malatesta (film)

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Malatesta
Directed by Peter Lilienthal
Written by
Produced by Manfred Durniok
Starring Eddie Constantine
CinematographyWilly Pankau
Edited by
  • Brigitta Kliemkiewicz
  • Annemarie Weigand
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Malatesta is a 1970 German drama film directed by Peter Lilienthal and starring Eddie Constantine. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. [1] It contains some biographical aspects of the life and thoughts of the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta.

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Malatesta". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 April 2009.