Il mistero di Oberwald

"If you don't kill me, I'll kill you"

Sep 3 1981 N/A 2h 9m
Drama, Romance

A man, mirroring the assassinated King, infiltrates a castle to kill the Queen but hesitates, leading to a deadly dare and revelation of shared history.

Plot

One long, painful decade after the brutal assassination of her husband, a reclusive queen comes face-to-face with the deceased's doppelgänger, fugitive anarchist poet Sebastian, when he breaks into her ancestral castle in 19th-century Oberwald. On this dark and stormy night, bold Sebastian is bent on killing the grief-stricken aristocrat, but the would-be assassin's striking resemblance to her late husband paves the way for an unexpected three-day pact, without turning him in to the police, and the ignoble Count of Foehn. Nevertheless, fate has other plans. What is the mystery of Oberwald?

Written by

Jean Cocteau, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra

Directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni

Production Countries

Germany, Italy

Production Companies

RAI, Polytel International Film

Languages

Italiano

Awards

2 wins

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6.2 out of 10
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