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The Cardinal

5.719361h 11mMovieHistoryDrama

Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential…

DirectorSinclair Hill
WriterD.B. Wyndham-Lewis

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Cast · Directed by Sinclair Hill

MLMatheson Lang
Matheson Lang
Cardinal de Medici
EPEric Portman
Eric Portman
Giuliano de Medici
RARobert Atkins
Robert Atkins
General Belmont
OCO.B. Clarence
O.B. Clarence
Monterosa
DJ
Douglas Jefferies
Baglioni
FS
F.B.J. Sharp
Pope Julius II
WF
Wilfred Fletcher
Michaelangelo
ADA. Bromley Davenport
A. Bromley Davenport
Bramante
RB
Rayner Barton
Cardinal Orelli
EB
Edgar K. Bruce
Spini
DHDavid Horne
David Horne
English Abbot
JDJune Duprez
June Duprez
Francesca Monterosa

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