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He was the cruellest of all
It is Christmas 1908 in Messina, one of the richest merchant cities of the Mediterranean. Peter, the 13 year-old son of a rich English family is notorious for his cruelty to children, animals and servants. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin underground in the city's Gothic cemetery, buried in retaliation for his callousness by a servant boy from his mother's estate. When a powerful earthquake razes Messina to the ground, Peter is trapped and his whereabouts are forgotten. Until a century later an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.Read moreLess
It is Christmas 1908 in Messina, one of the richest merchant cities of the Mediterranean. Peter, the 13 year-old son of a rich English family is notorious for his cruelty to children, animals and servants. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin underground in the city's Gothic cemetery, buried in retaliation for his callousness by a servant boy from his mother's estate. When a powerful earthquake razes Messina to the ground, Peter is trapped and his whereabouts are forgotten. Until a century later an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.
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It is Christmas 1908 in Messina, one of the richest merchant cities of the Mediterranean. Peter, the 13 year-old son of a rich English family is notorious for his cruelty to children, animals and servants. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin underground in the city's Gothic cemetery, buried in retaliation for his callousness by a servant boy from his mother's estate. When a powerful earthquake razes Messina to the ground, Peter is trapped and his whereabouts are forgotten. Until a century later an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.
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Angelica Alleruzzo
Antonio AlvearioDomestico
Terence Booth
Claudio CastrogiovanniCalarco
Henry DouthwaiteNorman Nash
Rosie FellnerHarriet
Elisabetta FusariExplore the crew
- Producer
- Francesco Romeres
- Editor
- Guillermo Cobo
- Screenplay
- Ascanio Malgarini
- Producer
- Christian Bisceglia
- Original Music Composer
- Luca Balboni
- Director
- Christian Bisceglia
- Producer
- Angelo Poggi
- Editor
- Roberto Lattanzi
- Producer
- Ascanio Malgarini
- Director of Photography
- Duccio Cimatti
- Producer
- Alessandro D'Amario