Rappaccini's Daughter
Overview
Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father's poison garden. However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatrice (Kathleen Beller) masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her. From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another's soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.
Top-billed cast
- MMadeline Willemsen
- DDennis Boutsikaris
- KKathleen Beller
- CCoqui González
- LLeonardo Cimino
- AAntonia Rey
- HHenry Fonda
- KKristoffer Tabori
- MMichael Egan
Crew
- Director
- Dezsö Magyar
- Writers
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herbert Hartig
- Producers
- Calvin Skaggs, Robert Geller
- Production
- Learning in Focus, Seacliff Productions
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Who directed Rappaccini's Daughter?
Rappaccini's Daughter was directed by Dezsö Magyar.
When was Rappaccini's Daughter released?
Rappaccini's Daughter was released in 1980.
