L'elefante bianco
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Late nineteenth century. Jarma is a small Asian kingdom that stands between the green of the rice paddies of Thai Samuthprakarn diamond crown beautiful tropical sea of French Indochina. For Maia, the young princess of Jarma, and Gabriel Barthes, the son of a French advisor their King. differences of race and class do not count. Instigated by the sweet wisdom of the monk Li, both young men are promised eternal fidelity. But the swirl of the separate colonial history of the cruelest form when a sinister character assassinate the brother of Maia.
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Cast
17 people
Remo Girone
King Shai
Known for
Ford v Ferrari
The Equalizer 3
Axelle Cummings
Princess Maia / Prince Mandi
Also in
Killing Ariel
The Dancer
Lamberto Bava
Gianfranco Albano
Emilio Salgari
Vincent Lecœur
Gabriel
Known for
Deep in the Woods
Andrea Porporati
Andrea Piazzesi
Mathieu Carrière
Johann Rudde
Known for
The Tunnel
Young Törless
Filippo Gentili
Danny Quinn
Max
Known for
Band of the Hand
Alessandro Sermoneta
Gianfranco Albano Director
First release April 6, 1998 · Production Bavaria Film, Gaumont Télévision
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ANFRI S.r.l.
Production
Bavaria Film
Production
Gaumont Télévision
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Rai Cinemafiction
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Languages
Original language
Italian
Release dates
Italy · April 6, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
December 25, 1999
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