Rappaccini's Daughter
5.9
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.
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Kristoffer Tabori
Giovanni
Known for
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Kathleen Beller
Beatrice
Known for
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Dynasty
Dezsö Magyar
Robert Geller
Also in
Too Far to Go
Herbert Hartig
Michael Egan
Baglioni
Known for
Factotum
David R Kappes
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Leonardo Cimino
Rappaccini
Known for
V
Waterworld
Calvin Skaggs
Antonia Rey
Emma
Known for
Only You
Hair
Madeline Willemsen
Lisabetta
No other roles listed
Dezsö Magyar Director · Herbert Hartig Writer Nathaniel Hawthorne Author
United States release January 1, 1980 · Produced in United States · Production Seacliff Productions
Production
Learning in Focus
Production
Seacliff Productions
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1980
TV · PBS
Hungary
October 4, 1980
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