Oliver Cromwell: Ritratto di un dittatore (1969)
Television movie about Oliver Cromwell.
Top billed cast
Eros Pagni
Toti Dal Monte
Sergio Fantoni
Roberto Bruni- Carlo Castellani
- Enrico Canestrini
Pier Luigi Zollo- Edoardo Florio
Mario Feliciani- Giorgio Bonora
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