The Man Without Desire
A grief-stricken 18th-century Venetian gentleman is thwarted in love and placed in suspended animation. When he wakes up 200 years later, he finds the experiment has more serious unexpected consequences.
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- Director
- Adrian Brunel
- Starring
- Ivor Novello, Nina Vanna, Sergio Mari, Christopher Walker, Dorothy Warren, Adrian Brunel, Jane Dryden
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