The Mandrake (1965)
- Original title
- La mandragola
- Directed by
- Alberto Lattuada
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man tries to trick a young woman into sleeping with him so he can get her pregnant. The story is based on a 16th-century play by Machiavelli.
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What happens
The Mandrake (Italian: La Mandragola; also called Mandragola: The Love Root) is a 1965 Franco-Italian co-production directed by Alberto Lattuada and based on the eponymous 16th-century play Niccolò Machiavelli. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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