The Legend of the Holy Drinker (film)
| La leggenda del santo bevitore | |
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Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Written by | Ermanno Olmi Tullio Kezich |
| Starring | Rutger Hauer |
| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Edited by | Paolo Cottignola Ermanno Olmi Fabio Olmi |
| Music by | José Padilla Sánchez Ilter Pelosi Igor Stravinsky |
Production company | Cecchi Gori Group |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Italia |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (Italian: La leggenda del santo bevitore) is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.
The film won the Golden Lion at the 45th Venice Film Festival. It also won four David di Donatello Awards (for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing) and two Silver Ribbons (for Best Director and Best Screenplay). The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
It is based on the 1939 novella of the same name by the Austrian novelist Joseph Roth.