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The Bastard

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1968
 102 minutes (1 hrs 42 mins)

Production Country

Italy • France • West Germany

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Duccio Tessari

Starring

Rita Hayworth · Giuliano Gemma · Klaus Kinski · Margaret Lee · Claudine Auger · Serge Marquand

Full cast & crew

Release dates

Italy release date Italy release: 30th October 1968
Japan release date Japan release: 25th April 1969
France release date France release: 21st May 1969

Certificates


K-16

VM18

RC

18

13

Total grosses

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Based on the life of J.R.R. Tolkien this Bio-Pic is directed by Dome Karukoski a Cypric director who previously brought us Beauty and the Bastard in 2005.

The English author famous for writing The Lord Of The Rings is played by Nicholas Hoult and the film also stars Lily Collins.

The BBFC have given the film a 12A rating for moderate war violence and it has a runtime of 112 minutes (1 hour 42 minutes).

The film is released in the UK on 3rd May 2019.