The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988

2h 8m

6.5(83 votes)

Drama

Overview

Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local church when he can afford to. Kartak is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances, and his alcoholism, forever intervene.

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44 members

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Rutger Hauer

Andreas Kartak

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Anthony Quayle

Distinguished Gentleman

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Sandrine Dumas

Gaby

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Dominique Pinon

Wojtech

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Sophie Segalen

Karoline

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Jean-Maurice Chanet

Daniel Kanjak

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Cécile Paoli

Fur Store Seller

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Francesco Aldighieri

Policeman

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Joseph De Medina

Fat Man

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Françoise Pinkwasser

Inn Woman

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Joséphine Lecaille

Fat man's wife

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Maria Mazzocco

Tari-Bari Owner

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Dalila Belatreche

Thérèse

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Claude Kolton

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Jacques Pasternak

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Stanislas Sobolak

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Vanic Gotoghian

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Jean Boissy

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Charline Lacas

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Raymond Fourmy

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André Morison

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René Voudon

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Françoise Le Goff

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Marie-Christine Grudzinski

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Liko and Lako

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Alma Semmoudi

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Yves Le Bail

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André Pierre

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Salomon Touitou

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Odina Renoir

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Alain Bodart

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Gilbert Flammang

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Jean-Michel Jammet

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Jacques Amiryan

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Fabio Bettini

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Freddie Hortemel

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Ahcenne Megriche

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Xavier Marty

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Robert Amory

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Pierre Du Bourguet

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Leon Feinman

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Bernard Leclerc

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Jacques Goumy

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Bachir Semmoudi

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