Fantasy ·Drama · France · 1961 · 1h 42m

The Bacchantes

Le baccanti

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The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes. Dionysus wants to be the worshiped by the masses, but the kingdom is suffering a horrific drought and the king Pentheus wants instead to sacrifice a virgin to the God Demeter.

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