aka Cagliostro."They are mine to play God with."
Biopic of Joseph Balsamo (Orson Welles), a poor Sicilian, who used his medical and metaphysical knowledge to rise through the courts of Europe's great and good, restyling himself Count Cagliostro, before falling before these very same people, accused of everything from counterfeiting to sorcery.
This account of his life focuses on one element, the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, when he was embroiled in a political dogfight surrounding some diamonds and Marie Antoinette. This leads the production into becoming a romantic melodrama, literally missing a trick.
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