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Harlequin(Movie, 1980)

PG
| 1h 35min | Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
HarlequinRating: 3.4/5 (with 1515 votes)
Harlequin (known as Dark Forces in the United States) is a 1980 Australian thriller film directed by Simon Wincer and starring Robert Powell, Carmen Duncan, David Hemmings and Broderick Crawford. The film is a modern-day retelling of the historical figure Rasputin. ()
Movie poster of Harlequin

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Awards & Nominations for Harlequin

Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay Award Sitges Film Festival Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Sound

About Harlequin

In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, whose young son is terminally ill with leukaemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan are less happy with events.

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Harlequin (1980) Original Trailer [FHD](Trailer, 2:53)

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Additional Information

Production country: Australia
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Polish (PL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/27/1984 (World premiere: 03/28/1980)
Director: Simon Wincer
Screenwriter: Everett De Roche
Film Editor: Adrian Carr
Director of Photography: Gary Hansen
Composer: Brian May
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Arlequín"
"The Minister's Magician"
"Arlequim"
"Arlequin"
"Harlekin"
"Mas alla de la reencarnación"
"Harlekiini"
"Arlekin: Magos i dolofonos"
"O anthropos pou skorpouse ton paniko"
"ハーレクィン"
"Arlequín"
"Arlekin"
"O Curandeiro"
"Арлекин"
"Dark Forces"

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Other movies with this title: Harlequin (DE, 1931), Harlequin (US, 2013), Harlequin (2016)

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