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A sumptuous, slow-burning plunge into Renaissance power games, where beauty and brutality share the same candlelit rooms.
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The Pillars of the Earth
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About 2010 television miniseries directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Genres drama
Created by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Written by John Pielmeier
Starring Donald Sutherland, Ian McShane, Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell, Ken Follett, Rufus Sewell, Sam Claflin, Matthew Macfadyen
Music Trevor Morris
Length 1 seasons, 8 episodes, 60 min each
Network Crave, Starz
Country Canada, Hungary, Germany
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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