Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge.
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Julia Ormond as The Daughter
Ralph Fiennes as The Bishop's Son
Philip Stone as The Bishop
Jonathan Lacey as Cosimo Medici
Don Henderson as The Father Confessor
Celia Gregory as The Mother Superior
Jeff Nuttall as The Major Domo
Jessica Hynes as The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)
Kathryn Hunter as The Second Midwife
Gabrielle Reidy as The Third Midwife
Frank Egerton as The Prompter
Phelim McDermott as The First Tutor
Tony Vogel as The Father
Tatiana Strauss as The First Nun
Louisa Milwood-Haigh as The Second Nun
Anna Nieland as The Wetnurse
Graham Valentine as Famine
Diana van Kolck as The Mother
Leslie Cuss as The Second Tutor
Rien Kroon as The Chaplain
Jan Sepers as Carpaccio
Nils Dorando as The Baby of Mâcon
Richard Blair as The First Soldier
Tony Dunham as The Second Soldier
Humphrey Sallons as Cosimo's Servant
Dennis Rudge as Entourage Servant
Hans Bosch as Entourage Servant
Sjoerd Ghijssen as Entourage Servant
Michiel Riedijk as Entourage Servant
Bert Sevenhuijsen as The Deacon
John Hartnett as Cynical Auction Bidder (uncredited)
Bastian Pastewka as Laborer (uncredited)
Dela Maria Vaags as Choir Farmer's Wives (uncredited)
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