π Overview:
In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.
π Languages Available:
German
,
Italian
π Date Released:
2001-05-11
β Running Time:
105 mins
β Vote Average:
6.6
Beloved Cast
Giovanni De' Medici
Christo Jivkov
Federico II Gonzaga
Sergio Grammatico
Lucantonio Cuppano
Dimitar Ratchkov
Matteo Cusastro
Fabio Giubbani
Pietro Aretino
SaΕ‘a VuliΔeviΔ
Caterina De' Medici
Desislava Tenekedjieva
Nobildonna di Mantova
Sandra Ceccarelli
Aloisio Gonzaga
Aldo Toscano
Paolo Giovio
Franco Palmieri
Ambasciatore di Carlo V
Franco Andreani
Barcarolo
Kalin Arsov
Alfonso d'Este
Giancarlo Belelli
Benedetto Agnello
Bruno Bendoni
Maestro Habram
Silvio Cappellini
Frate domenicano
Vittorio Corcelli
Ercole d'Este
Marco De Biagi
Ufficiale posto di guardia
Alessandro Genovesi
Sottufficiale alemanno
Michael Aaron Lindner
Cortigiana
Francesca Lonardelli
Francesco Maria della Rovere
Paolo Magagna
Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga
Piergiorgio Maletti
Marito della cortigiana
Mauro Marani
Staffiere
Georgy Marino
Prete
Ilija Marshakov
Vicario
Rocco Militano
Zorzo Frundsberg
Nikolaus Moras
