A Renaissance leader tries to unify a still feudal Italy.His black band of followers anticipates the Fascists of a later Italy when the film was made.
Is it worth a watch? Honestly, only if you are a massive fan of historical oddities or you just really love watching guys in Renaissance armor standing around in open fields. If you want a fun adventure, skip it. If you want to see how cinema was used as a heavy-handed tool in 1930s Italy, well, you are in for a treat....
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Luis Trenker
Cecil M. Hepworth
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"Is it worth a watch? Honestly, only if you are a massive fan of historical oddities or you just really love watching guys in Renaissance armor standing around in open fields. If you want a fun adventure, skip it. If you want to see how cinema was used as a heavy-handed tool in 1930s Italy, well, you are in for a treat. Luis Trenker plays Giovanni, and he spends a lot of time looking intense while pointing at maps. There is a weight to the film, but not the kind that feels like good storytelling..."
Tullio Galvani
Luis Trenker, Kurt Heuser, Mirko Jelusich
Italy
1937 · IMDb 7
