Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Il mestiere delle armi (original title)
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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.
Toronto International Film Festival 2001
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2002
Cast: Christo Jivkov, Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Ratchkov, Fabio Giubbani, Saša Vulićević, Desislava Tenekedjieva, Sandra Ceccarelli, Aldo Toscano, Franco Palmieri, Franco Andreani, Kalin Arsov, Giancarlo Belelli, Bruno Bendoni, Silvio Cappellini, Vittorio Corcelli, Marco De Biagi, Alessandro Genovesi, Michael Aaron Lindner, Francesca Lonardelli, Paolo Magagna
Writer: Ermanno Olmi (Writer)
Cinematographer: Fabio Olmi
Production Designer: Cosimo Gomez, Luigi Marchione
Editor: Paolo Cottignola
Sound Designer: Francesco Liotard
Composer: Fabio Vacchi
Costume Designer: Doriana Kebedzhieva, Francesca Sartori
Direction team: Federica Ciciarelli (Second Assistant Director), Fabrizia Iacona (Script Supervisor), Enrico Marrari (First Assistant Director)
Producers: Alexander Metodiev, Alessandro Calosci, Roberto Cicutto
Production: StudioCanal, Taurus Produktion, Cinemaundici, RAI Cinema
