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GENOVEFFA DI BRABANTE - LA LANCIA DELLA VENDETTA
(Genoveva de Brabante)
1964, regia di José Luis Monter
Scheda: Nazione: Spagna-Italia - Produzione: Hispamer Films, Imprecine - Distribuzione: Rosa Films, Regionale - Soggetto (dalla Leggenda Aurea di Jacopo da Varagine): Riccardo Freda - Sceneggiatura: Riccardo Freda, José Luis Monter - Fotografia: Julio Ortas Plaza, Stelvio Massi - Scenografia: Tedy Vilalba - Musiche: Carlo Rustichelli - Formato: Eastmancolor - Durata: 90'.
Cast: María José Alfonso, Franco Balducci, Andrea Bosic, Antonella Della Porta, Beni Deus, Stephen Forsyth, Alberto Lupo, Umberto Raho, Ángela Rhu, Rosita Yarza.
Trama e commenti:
cinematografo.it
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film.spettacolo.virgilio.it
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eracle.it
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kataweb.it: «La
dolorosa storia della bella e pia figlia del duca di Brabante, sposa calunniata
da un perfido amministratore lascivo che non potendo averla la fa condannare a
morte, mentre il marito è alle Crociate.
è un goffo film in costume che mette melanconoia».
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review:
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10kbullets.com: «After
suffering a near fatal injuring during battle, Count Sigfrido of Treviri, falls
in love with Genoveffa the daughter of one of his enemies who helped nurse him
back from the brink of death. Count Sigfrido unable to think of a life without
Genoveffa, makes her his bride. Shortly after returning Treviri with his bride,
Count Sigfrido is summoned by the King to join the crusades. In his absence his
ask his right hand man Golo to watch over Genoveffa until he returns. The ever
ambitious Golo who has been infatuated with Genoveffa ever since he first laid
eyes on her, blackmails Genoveffa when she refuses to embrace his love for her.
Genoveffa is convicted of adultery and sentenced to death. ... The plot is a
Medieval tale about jealously, obsession and revenge that owes a lot of its
style and structure to the Peplum film genre which was on its last legs around
the time this film was being made. Visually the film is very appealing as
picturesque landscapes and sound stage locations are used to their fullest. The
action sequences are well done, even if they are very tame, especially by
today’s standards. Over the course of his career director Riccardo Freda had
been replaced by other directors and his association with this film via the
screenplay and some of the film’s visual style during the opening sequences,
suggests he might have been this film’s original director. The cast are more
than adequate in their respective roles with the only stand out performance
coming from Stephen Forsyth in the role of Golo. There is even a scene in The
Revenge of the Crusader that foreshadows Stephen Forsyth’s most famous role John
Harrington, from the Mario Bava film Hatchet for the Honeymoon. Golo disposes of
a traitor by driving an axe through his skull. The most entertaining aspect of
this film is watching Stephen Forsyth in one of his first starring roles going
ballistic on anyone who opposes him. Ultimately if you are a fan of sword &
sandal epics and swashbuckling adventures, than The Revenge of the Crusader
should be right up your alley» (Michael Den Boer).
Conosciuto anche con i titoli: La lancia della vendetta; The Revenge of the Crusader.
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