The Profession of Arms
Medici, palkkasoturi, Il generale nero
Original title: Il mestiere delle armi
Original language: itIMDB: tt0245276
TMDB: 56798
Release date: Friday, 11th May 2001
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 45min
Popularity: 6.773
Rate: 6.6 / 50 votes
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.
Popularity: 6.773
Rate: 6.6 / 50 votes
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.
Directors
Ermanno Olmi
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Ermanno Olmi (Writer)
(Writer)Cast
Christo Jivkov
(Giovanni De' Medici)
(Giovanni De' Medici)Sergio Grammatico
(Federico II Gonzaga)
(Federico II Gonzaga)Dimitar Ratchkov
(Lucantonio Cuppano)
(Lucantonio Cuppano)Fabio Giubbani
(Matteo Cusastro)
(Matteo Cusastro)Saša Vulićević
(Pietro Aretino)
(Pietro Aretino)Desislava Tenekedjieva
(Caterina De' Medici)
(Caterina De' Medici)Sandra Ceccarelli
(Nobildonna di Mantova)
(Nobildonna di Mantova)Aldo Toscano
(Aloisio Gonzaga)
(Aloisio Gonzaga)Franco Palmieri
(Paolo Giovio)
(Paolo Giovio)Franco Andreani (Ambasciatore di Carlo V)
(Ambasciatore di Carlo V)Kalin Arsov (Barcarolo)
(Barcarolo)Giancarlo Belelli (Alfonso d'Este)
(Alfonso d'Este)Bruno Bendoni (Benedetto Agnello)
(Benedetto Agnello)Silvio Cappellini (Maestro Habram)
(Maestro Habram)Vittorio Corcelli (Frate domenicano)
(Frate domenicano)Marco De Biagi (Ercole d'Este)
(Ercole d'Este)Alessandro Genovesi
(Ufficiale posto di guardia)
(Ufficiale posto di guardia)Michael Aaron Lindner (Sottufficiale alemanno)
(Sottufficiale alemanno)Francesca Lonardelli (Cortigiana)
(Cortigiana)Paolo Magagna (Francesco Maria della Rovere)
(Francesco Maria della Rovere)Piergiorgio Maletti (Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga)
(Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga)Mauro Marani (Marito della cortigiana)
(Marito della cortigiana)Georgy Marino (Staffiere)
(Staffiere)Ilija Marshakov (Prete)
(Prete)Rocco Militano (Vicario)
(Vicario)Nikolaus Moras (Zorzo Frundsberg)
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