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Director:
Mario Monicelli
Writers:
Agenore Incrocci (writer)
Mario Monicelli (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 April 1966 (Italy) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy more
Plot:
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia (south of Italy)... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A Pearl more (17 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Vittorio Gassman ... Brancaleone da Norcia
Catherine Spaak ... Matelda
Folco Lulli ... Pecoro
Gian Maria Volonté ... Teofilatto dei Leonzi
Maria Grazia Buccella ... The widow
Barbara Steele ... Teodora
Enrico Maria Salerno ... Zenone
Carlo Pisacane ... Abacuc
Ugo Fangareggi ... Mangold

Gianluigi Crescenzi ... Taccone
Pippo Starnazza ... Piccioni
Luigi Sangiorgi ... Manuc
Fulvia Franco ... Luisa
Tito García ... Filuccio (as Pablo Tito García)
Joaquín Díaz ... Guccione
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
For Love and Gold (International: English title)
La armada Brancaleone (Spain)
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
Italy | France | Spain
Language:
Italian | Latin
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13
Company:
Fair Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to director Monicelli, Brancaleone was dressed "in a halfway between a Japanese samurai and an Italian ragamuffin". more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Brancaleone alle crociate (1970) more

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A Pearl, 1 December 2001
Author: doe

this movie is a pearl of comedy and wisdom, I encourage everybody to see it if not for the wonderful middle age reconstitution then for the performance of Vittorio Gassman.The theme of crusades is happily approached and the story itself is quite exciting.

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