Hearts and Armour
(1983)
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Hearts and Armour
(1983)
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Zeudi Araya Cristaldi | ... |
Marfisa
(as Zeudi Araya)
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Barbara De Rossi | ... | |
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Rick Edwards | ... |
Orlando (Rolando)
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| Ronn Moss | ... |
Ruggero
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| Maurizio Nichetti | ... |
Atlante
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| Tanya Roberts | ... |
Angelica (Isabella)
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Giovanni Visentin | ... | |
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Tony Vogel | ... |
Ferraù
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Leigh McCloskey | ... |
Rinaldo
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| Lina Sastri | ... |
La Maga
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Lucien Bruchon | ... |
Aquilante
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Al Cliver | ... |
Selvaggio
(as Pierluigi Conti)
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Massimo De Rossi | ... |
L'Eremita
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| Hal Yamanouchi | ... |
Samurai
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Bobby Rhodes | ... |
Mercenary
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Bradamante, a woman wearing an invincible suit of armor, is travelling the countryside at the time of the Crusades. After ending up in the middle of a web of romantic and cultural tangles, she finds herself in love with a Moor prince, while one of the Christian knights has fallen in love with a Moor princess. Others, however, are against the cross-cultural romance, and Bradamante's love is soon forced into a duel to the death. Will she ever be with her true love? Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
When I first rented a copy of the film, I thought it would just be another Medieval oater, but was pleasantly surprised to discover it had classic roots. It's a retelling of the Song of Roland. As Excalibur was the best incarnation of Le Morte d'Arthur, and Dark Kingdom was an incarnation of the Nordic Nibelungen Ring Cycle, the roots of this go back to the legends of Charlemagne, most specifically, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.
Naturally, the story is abbreviated from the original, and there are a few changes, possibly for simplicity.
Probably because of its Italian origins, the film features some really artistically designed armor.