The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 (1994)
"Fantaghirò 4" (original title)

A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghiro's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his ... See full summary »

Director:

Lamberto Bava

Writer:

Gianni Romoli

Stars:

Alessandra Martines, Nicholas Rogers, Horst Buchholz

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Alessandra Martines	...	Fantaghiro
Nicholas Rogers	...	Tarabas
Horst Buchholz	...	Darken
Ursula Andress	...	Xellesia
Brigitte Nielsen	...	Dark Witch
Marc de Jonge	...	Tohor
Riccardo Serventi Longhi	...	Fiodor
Agathe de La Fontaine	...	Angelica
Gaia Bulferi Bulferetti	...	Parsel
Oreste Guidi	...	Rufus
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kim Rossi Stuart	...	Romualdo (archive footage)

Storyline

A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghiro's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his stolen castle back. After her castle vanishes, too, Fantaghiro joins Parsel on his journey to find her home, her people, her family and her love.

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Plot Keywords:

love | volcano | sequel | talking horse | black magic

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Genres:

Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

French Italian English

Release Date:

19 December 1994 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Cave of the Golden Rose IV

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

ITL 7,000,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reteitalia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

200 min 200 min (2 parts)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Tarabas: You taught me the meaning of love but the rules are just too painful.

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Connections

Features The Cave of the Golden Rose (1991)

User Reviews

Star Wars in fairy tale land

Let's recall the three films preceding this one:

1) Fantaghiro falls in love and unites three war-torn kingdoms 2) Fantaghiro fights an evil sorceress 3) The evil sorceress becomes a sidekick and Fantaghiro fights an evil sorcerer and now: 4) The evil sorceress remains a sidekick and the evil sorcerer becomes another sidekick to fight an even more evil sorcerer, who is (drumroll!) the father of the previous evil sorcerer! Seriously, those father-son things have been overdone in the movies....

Do I see a trend developping? Do all previous bad guys have to become sidekicks in sequels? Oh well. Part 3 was still bearable, with the old "Evil guys stealing all children" plot eerily reminiscent of "Willow", but this one is just stupid. And full of sappy attempts to tear at 10 year old girl's hearts, with love interests being turned into ugly goblins etc.

Avoid 4/10