Tirante el Blanco (2006)

Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.

Director:

Vicente Aranda

Writers:

Vicente Aranda (screenplay), Joanot Martorell (novel)

Stars:

Casper Zafer, Esther Nubiola, Leonor Watling

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Casper Zafer	...	Tirante
Esther Nubiola	...	Carmesina
Leonor Watling	...	Placer De Mi Vida (Pleasure-of-my-life)
Ingrid Rubio	...	Estefanía
Jane Asher	...	Emperatriz
Charlie Cox	...	Diafebus
Sid Mitchell	...	Hipólito
Rafael Amargo	...	Gran Turco
Jay Benedict	...	Embajador Turco (Turkish Ambassador)
Victoria Abril	...	Viuda Reposada
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Emperador
Rebeca Cobos	...	Eliseo
Valentina Burgueño	...	Dama Carmesina (Carmesina's Maiden)
Julio Vélez	...	Sinópolis, Capitán 1
Ismael Martínez	...	Piramus, Capitán 2

Storyline

Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.

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Plot Keywords:

topless female nudity | medieval times | hero | lesbian | sword fight | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] (Spanish, English)

Country:

Italy Spain UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (Spain)

Also Known As:

The White Knight

Filming Locations:

Pinto, Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€14,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carolina Films, DeA Planeta Home Entertainment, Feelmax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tirant Lo Blanc, by Joanot Martorell, is the most famous chivalric romance in the Catalan language. It was written in the 15th century. Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, author of the great Spanish classic "Don Quixote", thought very highly of "Tirant", in contrast to his unfavorable opinion of many other books of chivalry.

User Reviews

It could have been better

Well, the story is based on the book "Tirant lo Blanc", written by Joanot Martorell in XIV century. Tirant is the best knight of Aragon Kingdom and must go to Constantinople to help the Emperor to fight against the Turkeys. There, he will fall in love with little princess Carmesina and will fight in the war. Unfortunately, things will not happen as our lovers like, as politics are between them. The movie is well done, the task of clothes and photography is very good, as the choice of actors and their acting. Unfortunately, as the movie focuses only in the bed aspects of court's live, the vision of the story is very partial (the story is not bad, but I think the director could have taken more profit of it), and, in addition, the war scenes are horrible. This is possibly due to lack of money, but, used to see Hollywood wars, the effect is terrible and disgusting. The material (the main book) is good, as the director, but the result could have been much better. I expected more of the director Vicente Aranda.