Il trono di fuoco (1983)

A mighty hero battles the son of Satan and his evil witch ally to save a kingdom from being taken over by the duo.

Director:

Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Giuseppe Buricchi (story), Nino Marino (story)

Stars:

Sabrina Siani, Pietro Torrisi, Harrison Muller

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sabrina Siani	...	Princess Valkari
Pietro Torrisi	...	Siegfried (as Peter Mc Coy)
Harrison Muller	...	Morak / Belial
Beni Cardoso	...	Azira (as Benny Cardoso)
Pietro Ceccarelli	...	Tares (as Peter Caine)
Dan Collins
Stefano Abbati
Roberto Lattanzio
Isarco Ravaioli	...	Isar
Amedeo Leonardi
Gianlorenzo Bernini

Storyline

Standard muscleman fantasy finds Siegfreid fighting evil personified in the guise of Morak. Morak is the son of the devil's messenger, Belial. Morak is attempting to take the throne of evil "on the day of the night in the day", or rather during an eclipse. To escape instant death by flames, before sitting on the throne, he must also wed Valkari. Siegfried who is invulnerable except to fire and gains temporary powers of invisibility (per "The Rings of Nibelung"), of course, battles Morak to save the beloved princess.

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Plot Keywords:

female warrior | throne | eclipse | escape | invisibility | 

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Taglines:

A time of sword and sorcery...when evil forces ruled the land! [Video Australia]

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Adventure

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

17 June 1983 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Throne of Fire

Filming Locations:

Bracciano, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Visione Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Unlike most actors cast in similar roles, Pietro Torrisi did not shave his chest for this production.

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Quotes

Princess Valkari: A real warrior takes a woman when he wants her.

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Connections

Edited from Sangraal, la spada di fuoco (1982)

User Reviews

Burn baby burn

Watching this I got reminded of my childhood and how I loved watching these types of movies. Swords and sandals I think they are called, with a touch of fantasy. And then I thought my childhood was all a lie. How could I have watched this and think this is any good? But reviews in general here have proved that this obviously is one of the weaker efforts. Apart from one praising this as being better than LotR - pure magic, especially because in no way is this explained. Not that you could explain it and sometimes you go with your gut feeling. But if you want to compare this with a "big budget" movie take Army of Darkness, not LotR which even if you don't like it plays in a different ballpark altogether.

Another reviewer of course, how many times can the hero of the movie be captured? The answer lies within this film. If that resembles to anything that makes sense for you: good for you. Just don't expect the majority to get it. Even when the movie tries to defend it at every way possible. "Stunts" are as if they were from a different era. When you could spot the stunt man doing the back-flips. It has its charm I guess. But there are a lot of other problems too. The inability to act, the script that if it even existed, is as terrible at dialog as it gets. You could go further and accuse this of sexism (more on the women side, but men get a bad rep from this too) and many other things. Prop swords that bend on papier-mache walls and so forth ... I'm beginning to wonder why I gave it a 2 right now ... but I guess I'm still a sucker for this