If imported historical dramas dubbed with comic intensity are your cup of tea, then this Italian period piece will amuse you. Rome, 1527: A pagan mercenary army nominally loyal to King Charles of Bourbon surrounds Rome's battlements, but the talk of the town is the rivalry between the Orsini and Colona clans. Unbeknownst to their fractious relatives, Prince Massimo Colona (Pierre Cressoy) and Princess Angela Orsini (Helene Remy) plight their troth and prepare a secret wedding. But Angela's father, Prince Orsini, simultaneously betroths her to the slimy French ambassador, the Marquis de Serra. The Marquis and King Charles see the Orsini-Colona tiff as advantageous to ...
Released:
1953
Rated:
NR
Length:
83 mins