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The Mighty Crusaders
The Mighty Crusaders
Directed by	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Screenplay by	Sandro Continenza
Produced by	Ottavio Poggi
Starring	Francisco Rabal; Sylva Koscina; Gianna Maria Canale; Rik Battaglia;
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by	Renato Cinquini
Music by	Roberto Nicolosi
Production; company	MAX Film
Release date	January 1961 (United States);
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: Gerusalemme liberata, lit. 'Jerusalem Set Free') is a 1957^[2] film about the First Crusade (1096–1099), based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso.

This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The Italian version was written by Sandro Continenza and the English translation was written by Annalena Limentani and Frederica Nutter.

Plot edit

The film is based on the poem by Torquato Tasso, and is set in the time of the Crusades in Jerusalem. The commander Godfrey of Bouillon, Christian blessed by the pope, is attacking the Holy City for years, with no victory. In fact, his work is to free the Holy Sepulchre of Christ from the hands of the Muslim infidels. The best soldier of Godfrey's troop is Tancredi, who during a battle, confronts a Muslim soldier. While this soldier is very strong, Tancredi discovers that "he" is a young woman, named Clorinda. The two fall in love while the war rages; but unfortunately their love does not last long; the witch Armida, with his faithful Muslims, creates a spell that affects Tancredi and Clorinda, who resume to fight in the war against each other.

Cast edit

Francisco Rabal as Tancredi d'Altavilla
Sylva Koscina as Clorinda
Gianna Maria Canale as Armida
Rik Battaglia as Rinaldo d'Este
Philippe Hersent as Godfrey of Bouillon
Andrea Aureli as Argante
Alba Arnova as Harem Dancer
Nando Tamberlani as Pietro
Cesare Fantoni as Aladino
Carlo Hintermann as Dilone

Release edit

The Might Crusaders was released in United States in January 1961.^[1]

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Footnotes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 119.
^ "Gerusalemme Liberata (1957)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020.