The Profession of Arms (2001)
Overview
In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 0.3385 |
Directed By
Ermanno Olmi
Crew
Ermanno Olmi
Fabrizia Iacona
Micaela Borgiotti
Leonida Copertino
Federico Ferrario
Lorenzo Cera
Marcello Buffa
Alexander Metodiev
Luigi Marchione
Fabio Olmi
Cosimo Gomez
Krassimir Mihaylov
Ivana Kastratovic
Alessandro Calosci
Doriana Kebedzhieva
Federica Ciciarelli
Tino Polenghi
Beatrice Biggi
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
Francesco Liotard
Giulio Pezza
Massimiliano Pantucci
Philippe Antonello
Alberto Blasi
Michela Cingolani
Massimo Santomarco
Paolo Faenzi
Fabio Traversari
Adriana Benedetti
Fabio Proserpio
Cesare Emidi
Pasquale Catalano
Stefano Quaglia
Mario Giacco
Massimo Rocchi
Cosimo Gomez
Alessandro Giacco
Massimo Ciaraglia
Luigi Musini
Luigi Marchione
Ermanno Olmi
Francesca Sartori
Federico Boldrini Parravicini
Fabio Vacchi
Fabio Olmi
Roberto Cicutto
Paolo Cottignola
Enrico Marrari
TOP CAST
Christo Jivkov
Giovanni De' Medici
Sergio Grammatico
Federico II Gonzaga
Dimitar Ratchkov
Lucantonio Cuppano
Fabio Giubbani
Matteo Cusastro
Saša Vulićević
Pietro Aretino
Desislava Tenekedjieva
Caterina De' Medici
Sandra Ceccarelli
Nobildonna di Mantova
Aldo Toscano
Aloisio Gonzaga
Franco Palmieri
Paolo Giovio
Franco Andreani
Ambasciatore di Carlo V
Kalin Arsov
Barcarolo
Giancarlo Belelli
Alfonso d'Este
Bruno Bendoni
Benedetto Agnello
Silvio Cappellini
Maestro Habram
Vittorio Corcelli
Frate domenicano
Marco De Biagi
Ercole d'Este
Alessandro Genovesi
Ufficiale posto di guardia
Michael Aaron Lindner
Sottufficiale alemanno
Francesca Lonardelli
Cortigiana
Paolo Magagna
Francesco Maria della Rovere
Piergiorgio Maletti
Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga
Mauro Marani
Marito della cortigiana
Georgy Marino
Staffiere
Ilija Marshakov
Prete
Rocco Militano
Vicario
Nikolaus Moras
Zorzo Frundsberg
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