The Profession of Arms by Ermanno Olmi
6.60
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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Cast
Christo Jivkov as Giovanni De' Medici
Sergio Grammatico as Federico II Gonzaga
Dimitar Ratchkov as Lucantonio Cuppano
Fabio Giubbani as Matteo Cusastro
Saša Vulićević as Pietro Aretino
Desislava Tenekedjieva as Caterina De' Medici
Sandra Ceccarelli as Nobildonna di Mantova
Aldo Toscano as Aloisio Gonzaga
Franco Palmieri as Paolo Giovio
Franco Andreani as Ambasciatore di Carlo V
Kalin Arsov as Barcarolo
Giancarlo Belelli as Alfonso d'Este
Bruno Bendoni as Benedetto Agnello
Silvio Cappellini as Maestro Habram
Vittorio Corcelli as Frate domenicano
Marco De Biagi as Ercole d'Este
Alessandro Genovesi as Ufficiale posto di guardia
Michael Aaron Lindner as Sottufficiale alemanno
Francesca Lonardelli as Cortigiana
Paolo Magagna as Francesco Maria della Rovere
Piergiorgio Maletti as Servitore particolare di Federico Gonzaga
Mauro Marani as Marito della cortigiana
Georgy Marino as Staffiere
Ilija Marshakov as Prete
Rocco Militano as Vicario
Nikolaus Moras as Zorzo Frundsberg
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