The Mighty Anselmo and His Squire (1972)
After having challenged the German Ottone to single combat for the hand of Leonza, the bishop's niece, the valiant knight Anselmo da Montebello, leaves for Rome where he must deliver a precious relic to the Pope and obtain a sum of twenty-thousand crowns in order to participate in the third crusade in the Holy Land. He is accompanied by Gian Puccio, his sluggish squire, drawn by the money and by the charm of ... Leonzia.
Director:
Bruno Corbucci
Writers:
Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci.
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Enrico Montesano as Gianpuccio Senzaterra |
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Lino Banfi as Il castrato effeminato |
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Mario Carotenuto as Il Vescovo padre di Leonzia |
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Erminio Macario as Frà Prosdocimo Zatterin da' San Donà di Piave |
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Renzo Montagnani as Ottone |
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Femi Benussi as Laura |
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Tamara Baroni as Il fantasma |
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María Baxa as Fiammetta |
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Rosalba Neri as La sorella di Laura |
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Bruno Boschetti as |
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Sandro Dori as Un villico |
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Ignazio Leone as Il prete all'esecuzione |
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Imelde Marani as |
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Marcello Martana as Marcozzo il becchino |
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Alighiero Noschese as Il prode Anselmo da Montebello |
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Mimmo Poli as Oste |
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Enzo Ricciardi as |
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Franca Sciutto as |
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Marie Sophie as Leonzia |
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Omero Capanna as Knight (uncredited) |
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Aristide Caporale as Leper (uncredited) |
| Directing | Bruno Corbucci | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mirella De Rossi | Hairstylist |
| Production | Emanuele Spatafora | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Guido Josia | Art Direction |
| Production | Franco Rossi | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Luciano Tonti | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Guido De Angelis | Music |
| Sound | Maurizio De Angelis | Music |
| Production | Guglielmo Ambrosi | Production Manager |
| Sound | Rocco Roy Mangano | Sound |
| Art | Enrico Fiorentini | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Gianni Cozzo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Romano Pampaloni | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Mario Amendola | Screenplay |
| Camera | Aldo Tonti | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Marina Mattoli | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Gaetano Scala | Master at Arms |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giannetto De Rossi | Makeup Supervisor |
| Writing | Pipolo | Writer |
| Editing | Tatiana Casini Morigi | Editor |
| Art | Dario Cecchi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dario Cecchi | Costume Design |
| Writing | Castellano | Writer |