L'Armée Brancaleone (1966)
Victime de bandits, le chevalier Arnolfo Main-de-Fer est laissé pour mort et dépouillé de ses biens par un groupe de paysans sans scrupule. Ceux-ci mettent la main sur un parchemin qui confère à celui qui le détient la possession du fief d'Aurocastro, dans les Pouilles. Ils se mettent alors en quête d'un chevalier qui puisse prendre possession d'Aurocastro en leurs noms. Leur choix se porte sur Brancaleone da Norcia, chevalier incapable, déshérité et affublé d'un cheval jaune particulièrement peu coopératif. Brancaleone et son armée de loqueteux entreprennent le long voyage vers leur fief, mais de nombreuses péripéties les attendent…
Directeur:
Mario Monicelli
écrivains:
Mario Monicelli, Age, Scarpelli.
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Vittorio Gassman as Brancaleone da Norcia |
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Catherine Spaak as Matelda |
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Folco Lulli as Pecoro |
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Gian Maria Volonté as Teofilatto dei Leonzi |
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Maria Grazia Buccella as Vedova |
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Barbara Steele as Teodora |
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Enrico Maria Salerno as Zenone |
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Carlo Pisacane as Abacuc |
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Ugo Fangareggi as Mangoldo |
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Gianluigi Crescenzi as Taccone |
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Alfio Caltabiano as Arnolfo Mano-di-ferro |
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Pippo Starnazza as Piccioni |
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Luigi Sangiorgi as Manuc |
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Fulvia Franco as Luida |
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Tito García as Filuccio |
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Joaquín Díaz as Giuccone |
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Luis Induni as Luigi di Sangi |
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Carlos Ronda as Enrico di Andrea |
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Juan C. Carlos as Aldo di Scaraffone |
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Vezio Natili as Teofilatto's Family Member (uncredited) |
| Directing | Mario Monicelli | Director |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alberto Spagnoli | Camera Operator |
| Production | Guglielmo Ambrosi | Unit Manager |
| Production | Mario D'Alessio | Unit Manager |
| Production | Pio Angeletti | Line Producer |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Art | Piero Gherardi | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Gherardi | Costume Design |
| Writing | Age | Screenplay |
| Writing | Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Age | Story |
| Writing | Scarpelli | Story |
| Writing | Mario Monicelli | Story |
| Sound | Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Sisi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella Favella | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eugenia Guidi | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Guido Ortenzi | Sound |
| Sound | Mario Morigi | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Giorgio Scotton | Production Secretary |
| Production | Bruno Altissimi | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Alfio Caltabiano | Weapons Master |
| Camera | Amerigo Casagrande | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Elmiro Rubeo | Gaffer |
| Directing | Dino De Palma | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Renzo Marignano | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Carlo Di Palma | Director of Photography |